Questions

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identifier	question
5284	Have pity on my naked plight,He begged,"and ope thy door".--"Thy name?"
5284	Why fear?
5284	But what good Words, idle words?
5284	I father Andrew want, the wight replied, Who''s oft to Alice confessor and guide: With Andrew, cried the other, would you speak?
5284	Who gave you such a charming fair?
5284	he cried, May I presume to kiss your beauteous bride?
5282	A brawling woman''s tongue, what saint can bear?
5282	ARE happy marriages for ever flown?
5282	THE demon, with surprise, to Matthew cried; What noise is that?
5282	WHAT is the inference?
5282	What''s that?
5283	A brawling woman''s tongue, what saint can bear?
5283	ARE happy marriages for ever flown?
5283	THE demon, with surprise, to Matthew cried; What noise is that?
5283	WHAT is the inference?
5283	What''s that?
5278	''Tis grieving for thy loss that makes me ill; Did ever I in aught deny thy will?
5278	And had''st thou not whatever thou might''st need?
5278	Away they went, and closely shut the door; When Richard said, thou darling of my store, How can''st thou thus behave?
5278	In dress or play could any thee exceed?
5278	THE Gascon was-- a Gascon;--would you more?
5278	Then what dost think about thy honour, dear?-- Said she, with ire, I neither know nor fear; Is this a time to guard it, do you say?
5278	my pretty dove,''Tis thy Quinzica, come to seek his love, In all the same, except about his wife; Dost in this face a change observe my life?
5275	ASTONISHMENT, at once, our Roman seiz''d; But who''s the fair that thus her bosom eas''d?
5275	Or, who''s the gay Adonis, form''d to bless?
5275	SINCE these, replied the YOUTH, your thoughts appear, What think you of our landlord''s daughter here?
5275	TO you I wish the ring, replied young Clod, But do they sleep in bed, or only nod?
5275	The monarch softly said:--why how is this?
5294	Can he deserve such treatment to receive?
5294	SINCE much he wished perfection to pursue; He, to himself, exclaimed: what can''st thou do?
5294	To me what present for it wilt thou bring?
5294	What silly scruples!--Are they in your creed?
5294	You were not always led such scenes to heed: Pray how d''ye manage when for fleas you seek?
5276	Are these thy tricks, so good a man to vex?
5276	ETEXT EDITOR''S BOOKMARKS: Who, born for hanging, ever yet was drowned?
5276	My worthy master could I thus disgrace?
5276	ONE night the lady said, with eager eyes, My dear, among our servants, which d''ye prize, For moral conduct most and upright heart?
5276	Said he, some drink I earnestly intreat; What, Greg''ry, cried my lord, dost feel a heat; In thy repasts dost love to wet thy jaws?
5276	THe husband, in a rage, exclaimed, thou jade, A parson, say''st thou?
5276	The lady similar emotions showed; For opportunity their bosoms glowed; And who will feel in argument so bold, When this I say, the contrary to hold?
5276	sir, replied the cobbler''s wife at ease, Do you suppose that use can hope to please, And like your ladies full of sense appear?
5287	And have you clearly said it, sir, to day?
5287	But, in extremes to be, appears my lot; Just now I felt quite chilled:--at present hot; Pray tell me which is best?
5287	Emotion, at the view, who would not feel?
5287	In this way to be paid for ills we meet, Who''d not be satisfied with boons so sweet?
5287	Should I give way, said she, who''ll tell the tale?
5287	THE supper o''er, our couple left alone, What fairer field could truly have been shown?
5287	To soft delight what bosom proves of steel?
5287	WHO, after this, will doubt the pow''r of prayers?
5297	A laugh prevailed; for what was to be done?
5297	Is this your plan?
5297	SAID youthful Cleon, now you''ll tell me why This stratagem you were induced to try?
5297	is it true, as we are told, That ev''ry bliss at last is rendered cold?
5293	A second meeting you have fixed?
5293	E''en Cupid, we are told, assistance gave; What from his aim effectually can save?
5293	Fair in person was Gyges to behold; Excuses for her easy''twere to mould; To show her charms, what baseness could excel?
5293	What, cried the abbess, dares she still to sneer?
5293	What, is he mad?
5293	Where can I go to follow up your plan, And hope, in spots like these, a flame to fan?
5293	said they, or would he seek Some lass, and with her wish to have a freak?
5286	''Tis Hymeneal works:--What works?
5286	A tithe, my dear, the friars always claim.-- What tithe?
5286	But what can you the holy fathers owe?
5286	HAVE you no truckle bed?
5286	How cunningly, said she, you seem to act; Why clearly you''re acquainted with the fact?
5286	IN truth, the wife was quite surprised to find Her spouse so much to frolicking inclined; Said she, what ails the man, he''s grown so gay?
5286	To which the lady said:--what do n''t you know?
5286	What duties?
5286	What, would you ruin families at will, And with our daughters take at ease your fill?
5286	You understand me, but I''ll seek redress; Think you so very cheap to have success?
5286	said he with mighty rage; Was it for THIS you would my house engage?
5286	strange You thus allow yourself about to range; Did I not tell you when the wine you took,''Twould make many sad misfortunes hook?
5279	''Twould in the pirate doubtless have been wise, The belle to move, and thus prevent surprise; But who, from folly in amours is free?
5279	CONSOLE each other, say you?
5279	Hispal cried; What can console when forced one''s love to hide?
5279	Is that a circumstance of weight I pray?
5279	NO haggling, princess pray, my word receive; What could be done, her terror to relieve?
5279	THE dame exclaimed:--pray how could he pretend; To treat me so, and leave me to a friend?
5279	THE princess by the maids in bed was placed; Then thither went the host with anxious haste, What sought he?
5279	TO Mamolin?
5279	To plunder as he likes before our face, And make a slave of one whose form''s divine?
5279	To this the other willingly agreed;( What friend would be refused, if thus in need?)
5279	WHAT has the princess done?
5288	But softly, cried the mother with a smile; Not quite so fast, for Satan may beguile; And if''twere so, hast taken proper care?
5288	ETEXT EDITOR''S BOOKMARKS: A pretty wife?
5288	Have you a sister, daughter, pretty wife?
5288	Indeed?
5288	Suppose increase?
5288	What ne''er from you?
5288	What would the holy man on me bestow?
5288	What would you, cried the other, with him do?
5288	You''ll tell me whence so much discernment came?
5288	must I obey and thither go?
