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Page 57
... faid he , has been our conduct ! Inftead of being . contented as we ought , with our respective shares ; our senseless rage has rendered us un- able to prevent this rafcally Fox from defraud- ing us of the whole . A FABLE L. The Lion ...
... faid he , has been our conduct ! Inftead of being . contented as we ought , with our respective shares ; our senseless rage has rendered us un- able to prevent this rafcally Fox from defraud- ing us of the whole . A FABLE L. The Lion ...
Page 58
... faid the Hedge - hog , let them that are uneafy in their fituation exchange it ; for my own part , I am very well contented where I am : if you are not , you are welcome to remove whenever you think proper . FABLE FABLE LII . The ...
... faid the Hedge - hog , let them that are uneafy in their fituation exchange it ; for my own part , I am very well contented where I am : if you are not , you are welcome to remove whenever you think proper . FABLE FABLE LII . The ...
Page 66
... faid one of the party , why don't you get down , and let your poor Father ride ? Upon this , the Old man made his Son difmour , and got up himfelf . While they were marching in this manner , a third company began to infult the Father ...
... faid one of the party , why don't you get down , and let your poor Father ride ? Upon this , the Old man made his Son difmour , and got up himfelf . While they were marching in this manner , a third company began to infult the Father ...
Page 67
... faid fhe , where I fhall find what I have loft , my favourite little dog . How ! --- cried they all , enraged --- impertinent Beldame ! muft the order of nature be inverted , and the repofe " of of every creature difturbed , for the ...
... faid fhe , where I fhall find what I have loft , my favourite little dog . How ! --- cried they all , enraged --- impertinent Beldame ! muft the order of nature be inverted , and the repofe " of of every creature difturbed , for the ...
Page 68
... faid the arbitrator , with a fmile of great felf - fatisfaction , you could not have been more lucky in your reference , as I happen to have caught one of them last night : but indeed you are both mistaken , for the crea- ture is ...
... faid the arbitrator , with a fmile of great felf - fatisfaction , you could not have been more lucky in your reference , as I happen to have caught one of them last night : but indeed you are both mistaken , for the crea- ture is ...
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