 ... their shoulders over the bridge that led to the town. This was so entertaining a sight that the people ran in crowds to laugh at it; till the ass, conceiving a dislike to the over-complaisance of his master, burst asunder the cords that tied him,...  The British Essayists;: The world - Page 67by Alexander Chalmers - 1808Full view - About this book
 | 1753 - 646 pages
...NUMBER XIV. By ADAM FITZ-ADAM. J To be continued every THURSDAY. TH u R s DAY, April the fth, 1753. DO not doubt but it is already obferved that I write fewer letters to myfelf than any of my predecefTors. It is not from being lefs acquainted with my own merit, but I really... | |
 | 1776 - 296 pages
...to pleafe every body, he had pleafed no body, and loft his afs into the bargain. NUMB. 14. THURSDAV, April 5, 1753. I DO not doubt but it is already obferved that I write fewer letters to myfclf than any of my predeceflors : it is not from being lefs acquainted with my own merit, but I... | |
 | English instructor - English literature - 1801 - 272 pages
...his master , burst asunder the cords that tied him , slipt from the pole, and tumbled into the river. The poor old man made the best of his way home , ashamed...endeavouring to please every body , he had pleased no body, and lost his ass into the bargain. WORLD. HERCULES'S CHOICE. HEN Hercules was in that part... | |
 | British essayists - 1802 - 360 pages
...his master, burst asunder the cords that tied him, slipt from the pole, and tumbled into the river. The poor old man made the best of his way home, ashamed...THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 1753. I DO not doubt but it is already observed that I •write fewer letters to myself than any of my predecessors. It is not from being... | |
 | William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pages
...his master , burst asunder the cords that tied him , slipt from the pole, and tumbled into the river. The poor old man made the best of his way home , ashamed...please every body , he had pleased nobody, and lost Ms ass into the bargain. WORLD. CHAP. VII. Hercules's Choice. \V HEN Hercules was in that part of his... | |
 | William Enfield - Elocution - 1808 - 434 pages
...his.master,burst asunder the cords that tied him, slipped from the pole, and tumbled into the river. The poor old man made the best of his way home, ashamed...endeavouring, to please every body, he had pleased no body, and lo&t tia ass into the bargain. WORLD. CHAP. VII. HERCULES's CHOICE, WHEN Hercules was... | |
 | 1819 - 186 pages
...cords that tied him, slipped from the pole, and tumbled into the river. The .poor old man made the bpsi of his way home, ashamed and vexed, that "by endeavouring to please every body, he had pleased no body, and had lost his ass i the bargain. — ooa-e and Unnion AT the siege of Namur, by the allies,... | |
 | James Ferguson - English essays - 1823 - 424 pages
...his master, burst asunder the cords that tied him, slipt from the pole, and tumbled into the river. The poor old man made the best of his way home, ashamed...THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 1753. I DO not doubt but it is already observed that I write fewer letters to myself than any of my predecessors. It is not from being less... | |
 | British essayists - 1823 - 788 pages
...master, burst asunder the cords that tied him, slipt from the pole, and tumbled into the river. The poor man made the best of his way home, ashamed and vexed...THURSDAY. APRIL 5, 1753. I Do not doubt but it is already observed that I write fewer letters to myself than any of my predecessors. It is not from being less... | |
 | William Enfield - 1823 - 412 pages
...his master, burst asunder the cords that tied him, slipped from the pole, and tumbled into the river. The poor old man made the best of his way home, ashamed...pleased nobody, and lost his ass into the bargain. WORLD, CHAP. VII. THE CHOICE OF HERCULES. \VnEN Hercules was in that part of his youth, in which it... | |
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