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 159
th e dainty morsel,and thus he planned his approaches. OCrow, said he, how beautiful are thywings, how bright thine eye ! how grace-ful thy neck! thy breast is the breast ofan eagle ! thy claws—I beg pardon, thytalons—are a match for all the beasts ofthe field. O ! that such a bird should bedumb,… … Ji:SOPS FABLES. 137 Fox snajDping up, observed, as he walked away, that what-ever he had remarked of her beauty, he had said nothingyet of her brains. Men seldom flatter without some private end in view;and they who listen to such music may expect to have topay the piper. Fable 194.—THE BRAZIER AND…
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