 | Fables - 1867 - 268 pages
...Fox, to have stolen what you so stoutly deny." The dishonest, if they act honestly, get no credit. AND THE CRANES. THE Geese and the Cranes fed in the...The Wasps said that they would keep guard and drive off thieves with their stings. The Farmer, interrupting them, said : " i have already two oxen, who,... | |
 | Aesop - 1871 - 186 pages
...leave you to enjoy it by yourself. It is surrounded by too many dangers to please me. I prefer my bare ploughlands and roots from the hedge-row, so that...and make them produce finer grapes. The Wasps said they would keep guard and drive' off thieves with their stings. The Farmer, interrupting them, said... | |
 | Aesopus - 1874 - 364 pages
...Fox, to have stolen what you so stoutly deny." The dishonest, if they act honestly, get no credit. THE WASPS, THE PARTRIDGES, AND THE FARMER. THE Wasps...The Wasps said that they would keep guard and drive off thieves with their stings. The Farmer, interrupting them, said : " I have already two oxen, who,... | |
 | Aesopus - Fables - 1882 - 82 pages
...have stolen what you so stoutly deny." The dishonest, if they act honestly, get no credit. THE GEESE THE CRANES. THE Geese and the Cranes fed in the same...The Wasps said that they would keep guard and drive off thieves with their stings. The Fanner, interrupting them, said : " I have already two oxen, who,... | |
 | Fables - 1885 - 330 pages
...their bodies, were captured. THE WASPS, THE PARTRIDGES, AND THE FARMER. THE WASPS and the»Partridges, overcome with thirst, came to a Farmer and besought...water to drink. They promised amply to repay him the favor which they asked. The Partridges declared that they would dig around his vines, and make them... | |
 | Frederic Taber Cooper - Aesop's fables - 1921 - 574 pages
...men, but you destroy the clothes of him who feeds you." (Fable 378 Halm ; Townsend's translation.) THE WASPS, THE PARTRIDGES AND THE FARMER THE Wasps...The Wasps said that they would keep guard, and drive off thieves with their stings. The Farmer, interrupting them, said: "I have already two oxen, who,... | |
 | 413 pages
...his approach; while the Geese, being slower of flight and heavier in their bodies, were captured. 269 The Wasps and the Partridges, overcome with thirst,...water to drink. They promised amply to repay him the favor which they asked. The Partridges declared that they would dig around his vines and make them... | |
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THE WASPS, THE PARTRIDGES, AND THE FARMER. THE Wasps and the Partridges, overcome with thirst, came to a Farmer and besought him to give them some water to drink. They promised amply to repay him the favour which they asked. The Partridges declared that... 