 | Complete fabulist - 1732 - 402 pages
...complain ; and comforted himfelf with reflecting, that no blifs is perfect ; that good' and evil ar« ever mixed, and flow from the fame fountain. Thefe briars,...faid he, will tear my ikin a little, yet they keep oft' the Dogs, For the fake x>f the good then, let me. bear the evil with patience ; each bitter has... | |
 | Robert Dodsley, Aesop - Fables - 1765 - 400 pages
...complain ; and comforted himfelf with reflecting, that no blifs is perfect ; that good and evil are mixt, and flow from the fame fountain. Thefe briars indeed, faid he, will tear my fkin a little, yet they keep off the dogs. For the fake of the good then, let me bear the evil with... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - Authors, Greek - 1781 - 318 pages
...reflecting, that no blifs is perfeft; that good and evil are mixed, and flow from the fame E fountain. fountain. Thefe Briars indeed, faid he, will tear...Dogs. For the fake of the good then, let me bear the evit with patience : each bitter has its fweet ; and thefe Br.m bles, though they wound my flefh, preferve... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1789 - 342 pages
...a virtue of neceffity, he forbore to complain, reflecting, that good and evil are mixed, and often flow from the fame fountain. Thefe briars, indeed, faid he, will tear my Ikin, but they preferve my life from danger : For the fake then of the good, let me bear the evil with patience.... | |
 | Aesop, Robert Dodsley - Conduct of life - 1809 - 316 pages
...However, making a* 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 Dogs. For the... | |
 | Aesop, Robert Dodsley - Conduct of life - 1800 - 338 pages
...However, making a virtue of neceffity, he forbore to complain ; and comforted himfelf with rtfiVcting, that no blifs is perfect ; that good and evil are mixed, and flow from the fam. fountain. Thefe Briars indeed, fad he, will tear my Ikin a little, yet they keep off the Dogs.... | |
 | Noah Webster - Children - 1816 - 182 pages
...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 nay skin a little, yet they keep off the dogs.... | |
 | 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
...virtue of necessity, he forebore 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 ; yet they keep off the... | |
 | George Moir Bussey - Fables - 1842 - 608 pages
...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," will tear my skin a little, yet they keep off the dogs. For... | |
 | Fables - 1846 - 98 pages
...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 briers, indeed," said he, " will tear my skin a little ; yet they keep off the... | |
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These briars indeed, said he, will tear my skin a little, yet they keep off the dogs. For the sake of the good, then, let me bear the evil with patience : each bitter has its sweet, and these brambles, though they wound my flesh, preserve my life from... 
