| Aesop - Fables - 1788 - 382 pages
...not lie there, like an idle Rafcal as he was, but get up and whip his Horfes floutly, and clap his Shoulder to the Wheel ; adding, That this. was the only Way for him to obtain his Affiftance. The APPLICATION. This Fable fhews us how vain and ill.grounded the Expeftation of thole... | |
| Aesop - Fables - 1792 - 380 pages
...thcpr, like an idle rafcal as he was, but get up and whip his horfes ftoutly, and clap his (houlder to the wheel ; adding, that this was the only way for him to obtain his alMance. THE APPLICATION. Tmsfabl' ftievvs us how vain and ill- grounded the expedl-.tion of thole... | |
| M. Kempson - 1862 - 932 pages
...bid him not lie there, like an idle rascal as he was, but get up, encourage " his oxen, and clap his shoulder to the wheel, adding that this was the only way " for him to obtain hie assistance. The man did so, and thus, by hie own exer" tions, soon overcame the difficulty."—... | |
| Aesopus - 1805 - 378 pages
...not lie there, like an idle Rafeal as he was, but get up and whip his Horfes ftoutly, and clap his Shoulder to the Wheel; adding, That this was the only Way for him to obtain his Affiftance. The APPLICATION. This Fable /hews us how vain and ill-grounded the Expectations of thofe... | |
| Aesopus - 1818 - 428 pages
...like an idle dastardly looby as he was, but get up and whip his horses, and clap his shoulder stoutly to the wheel, adding that this was the only way for him to obtain assistance. APPLICATION. to obtain them, deserves to be disappointed. Many men who have a fair share... | |
| Thomas Bewick - Fables - 1820 - 388 pages
...not lie there, like an idle rascal as he was, but get up and whip his horses stoutly, and clap his shoulder to the wheel, adding, that this was the only way for him to obtain his assistance. REFLECTION. This fable shews us how vain and ill-grounded the expectations of those people are, who... | |
| Aesopus - 1820 - 102 pages
...the hedge, bade him not lie there, like an idle fellow, but get up and whip his horses, and clap his shoulder to the wheel ; adding, that this was the only way for him to obtain his assistance. No one helps a person willingly who does not help himself; when we ask for assistance, we ought to... | |
| Epictetus, Samuel Croxall, John Gay, William Cowper, Alexander Pope, Jean de La Fontaine, Ignacy Krasicki, James Merrick, Charles Denis, John Tapner - Animals - 1832 - 366 pages
...not lie there, like an idle rascal as he was, but get up and whip his horses stoutly, and clap his shoulder to the wheel ; adding, that this was the only way for him to obtain his assistance. Heaven helps those who help themselves. : ;.x ffioose foitfi tjje ffiotoen Bggs. [From CROXALL.J •... | |
| 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
...not lie there, like an idle rascal as he was, but get up and whip his horses stoutly, and clap his shoulder to the wheel ; adding, that this was the only way for him to obtain his assistance. 258 THE GOOSE WITH THE GOLDEN EGGS. MORAL. He, whose greedy, grasping mind, Sudden riches hopes to... | |
| William Chambers, Robert Chambers - Conduct of life - 1839 - 204 pages
...not lie there, like an idle rascal, as he was, but get up and whip his horses stoutly, and clap his shoulder to the wheel ; adding, that this was the only way for him to obtain his assistance. THE LARK AND THE FIELD OF CORN : A FABLE. In a ripe field of corn, a lark had a brood of young ones... | |
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