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... thee ? know'st thou not Their Language and their Ways ? they also know , And reason not contemptibly : with these Find pastime . PARADISE LOST , b . 8. l . 370 . A NEW EDITION . See Page 26 . LONDON : PRINTED FOR J. BRAMBLES , A ...
... thee ? know'st thou not Their Language and their Ways ? they also know , And reason not contemptibly : with these Find pastime . PARADISE LOST , b . 8. l . 370 . A NEW EDITION . See Page 26 . LONDON : PRINTED FOR J. BRAMBLES , A ...
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... thee fafely to draw thy neck out of my jaws , and haft thou the confcience to demand a further re- ward ! FABLE XVIII . The Countryman and the Snake . AN. The Wolf and the Crane . The Sun and the Wind . 24 ANCIENT FABLES .
... thee fafely to draw thy neck out of my jaws , and haft thou the confcience to demand a further re- ward ! FABLE XVIII . The Countryman and the Snake . AN. The Wolf and the Crane . The Sun and the Wind . 24 ANCIENT FABLES .
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... thee a piece of advice , which may be of fervice to thee hereafter , if thou shouldft have the good fortune to make thy efcape : " Never ven- ture into a well again , before thou haft well confi- dered how to get out of it . " A FABLE ...
... thee a piece of advice , which may be of fervice to thee hereafter , if thou shouldft have the good fortune to make thy efcape : " Never ven- ture into a well again , before thou haft well confi- dered how to get out of it . " A FABLE ...
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... its fruit . O daughter , replied the father of the gods , it is with juftice that men efteem thee wife ; for nothing is truly valuable that is not useful . FABLE XLI . The Mimic and the Countryman . MEN. 52 ANCIENT FABLES . ...
... its fruit . O daughter , replied the father of the gods , it is with juftice that men efteem thee wife ; for nothing is truly valuable that is not useful . FABLE XLI . The Mimic and the Countryman . MEN. 52 ANCIENT FABLES . ...
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... thee ! Surely Jupiter has been very unkind , to debar thee from the light of the day , which rejoices the whole creation . Thou art certainly not above half alive and it would be doing thee a fervice to put an end to fo inanimate a ...
... thee ! Surely Jupiter has been very unkind , to debar thee from the light of the day , which rejoices the whole creation . Thou art certainly not above half alive and it would be doing thee a fervice to put an end to fo inanimate a ...
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