5288	said the second( with a cross of grace), You would not surely do what is forbid?
5288	the widow straight replied: And why should not the blessing, pray, be tried?
5288	who see with such delight; Pray tell me if my calf be in your sight?
5290	A carpet let me instantly provide?
5290	He made her sit, and then his seat regained Who would have thought, cried he, you here remained; Now who this hiding place to you could tell?
5290	His aim, howe''er more fully to unfold, She presently observed:--''Tis very cold; Where shall I sleep?
5290	MY conduct to excuse, what can I say?
5290	Pray tell me what you see therein amiss?
5290	Shall I your valet call?
5290	Till we, continued he, a priest can find, Are you, to trust my promises inclined?
5290	What use this eloquence, and what your aim?
5290	YE dames of Britain, Germany, or France, Would you have done as much, through complaisance?
5290	said he, good lady, is it thus, With favoured friends, you doubtful points discuss?
5290	said she: CAMILLUS Just where you please; CONSTANCE What, on this chair?
5296	AT present, much I need this useful art: Why?
5296	And know you no relief that''s certain styled?
5296	Had he not better done to give a chair?
5296	Of honour an affair.--love-- sickness-- what?
5296	Shall I be mother to a one- eared child?
5296	THIS principle allowed, why scruples make?
5296	The eldest added:--let''s our whim pursue;''Tis well determined;--What were we to get, That here we waited, and are waiting yet?
5296	What injury, continued she, is done?
5296	Why, less than eyes, should ears a license take?
5296	said the painter, when he got a sight,-- What!--you''d persuade me ev''ry thing is right?
5292	Anne had a conscience pure as holy fire; But how could she abstain from soft desire?
5292	How treasure up returns from your demesnes?
5292	If, in the bosom chance a flame should raise, Is there a pow''r can then subdue the blaze?
5292	May I not have this grace, this wished for boon?
5292	Our wight then asked their names and business there; And why he was retained in such a snare?
5292	PERHAPS you''ve seen, from Nature, drawings made?
5292	The husband, with a sigh, was heard to say: I wonder what my wife''s about to- day?
5292	What crop, pray tell me, dost thou mean to sow?
5292	What grain dost mean to sow th''ensuing year?
5292	What''s here?
5292	Will you still more oblige, the parson cried, And let the fish at home by you be fried?
5299	How did she catch him, clever child?
5299	How large is he, and can he sing,And will he breed, the pretty thing?
5299	Is she more delicate than me?
5299	What''s the useOf all your scolding and abuse?
5299	What''s the use;Said Richard,"of all our affection?
5299	Why may she not her bed exchange,In naught will it the house derange?
5299	Adieu!--Farewell!--"How''s this?"
5299	At this the maid burst forth,"What more?
5299	But who could long such contest wage?
5299	Desire for what?
5299	Together in a close barred cell The lovers were, and sewed all day, Nor heeded how time flew away.--"What''s that I hear?
5299	Who was surprised?
5299	Young Richard saw her, loved her, wooed her-- What swain I ask could have withstood her?
5299	exclaimed the abbess,"why"The last at table?"
5295	Art satisfied?--and was she pretty too?
5295	Hast thou nothing done?
5295	How''s this?
5295	IS''T this, said she, that makes thee so forlorn?
5295	Or self- created was it not supposed?
5295	Said he, thou ninny, scruples can''st thou find To counteract, and prove to pleasure blind?
5295	The sisters, say''st thou?--hast thou had thy fun, And pleased thy fancy with a wanton nun?
5295	WHAT means the fellow?
5295	What book has got it?--where should it be sought?
5295	What, blockhead, would''st thou do without thy wife?
5295	cried a toothless nun; What would he tell us?
5295	cried he, what''s here?--a nice affair; Young man, pray tell me who has placed thee there?
5295	cried he:--why wo n''t you take a view?
5295	expression here I clearly need; What word will decently express the thought?
5289	ARE we not brothers in adventure, pray?
5289	BESIDE the dame in silence slid our spark; In silence she attended in the dark, Perfumed and nicely ev''ry way bedecked; For what?
5289	Can I, said she, the paths of honour quit, And in my bed a loathsome brute permit?
5289	I''ve seen it with my eyes;''tis most complete; You mean to jest, assuredly my friend; Would you by doubts the great Mogul offend?
5289	Look, could she e''er her lover in the face?
5289	ONE day he to Calimachus complained, Of want of heirs, and wished they could be gained: Where lay the fault?
5289	Or e''er regard the plan but with disdain?
5289	Said she, within herself;--what else believe?
5289	What then?
5289	What''s necessary pray, that things succeed?
5289	Who could conceive her formed a clod to please?
5289	Will he not think me covered with disgrace?
5289	You''ll do me services I ca n''t express.-- Do n''t doubt it, cried the spark of smart address: Must I the fact so oft to you repeat?
5289	said he, as round about he looked: What guests have you that supper you prepare?
5298	At that rate what should be the mistress''price?
5298	But then, on t''other hand, to lend the fair, In ev''ry view had got an awkward air; Would she, as was proposed, consent to two?
5298	Have we together been less happy found?
5298	Nor presents nor attentions would have swayed; Should I have mentioned presents as an aid?
5298	Or was it fair to sacrifice her charms, And lay her open thus to dire alarms?
5298	Shall we permit this fatal pow''r to reign?
5298	The husband of the trick was ne''er aware, So much the mistress had her servant''s air; But if he had, what then?
5298	The other is:--Should she, who was misused, Have sought revenge for being so abused?
5298	To keep things secret would their lips be true?
5298	What obligation to divulge the fact?
5298	Who forced you to reveal what was amiss?
5298	have troubles met; Within my bosom oft I feel regret; Three children ere my marriage I had got; Have I your father told this secret blot?
5291	''Tis said, he found her better than at first; Why so?
5291	Alice cried; He ne''er with any was himself supplied; I''m all surprise; he''s thought a heavy clot, How could he give what he had never got?
5291	But how the sisterhood would see her take Such remedies and no objection make?
5291	ETEXT EDITOR''S BOOKMARKS: Her doll, for thought, was just as well designed How could he give what he had never got?
5291	MOST rev''rend sir, said she, by friends I''m told, That in this convent wit is often sold, Will you allow me some on trust to take?
