Vulgar words in The Talking Beasts (Page 1)
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As for alighting on the heads of kings and emperors, you know very well that whether you pitch on the head of an emperor or of an ass (and it is as often on the one as the other), you are shaken off from both with impatience.
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The Discontented Ass In the depth of winter a poor Ass once prayed heartily for the spring, that he might exchange a cold lodging and a heartless truss of straw for a little warm weather and a mouthful of fresh grass.
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The Ass and His Master A Diligent Ass, already loaded beyond his strength by a severe Master whom he had long served, and who kept him on very short commons, happened one day in his old age to be oppressed with a more than ordinary burden of earthenware.
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His Master, transported with rage, began to beat him most unmercifully, against whom the poor Ass, lifting up his head as he lay on the ground, thus strongly remonstrated: "Unfeeling wretch!
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The Ass and His Shadow A Man, one hot day, hired an Ass, with his Driver, to carry some merchandise across a sandy plain.
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"Nay, friend," said the Driver, "when you hired this Ass of me you said nothing about the shadow.
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The Ass in the Lion's Skin An Ass, finding a Lion's skin, put it on, and ranged about the forest.
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The Buffoon and the Countryman On the occasion of some festivities that were given by a Roman nobleman, a Merry-Andrew of a fellow caused much laughter by his tricks upon the stage, and, more than all, by his imitation of the squeaking of a Pig, which seemed to the hearers so real that they called for it again and again.
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The Old Man, His Son, and the Ass An Old Man and his Little Boy were once driving an Ass before them to the next market-town, where it was to be sold.
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"Have you no more wit," said a passerby, "than for you and your Son to trudge on foot and let your Ass go light?"
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The Ass and His Purchaser A Man wished to purchase an Ass, and agreed with his owner that he should try him before he bought him.
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The Playful Ass An Ass climbed up to the roof of a building and, frisking about there, broke in the tiling.
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But the Water-snail begged for a delay of twice seven days, saying that he felt knocked up after ascending the rapids, and the delay was granted accordingly.
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"My father is an ass, and my mother is a mare."
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Go, and having arrived at the entrance of the black ants, where are a great many ant-heads, when thou seest these many heads of the black ants, take them, and fill thy bags with them; then load thy bags upon thy ass, carry them to market, spread mats there, and sell them."
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Then, he alone not being able to lift the bag, he called people, saying: "Come, be so good as to help me; let us take the sacks and load mine ass;" but not any of the people would do so.
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Then the little red ants came after him, and when they were come to where he was, he said to them, "Please come and help me to load mine ass".
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The little red Ants answered, and said to our Lord, "The reason why we killed this man is this: When he went to market and his ass had thrown off the sacks, those sacks were too heavy for him to take alone, so he called us, and when we came to him, he said to us, 'Please help me to take my large bag and load it upon mine ass, that I may go to market.
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"Dismiss," said one, "the blockhead Asses, And Hares, too cowardly and fleet."
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Their Maker chooses but a few With power of pleasing to imbue; Where wisely leave it we, the mass, Unlike a certain fabled Ass, That thought to gain his master's blessing By jumping on him and caressing.
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This time, the King, t' insure success, Took for his aide-de-camp an Ass, A creature of stentorian voice, That felt much honoured by the choice.
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Cried out the much-elated Ass.
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The Donkey, had he dared, With anger would have flared At this retort, though justly made; For who could suffer boasts to pass So ill-befitting to an Ass?
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_Now those to whom the world is new Are wonder-struck at every view; And the marauder finds his match When he is caught who thinks to catch._ The Ass and the Dog Along the road an Ass and Dog One master following, did jog.
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He would not be too delicate, Nor spoil a dinner for a plate, Which, but for that, his favourite dish, Were all that any Ass could wish.
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The Ass Carrying Relics An Ass, with relics for his load, Supposed the worship on the road Meant for himself alone, And took on lofty airs, Receiving as his own The incense and the prayers.
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I no man call or ape or ass; 'Tis his own conscience holds the glass.
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Aesop (Greek) Ass and His Master, The.
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Aesop (Greek) Ass and His Purchaser, The.
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Aesop (Greek) Ass and His Shadow, The.
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Aesop (Greek) Ass and the Dog, The.
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La Fontaine (French) Ass and the Lap-dog, The.
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La Fontaine (French) Ass Carrying Relics, The.
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La Fontaine (French) Ass in the Lion's Skin, The.
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Hitopadesa (Sanskrit) Buffoon and the Countryman, The.
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Raju (Indian) Discontented Ass, The.
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Cowper (English) Playful Ass, The.