 | Aesop, Robert Dodsley - Conduct of life - 1805 - 260 pages
...a virtue of neceffity he forbore to complain ; and comforted himfelf with refle&ing, that no blifs is perfect: that good and evil are mixed, and flow from the fame fountain. Thefe Briars indeed, faid he, will tear my ikin a little, yet they keep off the Dogs.... | |
 | Aesop, Robert Dodsley - Conduct of life - 1809 - 316 pages
...virtue of neceffity, he forbore to complain ; *ud comforted himfelf witk reflecting, that no blifs is perfect ; that good and evil are mixed, and flow from the fame fountain. F 4 so Thefe Briars indeed, faid he, will tear my fkin a little, yet they keep off the... | |
 | Noah Webster - Children - 1816 - 182 pages
...was wounded by thorns and prickles on every fide. However, making a virtue of necessity, he forbore to complain; and comforted himself with reflecting...are mixed, and flow from the same fountain. These Briars, indeed, said he, will tear nay skin a little, yet they keep off the dogs. For the sake of the... | |
 | Epictetus, Samuel Croxall, John Gay, William Cowper, Alexander Pope, Jean de La Fontaine, Ignacy Krasicki, James Merrick, Charles Denis, John Tapner - Animals - 1832 - 388 pages
...asylum, and, for awhile, was very happy ; but soon found, that if he attempted to stir, he was wounded by thorns and prickles on every side. However, making...are mixed, and flow from the same fountain. " These BRIARS, indeed," said he, " will tear my skin a little ; yet they keep off the Dogs. For the sake of... | |
 | George Moir Bussey - Fables - 1842 - 608 pages
...asylum, and for a while waa very happy ; but soon found, that if he attempted to stir, he was wounded by thorns and prickles on every side. However, making a virtue of necessity, he forbore to complain ; and comforted himself with reflecting that no bliss is perfect ; that good and... | |
 | Fables - 1846 - 98 pages
...and, for a while, was very happy ; but he soon found, that if he attempted to stir, he was wounded by thorns and prickles on every side. However, making a virtue of necessity, he forbore to complain, and comforted himself with reflecting, that no bliss is perfect ; that good and... | |
 | Conduct of life - 1857 - 904 pages
...was wounded by thorns and prickles on every side. However, making a virtne of necessity, he forbore to complain ; and comforted himself with reflecting...are mixed, and flow from the same fountain. These Briars, indeed, said he, will tear my skin a little, yet they keep off the dogs. For the sake of the... | |
 | 1784 - 378 pages
...asylum, and for a while was very happy : but soon found, that if he attempted to stir, he was wounded by thorns and prickles on every side. However, making a virtue of necessity, he forbore to complain ; and comforted himself with reflecting, that no bliss is perfect ; that good and... | |
 | 1874 - 736 pages
...a virtue of neceffity, he forbore to complain; and comforted himfelf with reflecting that no blifs is perfect ; that good and evil are mixed, and flow from the fame fountain. Thefe Briers, indeed, faid he, will tear my flcin a little, yet they keep off the dogs.... | |
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However, making a virtue of necessity, he forbore to complain ; and comforted himself with reflecting, that no bliss is perfect ; that good and evil are mixed, and flow from the same fountain. These briars indeed, said he, will tear my skin a little,... 
