Aesop's fables : a new version, chiefly from original sources (1882)
R. Clay, Sons, and Taylor. prt, Murray, John, Aesop, James, Thomas, 1809-1863, Tenniel, John, Sir, 1820-1914, Wolf, Joseph, 1820-1899, Whymper, Josiah Wood, 1813-1903 · London : John Murray · leaf 156
plied— It is better tohave a versatile mind than a variegated body. Fable 187.—THE WOLF AND THE LIOK One day a Wolf had seized a sheep from a fold, and wascarrying it home to his own den, when he met a Lion, wliostraightway laid hold of the sheep and bore it away. TheWolf, standing at a distance,… … Fable 188.—THE OLD LIOK A Liox worn out with years lay stretched upon the ground,utterly helpless, and drawing his last breath. A Boar cameup, and to satisfy an ancient grudge, drove at him with histusks. Next a Bull, determined to be revenged on an oldenemy, gored him with his horns. Upon this an…
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