5291	My mule?
5291	Our pastor oft his benefice has changed; Is trucking wives less easily arranged?
5291	SAID t''other:--Don''t so confident appear; Thou know''st not Jane: her ways would marble cheer; And there''s a play:--thou understand''st no doubt?
5291	The friar on the bed this maiden threw; A kiss would take:--she from him rather drew; And said.--To give one wit is this the way?
5291	The girl exclaimed, as on she moved,--Will he Such presents willingly bestow on me, Whose age, as yet, has scarcely reached fifteen?
5291	Through charity will no one take the lead, And, by example, get her to proceed?
5291	Well, said the monk, pray how d''ye find the play?
5291	What think you, neighbour, if, to try our luck, For once we''ve something new, and valets truck?
5291	With such can I be worthy to be seen?
5291	Yes, answered he, and round her''gan to play: Upon her bosom then he put his hand What now, said she, am I to understand?
5291	quite abashed the Abbess cried; What is it?--fy!--a man would you provide?
5291	you ask: was she then at the worst?
5280	AND do you think, cried Damon with an air, Erastus visits as a lover there?
5280	And from it do you aught amiss retain?
5280	And if Calista, careless of your fame, Should carry to extremes a guilty flame, Would you but half way go?
5280	But, horned or not?
5280	GOOD folks, of cuckoldom, pray what''s the harm, To give, from time to time, such dire alarm?
5280	Himself a cuckold could he ever make, By mere design a liberty to take?
5280	I feel at ease, thank heav''n, and have no dread, Then why to seek new cares should I be led?
5280	No anxious wish to taste forbidden fruit?
5280	No difference assuredly you see?
5280	No mortal can from danger feel secure; To be exempt from spilling, who is sure?
5280	Not e''en a spot; there''s nothing half so clear; The features, too, they as before appear?
5280	Suppose your wife had got a smart gallant, Would you refuse as much a fair to grant?
5280	Then how can cuckoldom an evil be?
5280	WHAT should a husband do whose wife is sought, With anxious fondness by another?
5280	What injury''s received, and what''s the wrong, At which so many sneer and loll their tongue?
5280	once my soul and life Calista, whom I fondly cherished long; Calista, whose affection was so strong; Is gold more dear than hearts in union twined?
5285	A sample, now, we have given of his pow''rs, And who would wish for more delightful hours?
5285	How comes it then, we may be asked, that in many passages the Author curtails instead of enlarging on the original?
5285	How life support, unknowing and unknown?
5285	Must we in future have more scrupulous or religious regard, if we may be allowed the expression, for falsehood than the Ancients had for truth?
5285	Or what has Mrs. Simon more than I?
5285	Pale, faint, she instant grew, and closed her eyes: Who would have thought, said she, thou wert so base?
5285	Shall this privilege cease with respect to fictitious stories?
5285	To beauty''s wiles, in ev''ry class, I''ve bowed; Fawned, flattered, sighed, e''en constancy have vowed What gained?
5285	WHO''LL, know it?
5285	What impudence!--You mock me too?
5285	What more remains to do?
5285	What recompense can I presume to make?
5285	What''s here?
5285	What''s this, he cried, so elegantly neat?
5285	Where my love less?
5285	Why should they not?
5285	say, of charms have I less stores?
5285	she cried Let''s see, with blushes if his face be dyed?
5277	Are these your freaks, cried she with mark''d surprise; Your usual dish it seems then do n''t suffice; You want, indeed, to have some nicer fare?
5277	Are we at play?
5277	FOR otherwise, what use such pains to take?
5277	HUSBAND DAR''ST thou to ask again?
5277	HUSBAND Why, when then, friend?
5277	Has not your spouse with you a right to try What freaks he likes?
5277	He surely dreams; Where can he learn these tales?
5277	How?
5277	The bread I eat, indeed, must be for you?
5277	WHEN day arrived the monarch was surprised, To see each muleteer alike disguised; No hair in front of either now was seen; Why, how is this?
5277	WIFE AND why not, pray?
5277	WIFE But still, why think you, friend, it was not I?
5277	WIFE I?
5277	WIFE What hast thou seen?
5277	WIFE''Twas mine: NEIGHBOUR Be patient:--and inform me, pray, If this were worn by you or her to- day?
5277	WILLIAM Is''t folly, pray, to see what we behold?
5277	What can you mean?
5277	What, cried the lady, says this noisy sot?
5277	What, still go on?
5277	how!--cried he:--what, e''en before my sight?
5277	or have I lost my eyes?
5277	said he: What can it mean?
5277	said the master, how?
5277	to think a paltry servant maid Should rival me?
5281	A pretty promise truly:--can you think, You less from this, than from the first, should shrink?
5281	A villager, a wretched being here; Too great the honour doubtless must appear;''Twas somewhere else you surely meant to go?
5281	ANSELM My lord?
5281	ANSELM What, Ganymede?
5281	And ask a favour?--could she be excused?
5281	And him if she were led to importune, Could she expect that he''d accord the boon?
5281	Cried he, I''ve neither cook nor kettle left; Then how can I receive you, thus bereft?
5281	DOST wish me, said the black, the house to give, For thee and thine therein at ease to live?
5281	For one, who never will a treat afford, Or what is much the same, has not the pow''r?
5281	For such a thing, are we the worse a hair?
5281	For whom, I pray, LOVE''S treasures would you hoard?
5281	How these can warn?
5281	NEGRO I jest?
5281	NEGRO You wo n''t engage?
5281	ONCE, in each week to serpents we are changed; Do you remember how you here arranged, To save an adder from a clown''s attack?
5281	Such strong temptation who can e''er evade?
5281	THE whole our judge conceded;--could he less?
5281	The little dog, pray what of that became?
5281	The maid exclaimed: when such a lover sues, How can a woman any thing refuse?
5281	The man, for her, of wealth had been bereft; How ask the only treasure he had left?
5281	WHY would''st thou, friend, said Atis, these destroy?
5281	What?
5281	Who''ll know the fact, or publish it around?
5281	Why come?
5281	learned Anselm do I see, said she, In this disguise?--It surely can not be; My eyes deceive me:--Anselm, grave and wise; Give such a lesson?
5281	said he; what led you thus to trace, An humble slave of your celestial face?
