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In beauty, faults conspicuous grow; The smallest speck is seen on snow. - Fable--The Peacock, Turkey and Goose (l. 1) [Beauty] One common fate we both must prove; You die with envy, I with love. - Fable--The Poet and Rose (l. 29) [Fate] Cowards are cruel, but the brave Love mercy, and delight to save. - Fables (pt. I, fable 1) [Cowards] Nor love, not honour, wealth nor pow'r, Can give the heart a cheerful hour When health is lost. Be timely wise; With health all taste of pleasure flies. - Fables (pt. I, fable 31) [Health] Alas! you know the cause too well; The salt is spilt, to me it fell. Then to contribute to my loss, My knife and fork were laid across; On Friday, too! the day I dread; Would I were safe at home, in bed! Last night (I vow to Heaven 'tis true) Bounce from the fire a coffin flew. Next post some fatal news shall tell: God send my Cornish friends be well! - Fables (pt. I, fable 37) [Superstition] How bless'd, how envied, were our life, Could we but scape the poulterer's knife! But man, curs'd man, on Turkeys preys, And Christmas shortens all our days: Sometimes with oysters we combine, Sometimes assist the savory chine; From the low peasant to the lord, The Turkey smokes on every board. - Fables (pt. I, fable 39) [Christmas] I never, with important air, In conversation overbear. . . . . My tongue within my lips I rein; For who talks much must talk in vain. - Fables (pt. I, introduction, l. 53) [Conversation] Look round, the wrecks of play behold; Estates dismember'd, mortgag'd, sold! Their owners now to jails confin'd, Show equal poverty of mind. - Fables (pt. II, fable 12) [Gambling] The prince who kept the world in awe, The judge whose dictate fix'd the law; The rich, the poor, the great, the small, Are levell'd; death confounds 'em all. - Fables (pt. II, fable 16) [Death] When rogues like these (a sparrow cries) To honours and employments rise, I court no favor, ask no place, For such preferment is disgrace. - Fables (pt. II, fable 2) [Corruption] Of all the fools that pride can boast, A Coxcomb claims distinction most. - Fables (pt. II, fable 5) [Foppery] From wine what sudden friendship springs? - Fables (pt. II, fable 6) [Wine and Spirits] Studious of elegance and ease. - Fables (pt. II, no. 8) [Study] Give me, kind Heaven, a private station, A mind serene for contemplation: Title and profit I resign; The post of honor shall be mine. - Fables (pt. II, The Vulture, The Sparrow and other Birds) [Honor] In every age and clime we see, Two of a trade can ne'er agree. - Fables--Rat-Catcher and Cats (l. 43) [Business : Proverbs] Reproachful speech from either side The want of argument supplied; They rail, reviled; as often ends The contests of disputing friends. - Fables--Ravens--Sexton and Earth Worm (pt. II, l. 117) [Argument] Who hath not heard the rich complain Of surfeits, and corporeal pain? He barr'd from every use of wealth, Envies the ploughman's strength and health. - Fables--The Cookmaid, Turnspit, and Ox [Wealth] That Raven on yon left-hand oak (Curse on his ill-betiding croak) Bodes me no good. - Fables--The Farmer's Wife and the Raven [Ravens] A lost good name is ne'er retriev'd. - Fables--The Fox at the Point of Death (l. 46) [Reputation] And when a lady's in the case, You know all other things give place. - Fables--The Hare and Many Friends (l. 41) [Women] Those who in quarrels interpose, Must often wipe a bloody nose. - Fables--The Mastiffs (l. 1) [Quarreling] By outward show let's not be cheated; An ass should like an ass be treated. - Fables--The Packhorse and Carrier (pt. II, l. 99) [Appearance] Remote from cities liv'd a Swain, Unvex'd with all the cares of gain; His head was silver'd o'er with age, And long experience made him sage. - Fables--The Shepherd and the Philosopher (part I) [Age] From kings to cobblers 'tis the same; Bad servants wound their masters' fame. - Fables--The Squire and his Cur (pt. II) [Fame] Envy's a sharper spur than pay: No author ever spar'd a brother; Wits are gamecocks to one another. - Fables-The Elephant and the Bookseller (pt. I, fable 10, l. 74) [Authorship : Envy] Displaying page 4 of 7 for this author: << Prev Next >> 1 2 3 [4] 5 6 7
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