Æsop's fables: a new version by T. James, with illustr. by J. Tenniel1858 |
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Æsop Æsop's asked Ass's Babrius bade bear beast Beetle began begged besought betook bird boar Bramble Bull called CAMEL carry caught Cock corn Country Mouse Countryman Cranes creature cried Croesus CROW danger death dinner distance Dolphin drink Eagle enemy escape ESOP'S exclaimed Faggot FARMER fear fell FISHERMAN flew flock Frog give Goat Goatherd golden axe hand Hare high tree horns Horse HOUND hunters hunting HUSBANDMAN JACKDAW JOHN TENNIEL Jupiter king Kite Lamb Lark laughed leaped length Lion load look master Mercury Mice Monkey mother Mountebank mouth neck neighbours never OLD WOMAN once Peisistratus Pigeons poor prize replied Reynard river RUSHLIGHT Satyr says seized Sheep SHEPHERD soon sooner STAG Stork straightway supper tail teeth thinking Tortoise TRAVELLERS turn Vine wild WILD BOAR Wolf WOODMAN young
Beliebte Passagen
Seite v - The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them ; and they said unto the olive tree, Reign thou over us. But the olive tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness, wherewith by me they honour God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees? And the trees said to the fig tree, Come thou, and reign over us.
Seite v - Come thou, and reign over us. And the vine said unto them, Should I leave my wine, which cheereth God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees? Then said all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou, and reign over us. And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over you, then come and put your trust in my shadow : and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon.
Seite 59 - Wise Men say nothing in dangerous times. The Lion, you know, called the Sheep, to ask her if his Breath smelt: she said, Aye; he bit off her Head for a Fool. He called the Wolf, and asked him: he said, no; he tore him in pieces for a Flatterer. At last he called the Fox, and asked him: truly he had got a Cold and could not smell.
Seite 128 - cried one of them, " did you ever see such fools, to be trudging along the road on foot, when they might...
Seite 7 - Lion, smiling at his little prisoner's fright, generously let him go. Now it happened no long time after, that the Lion, while ranging the woods for his prey, fell into the toils of the hunters ; and finding himself entangled without hope of escape, set up a roar that filled the whole forest with its echo. The Mouse, recognising the voice of his former preserver, ran to the spot, and without more ado set to work to nibble the knot in the cord that bound the Lion, and in a short time set the noble...
Seite 89 - Filberts were deposited ; he grasped as many as his fist could possibly hold, but when he endeavoured to pull it out, the narrowness of the neck prevented him. Unwilling to lose any of them, but unable to draw out his hand, he burst into tears, and bitterly bemoaned his hard fortune. An honest fellow who stood by, gave him this wise and reasonable advice : — " Grasp only half the quantity, my boy, and you will easily succeed.
Seite 52 - Being thereupon in great distress, he sat down by the side of the stream and lamented his loss bitterly. But Mercury, whose river it was, taking compassion on him, appeared at the instant before him...
Seite 30 - Dog was always sporting and gambolling about, caressing and fawning upon his master in a thousand amusing ways, so that he became a great favourite, and was permitted to lie in his master's lap. The Ass, indeed, had enough to do; he was drawing wood all day, and had to take his turn at the mill at night. But while he grieved over his own lot, it galled him more to see the Lap-dog living in such ease and luxury ; so thinking that if he acted a like part to his master, he should fare the same, he broke...
Seite 33 - THE ASS AND THE GRASSHOPPER An Ass hearing some Grasshoppers chirping, was delighted with the music, and determining, if he could, to rival them, asked them what it was that they fed upon to make them sing so sweetly? When they told him that they supped upon nothing but dew, the Ass betook himself to the same diet, and soon died of hunger. One man's meat is another man's poison.
Seite 64 - 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. 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 out that the Mountebank had imitated the pig much more naturally, and...