The Fables of Aesop: With a Life of the Author: and Embellished with One Hundred & Twelve Plates, Volum 2John Stockdale, 1793 |
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Side 18
... In short , it becomes us , as we are reasonable creatures , to behave ourselves as such , and to do as few things as possible , of which we may have occasion to repent . 4 Walker purse ? FABLE LII . THE WANTON CALF 18.
... In short , it becomes us , as we are reasonable creatures , to behave ourselves as such , and to do as few things as possible , of which we may have occasion to repent . 4 Walker purse ? FABLE LII . THE WANTON CALF 18.
Side 46
... alarmed with imaginary dangers in respect of the public , till the cry grows quite stale and threadbare , how can it be expected we should know when to guard ourselves against real ones ? FABLE LX . THE FOX AND THE GOAT . A 48.
... alarmed with imaginary dangers in respect of the public , till the cry grows quite stale and threadbare , how can it be expected we should know when to guard ourselves against real ones ? FABLE LX . THE FOX AND THE GOAT . A 48.
Side 68
... peevishness will lessen the real goods which he possesses , and the sourness of his temper shorten that allowance of comfort which he already thinks too scanty . Thus , in truth , it is not Providence , but ourselves who punish our own 68.
... peevishness will lessen the real goods which he possesses , and the sourness of his temper shorten that allowance of comfort which he already thinks too scanty . Thus , in truth , it is not Providence , but ourselves who punish our own 68.
Side 69
... ourselves who punish our own importunity in soliciting for impossi- bilities , with a sharp corroding care , which abridges us of some part of that little pleasure which Providence has cast into our lot . 1 FABLE LXVI . THE FOX WITHOUT ...
... ourselves who punish our own importunity in soliciting for impossi- bilities , with a sharp corroding care , which abridges us of some part of that little pleasure which Providence has cast into our lot . 1 FABLE LXVI . THE FOX WITHOUT ...
Side 80
... ourselves in the place of the per- sons with whom we are concerned , and then consult our conscience about the rectitude of our behaviour . For this we may be assured of , that we are acting wrong whenever we are doing any thing to ...
... ourselves in the place of the per- sons with whom we are concerned , and then consult our conscience about the rectitude of our behaviour . For this we may be assured of , that we are acting wrong whenever we are doing any thing to ...
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able Aesopus The fables agreeable APPLICATION asked bad company Bear beast beauty BEE HIVES behaviour behold Belly better Boar Cock consider Crane creature Crow CUPID AND DEATH Death deserves Dolphin Dove Eagle enemies Envious expectation eyes FABLE CIII FABLE LIV FABLE LXXXVI favour fear fellow fool forbear forest give Goose guilty hand happen Hawk head heart Hercules honest honour Horse humour Husbandman idle importuning Jupiter Kite Leopard liberty Lion Lion's Skin live looked Magpie mankind manner master mind mouth nature never notwithstanding occasion Old Hound ourselves panion Partridge passion person poor pray punishment reason repent replied revenge Reynard SATYR says the Dog sense shew silly soon spect Stag stick Stork strange stupidity suffer tail temper thing thought tincture tion Tortoise true Tunny vate whole Wolf wretch young