 | George Moir Bussey - 1842 - 608 pages
...beggar's brats. Shrewdly was it said by an ingenious writer, a courtier's dependant is a beggar's dog." THE FOX AND THE SWALLOW. ARISTOTLE informs us that the following Fable was spoken by jEsop to the Samians on a debate upon changing their ministers, who were accused of plundering the... | |
 | sir William Cathcart Boyd - 1844 - 502 pages
...water, but with tears. The second fable, that of the Fox and the Swallow,1 we are told by Aristotle was spoken by ^Esop to the Samians, on a debate upon...ministers, who were accused of plundering the commonwealth. It was intended to induce caution, lest by appointing a new set more poor and greedy than those in... | |
 | 1874 - 736 pages
...diftance; for caution, I am fure, is the parent of fafety. EDUCATION AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS. The Fox and the Swallow. ARISTOTLE informs us, that the following Fable was spoken by Efop to the Samians, on a debate upon changing their miniilers, who were accuied of plundering the... | |
 | 1875 - 797 pages
...diftance ; for caution, I am fure, is the parent of fafety. EDUCATION AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS. The Fox and the Swallow. ARISTOTLE informs us, that the following Fable was spoken by Efop to the Samians, on a debate upon changing their minifters, who were accufed of plundering the... | |
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The Fox and the Swallow. ARISTOTLE informs us, that the following Fable was spoken by Efop to the Samians, on a debate upon changing their miniilers, who were accuied of plundering the commonwealth. 