15946	Advice,said he,"is only to be sought of yourselves; for who, better than yourselves, can know your own needs?
15946	And what, my Thyrsis, is the name you give this pleasing pain?
15946	And when?
15946	But what can you earn in one day?
15946	But will they be willing to accept their own forms again?
15946	First of all,he said,"how about breakfast?
15946	How ripe are your hams? 15946 I tell fortunes?
15946	I? 15946 Is it wisdom thus to mutilate these poor dwellers in your garden?
15946	Tell me, Master Gregory, what do you suppose your earnings amount to in a year?
15946	Well, my dear, how have you been getting on? 15946 What ails you?"
15946	What combat?
15946	What could the Almighty have been thinking about?
15946	What form is this? 15946 What is it then?"
15946	What is that?
15946	What''s amiss?
15946	Why this wrecking?
15946	You boasted of being so swift,she said"What has come to your feet, then?"
15946	12) Who does not run after Fortune?
15946	6) Why does Æsop give to the fox the reputation of excelling in all tricks of cunning?
15946	9) It is not always wise to say to your company,"Just listen to this joke"or"What do you think of this for a marvel?"
15946	9)"What have I done to be treated in this way?
15946	All those little ones that have passed between your teeth, had they neither fathers nor mothers?"
15946	And Cupid was right; for what can not be achieved with wit and the desire to please?
15946	And do they think that they alone are exempt from the common rule?
15946	And is not gold extracted from lead?
15946	And pray what of ourselves?
15946	And then, considering the price he will fetch, what is to prevent my putting into our stable a cow and a calf?
15946	And what will your poor husband do whom you expected to have near you all day and night too?
15946	Are we not as good as he?"
15946	Are you not, therefore, as wolves one to another?
15946	Besides, is Papacy, after all, worth peace, which one must leave behind for it?
15946	But how does the body conceive and understand this intelligent force?
15946	But how''s that to be done?
15946	But what are you, who are talking in this strain?
15946	But what is this planet Jupiter?
15946	But whoever was endowed with everything?
15946	But would it not be well to keep some for a needy future?
15946	Come here, my dear,"he added, addressing the man''s daughter, and then, to her father,"When are you going to let her marry?
15946	Dare I present myself before other dogs?
15946	Dear friends of mine, will you not be glad to have your manly forms again?
15946	Did Aristotle and his followers do any better thinking, by my faith?
15946	Did you like the simple life of the country?"
15946	Do I displease you?
15946	Do you know as much as I?
15946	Do you not know that the rhinoceros denies me precedence: that the Elephantidæ are at war with the Rhinocerotidæ?
15946	Do you now see yourselves reflected in it?
15946	Do you see this?
15946	Do you think it would suit me to become a citizen of Ithaca once more?
15946	Does not the wolf, when he has need to defend his life or take that of another, display as much knowingness as the fox?
15946	Does not this give us a picture of mankind?
15946	For instance; would n''t this acorn, no bigger than my little finger, be better hanging on this frail stem?
15946	Further, how could its influence, if it had any, penetrate through endless voids to our world?
15946	Half?
15946	Has n''t a son- in- law come on the scene yet?
15946	Have you obeyed this mandate whilst out in the world?
15946	How could you, when the mud is like a thick cloud between us and the crystal?
15946	How did you spend your time?
15946	How is it that I can not entertain the capricious creature?
15946	How was the egg to be saved from the jaws of him?
15946	How would it have been if a heavier mass than this had fallen from the tree: if this acorn had been a pumpkin?
15946	I be silent?
15946	I see the tool obeying the hand; but what guides the hand?
15946	In what way could a poor recluse assist you?
15946	Is it your business to judge between us?
15946	Is that a crime?
15946	Is there any explanation to what I shall now relate?
15946	Now say, on your oath, do you really think I should have loved slaughter any less if I had remained a man?
15946	O ye kings over the animals, or rather tyrants of them, would any creature do the same to you?"
15946	Of what use is such shamming?
15946	One day he said to the other,"Suppose we left this place and tried our luck elsewhere?
15946	Open such a machine and examine it; what do we find?
15946	Pray who instructed you that one form is more handsome than another?
15946	Shall it be a god, a table, or a basin?
15946	That being so, in what sense is it true, as I have read in a certain passage, that the voice of the people is the voice of God?
15946	That is all very well, but how is the impression made?
15946	These people laugh at me, do they?
15946	This he tried his utmost to do; but who can resist the beauty of a woodland stream?
15946	Unhappy I?
15946	What all?
15946	What are the feelings it gives one?"
15946	What better ending could I make?
15946	What did she do?"
15946	What does it matter to those in high places whether one is an elephant or a fly?
15946	What is it you admire in him, you men?
15946	What more could he desire?
15946	What then did the speaker do?
15946	What was he to do-- this poor Narcissus?
15946	What, then, is the reason of your visit amongst us?"
15946	When it was in his studio he thought to himself,"Now what shall my chisel make of it?
15946	Whence comes it then that its influence works so differently on these two men?
15946	Who could tell but that all the dreadful wars that were then convulsing Europe had not been caused by it?
15946	Who guides the planets in their rapid courses?
15946	Who has never built castles in Spain?
15946	Who has never talked wildly?
15946	Whom have I in mind, do you think, when I speak of this rat, so sparing of his help?
15946	Why do you not ask what Philip[4] does?"
15946	Would I deceive you?
15946	Would it not be well if the most blameworthy among us allowed himself to be offered as a sacrifice to appease the celestial wrath?
15946	Would not you and yours have eaten these sheep, which all the village is deploring, if I had not?
15946	[ Illustration: Why can not you be silent also?]
15946	a hundred times as good perhaps; but what of that?
15946	could he but do so, and bring with him too the rival of old Epicurus,[12] what would the latter say as to the examples I have narrated?
15946	eat the grass belonging to another?
15946	renounce all the great advantages that have just been given me?
15946	what about Ceres?
15946	what form is this you have taken, you who used to be so handsome?"
