 The counsel's good, a Fox replies, Could we perform what you advise. Think what our ancestors have done — • A line of thieves from son to son ! To us descends the long disgrace, And infamy hath mark'd our race. Though we, like harmless sheep, should...  The British Poets - Pagina 611866Visualizzazione completa - Informazioni su questo libro
 | John Gay - 1728 - 218 pagine
...thought to fhare the feaft. The change fhall never be believ'd, A loft good-name is ne'er retrieved. Nay then, replies the feeble fox, (But, hark! I hear a hen that clocks) Go, but be mod'rate in your food; A chicken too might do me good. • * T FABLE XXX. SETTING-DOG and the PARTRIDGE.... | |
 | Complete fabulist - 1732 - 402 pagine
...decreas'd, We fhall be thought to fhare the feaft. The change fhall never be believ'd; A loft good-name is ne'er retriev'd. Nay then, replies the feeble Fox, (But hark ! I henr a hen that clocks) Go, but be mod'rate in your food ; A chicken too might do me good. xxxi. The... | |
 | John Gay - 1737 - 418 pagine
...decreas'd, We fhall be thought to fhare the feaft. The change fhall never be believ'd. A loft good-name is ne'er retriev'd. Nay then, replies the feeble fox, (But, hark! I hear a hen that clocks) Go, but be mod'rate in your food; A chicken too might do me good. 14 FABLE; FABLE XXX. 7^<f SETTING-DOG and the... | |
 | Zachary Grey - 1754 - 424 pagine
...to fhare the feaft. " The change fhall never be believ'd, " A loft good-name is ne'er retriev'd. w Nay, then replies the feeble fox, ** (But hark ! I hear a hen that clocks) " Go, but be mod'rate in your food, " A chicken too might do me good. Sc. 5. p. 19r. Hotfpur. Now Efferanza ? Percy,... | |
 | John Gay - 1770 - 204 pagine
...hen-rooftis decreas'd, We mall be thought to fhare the feaft. The change mall never be believ'd. A loft good name is ne'er retriev'd. Nay, then, replies the...Fox, (But hark ! I hear a hen that clocks) Go, but be mod'rate in your food ; A chicken too might do me good. FABLE FABLE XXX. The SETTING-DOG and the PARTRIDGE.... | |
 | John Gay - 1772 - 308 pagine
...hen-rooft is decreas'd, We fhall be thought to fhare the feaft. The change fhall never be believ'd. A loft good name is ne'er retriev'd. Nay, then, replies the...Fox, (But hark ! I hear a hen that clocks) Go, but be mod'rate in your food ; A Chicken too might do me good. * •£# u .-. **" / t ' f FABLE XXX. The "SETTING-DOG... | |
 | John Gay - 1773 - 388 pagine
...hen-rooft is decreas'd, We (hall be thought to mare the feaft. The change mall never be believ'd. A loft good name is ne'er retriev'd. Nay, then, replies the...feeble Fox, (But hark ! I hear a hen that clocks) Vattene adunque, ' ma ti guarda ancora Di farne un pafto che fia moderato : Quella parte che vuoi prendi,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 312 pagine
...hen-rooft is decreas'd, We fhall be thought to fhare the feaft. The change fhall never be belitv'd. A loft good name is ne'er retriev'd.'' " Nay, then, replies the feeble Fox, (But, hark! I hear a hen that clucks) Go; but be moderate in your food; A chicken, too, might do me good." FABLE XXX. THE SETTING-DOG... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 362 pagine
...fliare the feaft. The change fliall never be believ'd. 45 A loft good name is ne'er rttriev'd.'' " Nay, then, replies the feeble Fox, (But, hark! I hear a hen that clucks,) Go ; but be moderate in your food ; A chicken, too, might do me good." 50 FABLE TABLE XXX.... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 316 pagine
...hen-rooft is decreas'd, We fhall be thought to mare the feaft. The change mall never be believ'd. 45 A loft good name is ne'er retriev'd." " Nay, then, replies the feeble Fox, (But, hark! I hear a hen that clucks) Go ; but be moderate in your food ; A chicken, too, might do me good." 50 FABLE FABLE XXX.... | |
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