 Prepossessed, however, in favour of the Mountebank, they came rather to laugh at the Countryman than to pass a fair judgment on him. They both came out upon the stage. The Mountebank grunts away first, and calls forth the greatest clapping and applause....  Select Fables of Esop and Other Fabulists ... - Page 52de Robert Dodsley - 1781 - 228 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Complete fabulist - 1732 - 402 pages
...than judge fairly of his performance. They both came out upon the ftage. The Mimic grunts away firft, is received with vaft applaufe, and the loudeft acclamations....pretending that he concealed a little pig under his cloaths, (which in fadl he did) plucked the ear of 'the animal, iind by the pain forced him to utter... | |
 | Aesop, Robert Dodsley - 1805 - 260 pages
...judge, fairly of his perfonridnce. They both came out upon the ftage. The Mimic grunts away firft, is received with vaft applaufe, and the loudeft acclamations....imitated the pig much more naturally; and would have hifled the Countryman off the ftage, but he produced the real pig from his bofom, and convincing them... | |
 | Aesop, Robert Dodsley - 1809 - 316 pages
...judge fairly of his performance. They both came": out upon the ftage. The Mimic grunts away firft, is received with vaft applaufe, and the loudeft acclamations....the ear of the animal, till he made him fqueak. The peo. pie exclaimed aloud that the firft performer had imitated the pig much more naturally ; and would... | |
 | George Moir Bussey - 1842 - 608 pages
...came out upon the stage. The mimic grunted away first, was received with vast applause and the loudest acclamations. Then the countryman, pretending that...did, pinched the ear of the animal, till he made him squeak. The people exclaimed aloud that the first performer had imitated the pig much more naturally,... | |
 | Thomas James - 1848 - 290 pages
...upon the stage. The Mountebank grunts away first, and calls forth the greatest clapping and applause. Then the Countryman, pretending that he concealed a little pig under his garments (and he had, in fact, really got one) pinched its ear till he made it squeak. The people cried... | |
 | Henry Wright Phillott - 1849 - 224 pages
...upon the stage. The mountebank grunts away first, and calls forth the greatest clapping and applause. Then the countryman, pretending that he concealed a little pig under his garments (and he had, in fact, really got one) pinched its ear till he made it squeak. The people cried... | |
 | Aesopus - 1852 - 210 pages
...upon the stage. The Mountebank grunts away first, and calls forth the greatest clapping and applause. Then the Countryman, pretending that he concealed a little pig under his garments (and he had, in fact, really got one) pinched its ear till he made it squeak. The people cried... | |
 | Frederic Taber Cooper - 1921 - 574 pages
...upon the stage. The Mountebank grunts away first, and calls forth the greatest clapping and applause. Then the Countryman, pretending that he concealed a little pig under his garments (and he had, in fact, really got one) pinched its ear till he made it squeak. The people cried... | |
 | Charles Madison Curry, Erle Elsworth Clippinger - 1921 - 718 pages
...the stage. The Mountebank grunts away at first, and calls forth the greatest clapping and applause. Then the Countryman, pretending that he concealed a little pig under his garments (and he had, in fact, really got one) pinched its ear till he made it squeak. The people cried... | |
 | Manuel Komroff - 1928 - 506 pages
...upon the stage. The Mountebank grunts away first, and calls forth the greatest clapping and applause. Then the Countryman, pretending that he concealed a little pig under his garments, and he had, in fact, really got one, pinched its ear till he made it squeak. The people cried... | |
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