7241	And why,said La Fontaine,"should I not?
7241	How was that?
7241	The public is mistaken; but what must I do in the case?
7241	What shall we do, should he have progeny?
7241	[ 14] As on the sounding verses ring, What will be brought to birth? 7241 ''A speck?'' 7241 ''An egg?'' 7241 ''And all for what? 7241 ''And how go you yourself?'' 7241 ''And wherefore not?'' 7241 ''And wherefore so?'' 7241 ''And who are you to interfere?'' 7241 ''But is there one?'' 7241 ''But know you mine?'' 7241 ''But what is this to you?'' 7241 ''But what with you Has one to do?'' 7241 ''Can I believe you, when you say An owl bore off: so large a prey? 7241 ''Did ever a repining mood,''He added,''a misfortune heal? 7241 ''Do I forget,''the rat replied,''To what your nature is allied? 7241 ''For what are your hams? 7241 ''Has not my service glorious Made both of us victorious?'' 7241 ''Have n''t I four trotters with the rest? 7241 ''How spent you the summer?'' 7241 ''How''s this, my boys?'' 7241 ''How''s this? 7241 ''How''s this? 7241 ''I have... but, how? 7241 ''If I could paint,''said fox,''I should delight T''anticipate your pleasure at the sight; But come; who knows? 7241 ''If on this jackass I must wait, What will become of kings and nations? 7241 ''Indeed? 7241 ''Is he a stouter one than we?'' 7241 ''Is what I hold alive, or not?'' 7241 ''Is''t this?'' 7241 ''Know we,''they say,--both lord and liege,--''This bird saw not the Trojan siege? 7241 ''Like burden- beasts,''said they,''We sweat from day to day; And all for whom, and what? 7241 ''Not always, sir; but what of that?'' 7241 ''O Death,''said he,''d''ye call it fair, Without a warning to prepare, To take a man on lifted leg? 7241 ''O, when,''exclaim''d the sad disease,''Will this my misery stop? 7241 ''Piraeus? 7241 ''Pray, why this wasteful havoc, sir?'' 7241 ''Sir Cormorant, whence hast thou heard This dreadful news? 7241 ''Sire king,''replied the bird,''Think you that, after such a deed, I ought to trust your word? 7241 ''Think you,''said he,''your royal name To me worth caring for? 7241 ''This fruit so large, on vine so small,''Surveying once, exclaim''d a bumpkin--''What could He mean who made us all? 7241 ''Well, have you done?'' 7241 ''Well, then, is this?'' 7241 ''Well,''said this braggart,''well, Dame Mouse, what should I do? 7241 ''Well,''says the sot, not taking time to think,''And do n''t you bring us anything to drink?'' 7241 ''What brought you here, old head?'' 7241 ''What combat?'' 7241 ''What have I done, I''d like to know, To make my master maim me so? 7241 ''What may your office be?'' 7241 ''What now?'' 7241 ''What of carcass warm? 7241 ''What plan is this?'' 7241 ''What shall my chisel, now''tis mine-- A god, a table, or a basin?'' 7241 ''What use, I pray, of this expense?'' 7241 ''What will your honour do with me? 7241 ''What''s that?'' 7241 ''What? 7241 ''Whence should it come,''said he, superb of brow,''But from the fountain of my knowing how? 7241 ''Where could I find,''said Philomel,''so sweet?'' 7241 ''Why did you not the evil shun,''Quoth Towser,''as you might have done? 7241 ''Why let my courage flag, Because my snare has chanced to miss? 7241 ''Why, man, is this a time of war, That you should bring your gold so far? 7241 ''Why, sister, do n''t you see, The end of this will be, That one of these big brutes will yield, And then be exiled from the field? 7241 ''You saw it, did you? 7241 ''Your axe must not be lost,''said he:''Now, will you know it when you see? 7241 ''Your own,''he answer''d,''must suffice; Who but yourselves your wants should know? 7241 ''[ 3] Would you a theme more credible, my censors, In graver tone, and style which now and then soars? 7241 -- So spoke the wondering traveller;''Can it, I ask, in reason''s name, Be wise these harmless trees to maim? 7241 --A snake, I say: What selfish end could prompt my warning, pray?
7241	--"And wherefore not?
7241	--''But say, why doom yourself to sorrow so?''
7241	--''What''s Tereus?
7241	A lamb that has not seen a year, A suckling of its mother dear?''
7241	Again the reverend Brahmin spake--''O cloud, on- flying with thy stores of water, Pray wast thou born to we d my daughter?''
7241	Age buried''neath its joyless snow?
7241	Ah, when will time such moments bring again?
7241	Am I such gifts away to fling, To be but one of Ithaca''s mere cits?
7241	Am I, in such a family, A burden?
7241	An ox, or horse?
7241	And all for what?
7241	And all for what?
7241	And did I nurse the darling boy, Your fiendish appetite to cloy?''
7241	And do they take me for a fool?
7241	And doth a flea''s exceed a giant''s might, Because the former can the latter bite?
7241	And for this best of wealth, And often reëstablished health, What pay, or even thanks, have I?
7241	And grant it cross''d,--pray, why encumber One''s arms with that unwieldy lumber, An elephant of stone?
7241	And know you now what must be done?
7241	And never shall the wolf have done?
7241	And put these yokes, and hames, and traces, All as they should be, in their places?''
7241	And shall we reduce The beasts to the use Of vegetable game?
7241	And should he such a wonder do, And, while his hand was in, release Old Epicurus''rival[5] too, What would the latter say to facts like these?
7241	And so, exactly, Sixtus[22] said, When first the pope''s tiara press''d his head;( Though, is it such a grievous thing To be a pope, or be a king?)
7241	And then the popedom, is it worth The price that must be given?-- Repose?--the sweetest bliss of earth, And, ages since, of gods in heaven?
7241	And was not this enough?
7241	And we claim the right, In the pride of our might, Themselves to have and hold?
7241	And what Assurance of it hast thou got?
7241	And what must be the harder lot Of him, I pray, Whose days and nights With you must be by marriage rights?
7241	And wherefore not?
7241	And wherefore not?
7241	And who is he?
7241	And, dumb with fear, betook them to their way, And bore complaint to Jove''s great son, they say-- Complaint without a reason meet; For what could he?
