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afked againſt agreeable APPLICATION Beafts becauſe beſt Bramble Bufinefs Cafe Cock Confequence confider Confideration Creature deferved defigning defire Diſtance eafy Efteem elfe endeavour Enemy expofe Fable fafe faid fame fays fcarce Fear fecure feem feldom felf felves ferve fhall fhew fhort fhould filly fince firft fome fomething fometimes foon forbear Foreft fpeak Frog ftand fuch fuffer fufpect fuppofe fure give greateſt happened himſelf honeft Honour Horfe impoffible inftead itſelf juft Juftice Jupiter laft leaft lealt leaſt lefs Lion live look Mafter Mankind Manner Mind moft moſt Moufe muft muſt never obferving Occafion otherwife ourſelves Paffion pafs Perfon pleafed pleaſe Pleaſure Poffeffion poffible poor Power prefent promife Purpoſe raiſe Reafon refolved Refpect reft Reynard Senfe ſhe Temper thefe themſelves theſe Thing thofe thoſe thought truft uſeful whofe Wolf worfe World young
Popular passages
Page 92 - A CROW, ready to die with thirst, flew with joy to a Pitcher, which he beheld at some distance. When he came, he found water in it indeed, but so near the bottom, that, with all his stooping and straining, he was not able to reach it.
Page 232 - ... way for him. The poor patient Ass, not daring to dispute the matter, quietly got out of his way as fast as he could, and let him go by. Not long after this, the same Horse, in an engagement with the enemy, happened to be shot in the eye, which made him unfit for show, or any military...
Page 208 - ... braying towards him, in a very awkward manner. The master could not help laughing aloud at the odd sight. But his jest was soon turned into earnest, when he felt the rough salute of the ass's forefeet, who, raising himself upon his hinder legs, pawed against his breast with a most loving air, and would fain have jumped into his lap. The good man, terrified at this outrageous...
Page 82 - ... meet upon the way. They had not gone far before a Bear came rushing towards them out of a thicket ; upon which one, being a light, nimble fellow, got up into a tree ; the other falling flat upon his face, and holding his breath, lay still while the Bear came up and smelled at him ; but...
Page 129 - The boy beautiful and handsome enough ; the girl not quite so well. They were both very young, and happened one day to be playing near the looking-glass, which stood on their mother's toilet. The boy, pleased with the novelty of the thing, viewed himself for some time, and, in a wanton roguish manner, took notice to the girl how handsome he was. She resented...
Page 31 - STAG, roused out of his thick cover in the midst of the forest, and driven hard by the hounds, made towards a farm-house, and seeing the door of an ox-stall open, entered therein, and hid himself under a heap of straw. One of the oxen, turning his head about, asked him what he meant by venturing himself in such a place as that was, where he was sure to meet with his doom ! "Ah!
Page 122 - ... went and pawned them at the broker's, and ventured the money for one stake more, among his sharping companions. When this too was gone the same way with the rest, he took another solitary walk in the same place as before.
Page 85 - ... hurting each other ; but it is a point of some difficulty to steer one's course in the company of the great, so as to escape without a bulge. One would not choose to have one's little country-box situated in the neighbourhood of a very great man ; for whether I ignorantly trespass upon him, or he knowingly encroaches upon me, I only am like to be the sufferer. I can neither entertain nor play with him upon his own terms ; for that which is moderation and diversion to him, in me would be extravagance...