Essays Moral, Economical and PoliticalMalepeyre, 1822 - 277 pages |
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... Æsop's dam- sel , turned from a cat to a woman , who sat very demurely at the board's end till a mouse ran before her therefore , let a man either avoid the occasion altogether , or put himself often to it , that he may be little moved ...
... Æsop's dam- sel , turned from a cat to a woman , who sat very demurely at the board's end till a mouse ran before her therefore , let a man either avoid the occasion altogether , or put himself often to it , that he may be little moved ...
Page 206
... Æsop , Gasca , president of Peru ; and Socrates may go like- wise amongst them , with others . HOUSES XLVI . OF BUILDING . LOUSES are built to live in , and not to look on ; therefore let use be preferred before unifor- mity , except ...
... Æsop , Gasca , president of Peru ; and Socrates may go like- wise amongst them , with others . HOUSES XLVI . OF BUILDING . LOUSES are built to live in , and not to look on ; therefore let use be preferred before unifor- mity , except ...
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... Æsop , the fly sat upon the axle - tree of the chariot wheel , and said , « What a dust do I raise ! » So are there some vain persons , that , whatsoever goeth alone , or moveth upon greater means , if they have never so little hand in ...
... Æsop , the fly sat upon the axle - tree of the chariot wheel , and said , « What a dust do I raise ! » So are there some vain persons , that , whatsoever goeth alone , or moveth upon greater means , if they have never so little hand in ...
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