Æsop in rhyme, with some originals, by J. Taylor

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Houlston and Stoneman, 1844 - 100 Seiten
 

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Seite 44 - At a fair market price how much money there'll be. "Six shillings a pair — five — four — three-and-six — To prevent all mistakes, that low price I will fix; Now what will that make? fifty chickens, I said, — Fifty times three-and-sixpence— I'LL ASK BROTHER NED.
Seite 44 - Well then, stop a bit, it must not be forgotten, Some of these may be broken, and some may be rotten ; But if twenty for accident should be detached, It will leave me just sixty sound eggs to be hatched. Well, sixty sound eggs — no, sound chickens I mean : Of these some may die — we'll suppose seventeen ; Seventeen, not so many!
Seite 40 - So securely they lived in that snug quiet spot, Any mouse in the land might have envied their lot. But one day the young mouse, who was given to roam, Having made an excursion some way from her home, On a sudden returned, with such joy in her eyes, That her grey, sedate parent expressed some surprise.
Seite 41 - Twas so nice, I had put in my head to go through, When I thought it my duty to come and fetch you." "Ah, child," said her mother, "believe, I entreat, Both the cage and the cheese are a terrible cheat ; Do not think all that trouble they took for our good, They would catch us, and kill us all there if they could. As...
Seite 40 - And then they have made such nice holes in the wall, One could slip in and out with no trouble at all ; But forcing one through such rough crannies as these Always gives one's poor ribs a most terrible squeeze.
Seite 45 - I shall fill both my pockets with guineas, 'tis clear." Forgetting her burden, when this she had said, The maid superciliously tossed up her head: When, alas for her prospects! her milk-pail descended, And so all her schemes for the future were ended. This moral, I think, may be safely attached, — "Reckon not on your chickens before they are hatched.
Seite 45 - I'll say twenty pounds, AND IT CAN'T BE NO LESS. "Twenty pounds, I am certain, will buy me a cow, Thirty geese, and two turkeys, — eight pigs and a sow; Now if these turn out well, at the end of the year, I shall fill both my pockets with guineas, 'tis clear.
Seite 40 - I'm convinced, have not any ill-will to a mouse ; And those tales can't be true which you always are telling, For they've been at such pains to construct us a dwelling. " The floor is of wood, and the walls are of wires, Exactly the size that one's comfort requires ; And I'm sure that we there should have nothing to fear, If ten cats with their kittens at once should appear. " And then they have made such nice holes in the wall...
Seite 44 - The Milkmaid. A milkmaid who poised a full pail on her head, Thus mused on her prospects in life, it is said : — Let me see, I should think that this milk will procure One hundred good eggs or fourscore, to be sure. Well then, stop a bit, it must not be forgotten, Some of these may be broken, and some may be rotten ; But if twenty for accident should be detached, It will leave me just sixty...
Seite 41 - believe, I entreat, Both the cage and the cheese are a terrible cheat ; Do not think all that trouble they took for our good, They would catch us, and kill us all there if they could. As they've caught and killed scores, and I never could learn, That a mouse who once entered, did ever return...

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