7241	Any one sought her?
7241	Are not mankind well pictured here?
7241	Are they our teachers?
7241	Are you not really a mouse, That gnawing pest of every house, Your special aim to do the cheese ill?
7241	At meal- time to the others The rat observed,--''My brothers, How happens it that we Are met to- day but three?
7241	Augustus, Julius[31]--pray, which Caesar''s name Shines now on story''s page with purest flame?
7241	Ay, richer?
7241	Beneath our feet, see you not how Destruction''s plotted by the sow?
7241	But from the purposes divine, The deep of infinite design, Who boasts to lift the curtain?
7241	But how doth matter understand Or hear its sovereign lord''s command?
7241	But tell me now, my little thing, Do you camp ever on a king, An emperor, or lady?
7241	But what of that?
7241	But what say we about the trade In this affair by Fortune made?
7241	But what shall one reply To what I next shall certify?
7241	But why?
7241	But why?
7241	But will my sleep be less a treasure?
7241	But, hath Fortune eyes?
7241	But,''addeth he,''what of the creature''s skin?
7241	Can I your famed benignity Invoke, my muse an ear to lend?
7241	Comes not the purest gold From lead, as we are told?
7241	Comes not the time for Louis to repose?
7241	Could one have wished a richer prey?
7241	Could springs originate the plan Of maiming mice when taken lean, To fatten for his soup- tureen?
7241	Cries she,''My senses do I lack?
7241	Darest thou engage to find for me?
7241	Dead?
7241	Did friendly zephyrs blow, The demon''s pains to aid?
7241	Did he not better than to whine?
7241	Did not they tell thee thou must die?
7241	Did not thy feelings notify?
7241	Disturb the water-- do you see your face?
7241	Do n''t we deserve as rich a prize?''
7241	Do you acquit yourselves, in wisdom''s sight, From ministering to other hearts delight?
7241	Do you suppose, dear rat, that I Forget the solemn oath I mew''d?''
7241	Dost understand me?
7241	Doth one pursue it?
7241	Doth yours possess peculiar powers The merits to decide, of ours?
7241	Exclaim''d the creature, vexèd sore,''Must I give up my father''s lodge?
7241	For are you better Than hundreds of the tribes diverse Who clank the galling Roman fetter?
7241	For could it well be understood That each of this sweet sisterhood, When she possess''d her part no more, Should to her mother pay it o''er?
7241	For why?
7241	For, since the moral''s what we have in view, What could the falconer''s fate have taught us new?
7241	Growl''d Bruin in his way--''How else than as a bear should be, I pray?
7241	Grows fear, by such advice, the wiser?
7241	Had not the king his sceptre and his crown?
7241	Has none but he aught here to tease him?
7241	Hast done it?''
7241	Hast lost thy purse, by Fortune''s power?
7241	Hath not Sir Wolf an equal skill In tricks and artifices shown, When he would do some life an ill, Or from his foes defend his own?
7241	Hath reason ever guaranteed The wit of fools in speech or deed?
7241	Hath she forgotten us already?''
7241	Have I devoutly treated,''Says he,''your godship, to be cheated?
7241	Have I no business but to please him?''
7241	Have we a remedy at Rome?
7241	Have you obey''d among the bustling throngs?
7241	He cried,''and I a ghost?
7241	He held his muzzle very near; What did he whisper in your ear?''
7241	Henceforth must not the pilgrim say, A velvet road hath ESCOBAR?
7241	Her claim to it so good, Few fail to give her place Above the human race: How could they, if they would?
7241	Here doth a difficulty seem: I see the tool obey the hand; But then the hand who guideth it; Who guides the stars in order fit?
7241	His friend, now meeting him in shabby plight, Exclaim''d,''And whence comes this to pass?''
7241	His neighbour hermit came to him to say,''Am I awake?
7241	His wife recall''d, said he,''How went with you your rural rest, From vexing cares and fashions free?
7241	How can a poor recluse To such a mission be of use?
7241	How can he cause such different powers to flow Upon the aforesaid mortals here below?
7241	How can we?''
7241	How could it be?''
7241	How long demandest thou to gain The meaning of my lessons plain?
7241	How long has fox- meat been so good?
7241	How should they save their egg-- and bacon?
7241	How such a danger can we shun?
7241	How tallies this revolving universe With human things, eternally diverse?
7241	How true, then, goes the saw abroad-- Their voice is but the voice of God?
7241	I ask that sort of men, whose passion It is to get and never spend, Of all their toil what is the end?
7241	If once she dares a high intent, Will you esteem her impudent?
7241	If you, whose interest was more, Could sleep and leave an open door, Think you that I, a dog at best, Would watch, and lose my precious rest?''
7241	If, as the wise man somewhere saith, A king''s is like a lion''s wrath, What should King Lion''s be but death?
7241	In Paris''walls two older men Has France, among her millions ten?
7241	In mounting up, my fall I had foreseen, Yet loved the height too well; for who hath been, Of mortal race, devoid of all ambition?''
7241	Is Miss Gazelle so little steady?
7241	Is it a useless weight?
7241	Is it worth the storm Of universal hate?''
7241	Is love, to me, with things that were?
7241	Is not my visage comely as the best?
7241	Is there a bird beneath the blue That has more charms than you?
7241	Is this enough?''
7241	Is this no dream, I pray?
7241	Is this the way they change their metre?
7241	Is this, indeed, the mercy which these rustics Show to their honest, faithful, old domestics?
7241	Is to enjoy one''s pelf To rob or steal it from one''s self?
7241	It would have made the boldest tremble; What did our man?
7241	Its peace and quiet did you gain,-- Its innocence without a stain?''
7241	Joins not thy voice the mournful chime?
7241	Just then the hunter came that way, And,''Who hath filch''d my prey?''
7241	Keep an eye on the docket, Eh?
7241	Know I not how to end my song?
7241	Less deep, thereby, and full of pleasure?
7241	Must new heads oppose His ever- waxing energy of blows?
7241	My brother, are thy wants supplied-- Provisions, shelter, pocket- guide, And all that unto health pertains?''
7241	My humble friend from danger free, While, weltering in my gore, I''m dying?''
7241	My wife a widow sad?''
7241	Ne faut- il pas après cela qu''on crie: ESCOBAR sait un chemin de velours?
7241	Now, grant it so,--such lords among, What should be done, or said, or sung?
7241	Now, truly, on your faith confess, Should I, as man, love flesh the less?
7241	O Jupiter, what are your bolts about, They do not put these foes of mine to rout?''
7241	O, did my wither''d heart but dare To kindle for the bright and good, Should not I find the charm still there?
7241	O, such caressing was there ever?
7241	Of sacrifices, rich and fat, Your taste, quite likely, is the first;-- Are they the better off for that?
7241	Of time and strength what greater waste Than my attempt to suit your taste?
7241	One day that the foxes in council were met,''Why wear we,''said he,''this cumbering weight, Which sweeps in the dirt wherever it goes?
