 ... 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
 | Ferdinand E. A. Gasc - French language - 1858 - 362 pages
...tumbled into the river. The poor old man made the best of his way home,11 ashamed and vexed that,12 by endeavouring to please every body, he had pleased nobody, and lost his ass into 15 the bargain. — ( World.) 1 n'en pent plus d force de mar- note 2, (where the case, grammacher... | |
 | Graduated series - 1860 - 198 pages
...look at it. At last the Ass burst the cords asunder, slipt from the pole, and tumbled into the river. The poor old Man made the best of his way home, ashamed and vexed that, by trying to please everybody, he had pleased nobody, and lost his Ass into the bargain. THE LION AND... | |
 | John Hunter (of Uxbridge.) - 1864 - 180 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 and vexed that, by endeavouring to please everybody, he had pleased nobody, and lost his ass into the bargain.* CHAP. V. REMOVAL OF TAUTOLOGY,... | |
 | John Charles Curtis - Readers - 1869 - 150 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 and vexed, that by endeavouring to please everybody he had pleased nobody, and lost his ass into the bargain. THE KING. — Krummacher. ' MOTHER,'... | |
 | Charles Bilton - 1869 - 168 pages
...treatment, burst asunder the cords that bound him, slipped from the pole, and fell into the river. The poor old man made the best of his way home, ashamed and vexed that by trying to please everybody he had pleased nobody, and lost his ass into the bargain. BOYS' GAMES WITH... | |
 | London univ, exam. papers - 1871 - 294 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 and vexed that, by endeavouring to please everybody, he had pleased nobody, and lost his ass into the bargain. — H. WALPOLE. C. Translate into... | |
 | sir Arthur Naylor Wollaston - 1877 - 198 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 and vexed that, by endeavouring to please everybody, he had pleased nobody, and lost his ass into the bargain. — ANON. FABLE — THE KITE AND... | |
 | Illustrated readers - 1885 - 234 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 'and vexed, that by endeavouring to please everybody, he had pleased nobody, and lost his ass into the bargain. ' There cannot be a piece of greater... | |
 | Medicine - 1848 - 400 pages
...Tongue." The old gentleman in the fable, after a well-intentioned effort, found, that, " by endeavoring to please every body, he had pleased nobody, and lost his ass into the bargain." We ourselves have stumbled into a somewhat similar predicament. In taking the list of subscribers to... | |
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