 | Aesopus - 1820 - 102 pages
...and bitterly bemoaned his hard fortune. His mother, who stood by, gave him this wise and seasonable advice, — Grasp only half the quantity, my boy, and you will easily succeed. The surest way to gain our ends, is to moderate our desires. FABLK XXII. THE BOY AND THE FROGS. ON... | |
 | Alexander Spencer - 1831 - 166 pages
...gave him this good advice—" Grasp only half the quantity, my boy, and then you will succeed." So the surest way to gain our ends, is to moderate our desires. 4. Two bees, setting out in search of food, observed a vessel full of liquid honey. One of them instantly... | |
 | Epictetus, Samuel Croxall, John Gay, William Cowper, Alexander Pope, Jean de La Fontaine, Ignacy Krasicki, James Merrick, Charles Denis, John Tapner - 1832 - 366 pages
...Unwilling to lose any of them, yet 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 seasonable advice : — " Grasp only half the quantity, my boy, and you will easily succeed." FABLE... | |
 | Epictetus, Samuel Croxall, John Gay, William Cowper, Alexander Pope, Jean de La Fontaine, Ignacy Krasicki, James Merrick, Charles Denis, John Tapner - 1832 - 388 pages
...Unwilling to lose any of them, yet 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 seasonable advice : — " Grasp only half the quantity, my boy, and you will easily succeed." Bog,... | |
 | George Moir Bussey - 1842 - 608 pages
...Unwilling to lose any of them, but unable to draw back his hand, he burst into tears, and bitterly bemoaned his hard fortune. An honest fellow who stood by, gave him this wise and seasonable advice : " Grasp only half the quantity, my boy, and you will easily succeed." THE DISCONTENTED... | |
 | Fables - 1846 - 98 pages
...Unwilling to lose any of them, yet 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 seasonable advice : " Be not so greedy, my boy ; grasp only half the quantity, and you will easily... | |
 | Thomas James - 1848 - 290 pages
...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." FABLE... | |
 | Mrs. Warren (Eliza) - 1751 - 206 pages
...Unwilling to lose any of them, yet 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 advice — " Grasp only half the quantity, my boy, and yon will easily succeed." LORD BACON. When the... | |
 | Aesopus - 1852 - 210 pages
...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." JBSOPS... | |
 | William L Robinson - 1862 - 232 pages
...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." —... | |
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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... 