7241	Or cook, with cleaver at his side?
7241	Or make my subject Fortune''s sport?
7241	Or melody with such a quaver?
7241	Or, if there could, how could it dwell Within their own old, mossy well?
7241	Ought I to make the country my resort, Or seek the army, or to rise at court?
7241	Out ran the boys, their gifts to draw: But eagerness was check''d with awe, How could there be a richer prize Than solid gold beneath the skies?
7241	Out ran the king, and cried, in soothing tone,''Return, dear friend; what serves it to bemoan?
7241	Pray tell us, what is to be done?
7241	Pray, have you heard A single word Come from that gentleman in wool?
7241	Pray, in the name of common sense, What fruit can he expect to gather Of all this labour and expense?
7241	Pray, may I hear some older tongue?''
7241	Pray, tell me, do you keep a table?
7241	Pray, will you never quit this dull retreat?''
7241	Presum''st to laugh at such a time?
7241	Qu''est- il besoin qu''à present je les nomme?
7241	Renounce shall I my royal gains?
7241	Repinest thou, grey- headed man?
7241	Replied the captor,''You mistake; To me shall such a thing be said?
7241	Replied the nymph,''But will they take them back?
7241	Replied the rat,''And what reward Shall pay me, if I dare?''
7241	Said Renard,''Would you have it thought, You ape, that you can fill a throne, And guard the rights of all, alone, Not knowing how to guard your own?''
7241	Said he,''Now, honest Gregory, What may your yearly earnings be?''
7241	Said she,''Am I to have a voice?
7241	Say, when shall Peace pack up these bloody darts, And send us all, like you, to softer arts?
7241	See we ourselves within a troubled breast?
7241	See you that waving hand?
7241	Seek we the better world afar?
7241	Shall I for theme a king select Who sole, of all her favourites, Commands the goddess''s respect?
7241	Shall I in verse the fair present, With softest look but hard intent, Who serves the hearts her charms entice As does the cat its captive mice?
7241	Shall animals not Have flesh- hook or pot, As in the age of gold?
7241	Shall he for ever use me so?
7241	Should you by deserts be engross''d?
7241	Th''aggressor truly was my son-- My son?
7241	That Elephantis is at war With savage hosts of Rhinocer?
7241	That lass, my good man, I suppose is your daughter: No news of a son- in- law?
7241	That this owl reason''d, who can doubt?
7241	The ape was not to reason blind; For who in wealth of dress can find Such charms as dwell in wealth of mind?
7241	The bear approaching, doth he make complaint?
7241	The bulk which makes a child afraid?
7241	The choicest blessings to destroy, Exhausting, ere they come, their joy?
7241	The first that sees their load, loud laughing, bellows,"What farce is this to split good people''s sides?
7241	The man replied,''''Tis true; And did the lark to you?''
7241	The merely fools, he should have said; For why should wealth hold up its head, When merit from its side hath fled?
7241	The partridge, void of fear, Begins her friend to jeer:--''You bragg''d of being fleet; How serve you, now, your feet?''
7241	The vizier call''d to consultation, A sigh escaped him as he said,''Why all this mad excitement now, When hope is fled, no matter how?
7241	The war[24] with which all Europe''s now afflicted-- Deserves it not by them to''ve been predicted?
7241	The young that through your teeth have pass''d, In file unbroken by a fast, Had they nor dam nor sire?''
7241	Their bargain vanish''d suddenly in air; For who could plead his interest with a bear?
7241	Their plunder could n''t then be bagg''d; Should it in forward paws be taken, Or roll''d along, or dragg''d?
7241	Then Amaranth replied,''What is its name?
7241	Then, summing up,''What need,''said she,''In such a case, to call on me?
7241	There, at his window he appears-- He waits thee-- hasten-- hast no ears?''
7241	There, having drunk enough for two, Says fox,''My friend, what shall we do?
7241	They are a philanthropic fish, Which fact in Pliny may be found;-- A better voucher who could wish?
7241	They call it new-- the men of wit; Perhaps you have not heard of it?
7241	Think not the latter, from their birth?
7241	Think you I tremble at your power or fame?
7241	Think you such government is bad?
7241	Think you to keep your prize?"
7241	Think you, ye literary sharks, Your teeth will leave their marks Upon the deathless works you criticise?
7241	This thought soon seal''d the other''s fate.-- But hence what moral can I bring?
7241	To check their babble, were it sense Their folly meetly to chastise?
7241	To exercise the wit Of those who on astrology have writ?
7241	To help us shun inevitable ills?
7241	To him, arriving there much flustered, Indeed, quite out of breath, A rat among the feasters saith,''What news?
7241	To joy a stranger, since his hapless birth, What poorer wretch upon this rolling earth?
7241	To kings I give it, to the wise propose; Where could my labours better close?
7241	To me are sweet and charming objects vain-- My soul forsaking to its restless mood?
7241	To paint a monk?
7241	To please a youthful prince, whom Fame A temple in my writings vows, What fable answers to the name,"The Cat and Mouse?"
7241	To poison for us even pleasure''s rills?
7241	To thankfulness, or even pity, Can cats be ever bound by treaty?''
7241	True?
7241	Two cross''d it soon without ado; The smooth eel swam, the swallow flew.--''Outcried the crowd With voices loud--''And Ceres-- what did she?''
