The Story of Reynard the Fox: A New VersionW.S. Orr, 1852 - 76 pagina's |
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Pagina 74 - This tale will not be told in vain, if it shall be found to illustrate the great truth, that guilt, though it may attain temporal splendour, can never confer real happiness; that the evil consequences of our crimes long survive their commission, and, like the ghosts of the murdered, for ever haunt the steps of the malefactor; and that the paths of virtue, though seldom those of worldly greatness, are always those of pleasantness and peace.
Pagina xii - The Crafty Courtier, or the Fable of Reynard the Fox ; newly done into English verse from the ancient Latin Iambics of Hartmann Schopperus.
Pagina 18 - The servants were all alarmed, and the cry was set up, " The Fox is taken !" and away they all ran to where poor Malkin was caught in the snare, and without finding out their mistake, they beat him unmercifully, and wounded one of his eyes. Mad with pain, the Cat sud'denly gnawed the cord, sprung on one of the head servants, and scratched him so severely that he fainted ; and when every one ran to afford his mite of assistance, Malkin leaped out of the hole, and limped as fast as...
Pagina 18 - ... next coming, which the false Fox knew of, and therefore said to the Cat, " Sir Malkin, creep in at this hole, and you shall not tarry a minute's space before you have more mice of the first quality than you are able to discuss ; hark ! how they squeak ! When you are satiated, come to me again, for I will wait for you at this hole. Tomorrow we shall go together to court, but stay not too long, for I know my wife will hourly expect us.
Pagina v - Printing, w has obtained such an extensive circulation and unbounded popularity as the story of "REYNARD THE Fox." For centuries it has been a household possession, perused in the palace and the hall, the grange and the cottage; it has fascinated the young and amused the old. " It has been lectured on in universities, quoted in imperial council-halls ; it has lain on the toilets of princes, and been thumbed to pieces on the benches of artisans." Even the German Shakspeare, Goethe, has made it the...
Pagina 18 - Fox knew perfectly, and therefore he said to the Cat, ' Sir Tibert, creep in at this hole, and you shall not tarry a minute's space, but you shall have more mice than you are able to devour. Hark, you may hear how they squeak; when you...
Pagina v - ... subject. One of the stories illustrated by the ingenious German is an eminently popular one on the Continent, — that of Reynard the Fox. " Among the people," says Carlyle, " it was long a house-book and universal best companion. It has been lectured on in universities, quoted in imperial council-halls, lain on the toilets of princes, and been thumbed to pieces on the bench of artizans.
Pagina 62 - Reynard's feet, supplicated the high honour of carrying him to court on his back, which humble request being complied with, the bard pricked up his ears to an unusual length, looked with contempt on the undistinguished mob around him, and laboured under the hallucination that he possessed more wisdom than Rajah the Elephant, and was a greater proficient in music than Cloudlet the Lark or Amoret the Nightingale.
Pagina 58 - Reynard drew out his foot, and with his two paws he nearly deprived him of his skin. They rolled together in a pool of blood, into which, ever and anon, the Fox saturated his brush, and did tremendous havoc thereby on the enemy. Lacerated, crippled, and blind, Sir Isegvim's friends implored the Monarch to put an end to the combat.
Pagina 62 - ... in the Rajah's family for many hundred years; and he had judiciously selected Trickster the Monkey, a countryman of his own, and placed him on his shoulders, because he was conversant both with the instrument and the music. Poodle, a third cousin of Springer the Hound, thundered on the big...