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Seite 29 - For instance, (said he,) the fable of the little fishes, who saw birds fly over their heads, and envying them, petitioned Jupiter to be changed into birds. The skill (continued he,) consists in making them talk like little fishes.
Seite 30 - Why, Dr. Johnson, this is not so easy as you seem to think; for if you were to make little fishes talk, they would talk like WHALES.
Seite 110 - When a midshipman made a complaint, he would order the man for punishment the next day; and, in the interval, calling the boy down to him, would say, • In all probability the fault was yours ; but whether it were or not, I am sure it would go to your heart to see a man old enough to be your father disgraced and punished on your account; and it will therefore give me a good opinion of your disposition, if, when he is brought out, you ask for his pardon.
Seite 133 - One dollar and a half? Why, you offered it yourself for a dollar and a quarter." " Yes," said Franklin, " and I had better have taken that price then, than a dollar and a half now.
Seite 133 - I want to see him," said the lounger. The shop-boy immediately informed Mr. Franklin that a gentleman was in the store, waiting to see him. Franklin was soon behind the counter, when the lounger, with book in hand, addressed him thus: "Mr. Franklin, what is the lowest you can take for that book?" "One dollar and a quarter,
Seite 25 - THE WIND AND THE SUN A dispute once arose between the Wind and the Sun, which was the stronger of the two, and they agreed to put the point upon this issue, that whichever soonest made a traveller take off his cloak, should be accounted the more powerful. The Wind began, and blew with all his might and main a blast, cold and fierce as a Thracian storm ; but the stronger...
Seite 25 - Wind began, and blew with all his might and main a blast, cold and fierce as a Thracian storm; but the stronger he blew the closer the traveller wrapped his cloak around him, and the tighter he grasped it with his hands. Then broke out the Sun : with his welcome beams he dispersed the...
Seite 32 - to be such a wise man, and know so perfectly the fate of others, inform me a little what will be your own, and how long you have to live ?" The astrologer, who began to apprehend some danger, answered with great presence of mind, " I know my destiny, and am certain I shall die three days before your Majesty.
Seite 66 - I put the cork into the bottle, desired he would be calm, and began to talk to him of the means by which he might be extricated.
Seite 133 - One dollar ! " said the lounger, " can't you take less than that ? " " No, indeed ; one dollar is the price.