7241	Upon your faith, what different art of thought Has Aristotle or his followers taught?
7241	Was Minos[7] mock''d?
7241	Well, Gregory, pray, What may your earnings be per day?''
7241	Well, Jim, my boy, you''re young and stout; What would it cost to clear these cobwebs out?
7241	Were we sent to feast On creatures wild and tame?
7241	What Hercules, against these hydra foes, Would not grow weary?
7241	What better could he do?
7241	What boots it him beneath the ground That you should drown your charms?
7241	What boots it to enumerate?
7241	What boots your boasted swiftness now?
7241	What can he do but pray That God will aid it on its way?
7241	What can you do to counteract This reckless, rushing cataract?
7241	What can you, ladies, learn from me, Who never learn''d my A, B, C?''
7241	What comes of this incessant reading, In point of lodging, clothing, feeding?
7241	What could be done in such a case?
7241	What could our dear Narcissus do?
7241	What did from this betide?
7241	What difference sees the impartial sky Between an elephant and fly?
7241	What doth the cur a kiss to draw?
7241	What feat of Mars, or Hercules, Or bright Apollo, lies above Wit, wing''d by a desire to please?
7241	What grief more keen should have edge Than loss of her, of all our joys the crowning?
7241	What harm had e''er my victims done?
7241	What have you taught the Germans brave?
7241	What hope, with famine thus infested?
7241	What makes a bird, I pray?
7241	What matters who your flesh devours, Of human or of bestial powers?
7241	What meant their honour''d father, then?
7241	What more could any rat desire?
7241	What profits he his country, too, Who scarcely ever spends a sou-- Will, haply, be a public charge?
7241	What right gives you the universe?
7241	What see ye, men, in this parade, That food for wonder need be made?
7241	What serves my tail?
7241	What they enjoy of all their labours Which do not equally their neighbours?
7241	What think you, reader, is the service For which I use this niggard rat?
7241	What use for thee, grey- headed man, To load the remnant of thy span With care for days that never can be thine?
7241	What worse than death, prophetic hermit?''
7241	What wrong have you to squeal about, And raise this dev''lish, deaf''ning shout?
7241	What''s this I hold?
7241	What''s this, indeed, but notifying?
7241	What''s this?
7241	Whatever he May set his soul to do or be, To him is possibility?
7241	When I am faint and famishing, To let you go, and hear you sing?''
7241	When shall their soothing gloom my refuge be?
7241	Whence comes it that there liveth not A man contented with his lot?
7241	Whence, then, the notion, From mountain top to ocean?
7241	Which wins the prize?
7241	Who buildeth not, sometimes, in air His cots, or seats, or castles fair?
7241	Who could present a claim, so good As he, the first possessor, could?
7241	Who dares the inference to blink, That beasts possess wherewith to think?
7241	Who does not notice, in the course of things, More foolish falconers than indulgent kings?
7241	Who joins not with his restless race To give Dame Fortune eager chase?
7241	Who profits more the state at large, Than he whose luxuries dispense Among the people wealth immense?
7241	Who says, that this is not enchanting?
7241	Who taught your stilted highness to prefer One form to every other, sir?
7241	Who told you such a lie?
7241	Whom but himself doth God allow To read his bosom thoughts?
7241	Why ask you not what Philip[8] does?''
7241	Why come and mar our quiet life?
7241	Why did you not your''larum sound?''
7241	Why, madam, are you frantic?''
7241	Why, man, not seldom, kills his very brother; What, then, are you but wolves to one another?
7241	Why, then, could not so fine a frame Constrain its heavenly guest To we d the solar flame?
7241	Will constant getting never cloy?
7241	Will find, it, then, in starry cope, The makers of the horoscope?
7241	Will man ne''er slacken to enjoy?
7241	Will you, dear friends, be men again?
7241	Wilt play?''
7241	With disappointments mortified, Who knows but that, his wolfship cheap, The wolf himself would be a sheep?
7241	Would I deceive you, you, for whom I bear The tenderest sentiments that ever were?''
7241	Would any beast have served you so?''
7241	Would my largest wish Our wealthy host impoverish?
7241	Would you for age keep back its flow?
7241	Yet, in the stream of common wants when thrown, What busy mortal but forgets his own?
7241	You know these realms, not void of fame?''
7241	You see these quadrupeds, your brothers; Comparing, then, yourself with others, Are you well satisfied?''
7241	You speak of Fate; by such a heathen creed Hope you that I shall be enticed to bleed?
7241	You told the eagle of your young ones''graces; You gave the picture of their faces:-- Had it of likeness any traces?''
7241	You treat me as a ravenous beast, But what are you?
7241	[ 10] The fish had almost reach''d the land, When, as it happen''d,--what a pity!-- He ask''d,''Are you from Athens grand?''
7241	[ 20] Once in his bed deep mused the hare,( What else but muse could he do there?)
7241	[ 23] Is it food for kites?''
7241	[ 23]''My sister,''Progne said,''how do you do?
7241	[ 38] Thou lust of gain,--foul fiend, whose evil eyes Regard as nought the blessings of the skies, Must I for ever battle thee in vain?
7241	[ 4] Can diplomatic dignity To simple fables condescend?
7241	a shepherd?
7241	and how Would he imprint upon the stars sublime The shrouded secrets of the night of time?
7241	ca n''t you go ahead?''
7241	cried a passer- by,''Not see your feet, and read the sky?''
7241	cried his mate;''what matter which, Provided we could get a flitch?
7241	dead?''
7241	death may take you on the way, Why not enjoy, I ask, to- day?
7241	derived from the French_ bosseman_, or the English_ boatswain_, pronounced_ bos''n_?
7241	do you dare,''she said,''to creep in The very bed I sometimes sleep in, Now, after all the provocation I''ve suffer''d from your thievish nation?
7241	eat another''s grass?
7241	eating stupid sheep a crime?
7241	great Jupiter replied;''By your desires must I be tied?
7241	he cried,''shall I Such riches lose, and still not die?
7241	how do you do, Sir Raven?
7241	in struggling to repel His ruthless foes, he fell Stabb''d through; and with a bitter sighing, He cried,''Is this the lot they promised me?
7241	is that the evil which you preach?
7241	men who proudly take their place As sages of the human race, Lack they the simple skill To settle such a will?''
7241	old Malherbe cries;''who can, sir?
7241	on the nose of majesty?
7241	or had these ghosts, By some mistake, exchanged their posts?
7241	pray where?''
7241	replied the wolf, In accents rather gruff;''And is it not enough Your neck is safe from such a gulf?
7241	run you not, then, Just where you please, and when?''
7241	said he,''is this the way My care and kindness you repay?
7241	shall I lose them one by one, This stupid coward throng?
7241	sweet?''
7241	that I have,''the fowl replied;''But what from master might betide?
7241	the ass replied;''With heavier burdens will they ride?''
7241	the child replied;''Can I be but by your example led?
7241	the cricket answer''d;''why, God made them ears who can deny?''
7241	the other cried;''Wouldst quit so soon thy brother''s side?
7241	truly how?''
7241	what can it be?''
7241	what din beset the ears of Jove?
7241	what news?
7241	where can it be?
7241	who can boast a taste so true, Of beauty or of grace, In either thought or face?
7241	why was I made A master of the fox''s trade?