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the rarity , if it be true there ever was any such .- Albuquerque , sailing over to Malacca , had thefPortuguese that had been taken from Sequeira delivered ; but that not being all he came for , he landed his men , and , at the second assault , made himself master of the city , killing or driving out all the Moors , and peopling it again withstrangers and Malays . ,
The Wonderful Cunning Of A Fox.
THE WONDERFUL CUNNING OF A FOX .
[ FROM OLD MSS . ]
TO prove that this creature has a kind of reasoning with itself , Sir Henry Wotton told the following story to'King James . A fox had killed a young pig , and was to cross a river to his den . By the water side some alder-trees had been newly stubbed , and there lay chips _ of all sizes . The fox , before he would venture himself and his prey into the stream , weighs the danger , weighs his pig , and divers chips after it . At last he takes up into his mouth one of the heaviest , passeth the river with it , and , arriving safely , comes back to fetch his pig .
A story of the same nature the Earl of Southampton related to the king . _ In his Brook-hawking at Shellingford , he saw divers fowl oh the river , and , a little way up the stream , a fox very busy by the bank-side . The earl _ delayed his sport on purpose to see what Reynard was about—He saw him very biisy fetching of the green sod which had been cut a few yards from the river ' . He takes two or three , one
after another , in his mouth , and lets theni drive towards the fowl . After he had well familiarized them to this stratagem , he puts many more in together , and himself after them with one in his motith , and under this cover , gaining on the thickest part of the fowl , suddenl y darts from his ambush and seizes one . This did the earl report as Being ' an eye-witness , to the fact .
Memorable Speech Of Theophrastus
MEMORABLE SPEECH OF THEOPHRASTUS
TO HIS DISCIPLES ON HIS DEATH-BED .
LIFE is delusive ; it promises us great pleasure in the possession of glory ; but scarcely have we begun to , live when we are called to die . No passion is often more fruitless than a love of fame . Nevertheless , my disci ples , be contented : if you set little value on the esteem of men , you will save yourselves much labour ; if your courage does not sink under it , glory may happen to be your recompehce . Remember' only that there are many useless things in ' life , and few that lead to a sure end . ' .
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Progress Of Navigation.
the rarity , if it be true there ever was any such .- Albuquerque , sailing over to Malacca , had thefPortuguese that had been taken from Sequeira delivered ; but that not being all he came for , he landed his men , and , at the second assault , made himself master of the city , killing or driving out all the Moors , and peopling it again withstrangers and Malays . ,
The Wonderful Cunning Of A Fox.
THE WONDERFUL CUNNING OF A FOX .
[ FROM OLD MSS . ]
TO prove that this creature has a kind of reasoning with itself , Sir Henry Wotton told the following story to'King James . A fox had killed a young pig , and was to cross a river to his den . By the water side some alder-trees had been newly stubbed , and there lay chips _ of all sizes . The fox , before he would venture himself and his prey into the stream , weighs the danger , weighs his pig , and divers chips after it . At last he takes up into his mouth one of the heaviest , passeth the river with it , and , arriving safely , comes back to fetch his pig .
A story of the same nature the Earl of Southampton related to the king . _ In his Brook-hawking at Shellingford , he saw divers fowl oh the river , and , a little way up the stream , a fox very busy by the bank-side . The earl _ delayed his sport on purpose to see what Reynard was about—He saw him very biisy fetching of the green sod which had been cut a few yards from the river ' . He takes two or three , one
after another , in his mouth , and lets theni drive towards the fowl . After he had well familiarized them to this stratagem , he puts many more in together , and himself after them with one in his motith , and under this cover , gaining on the thickest part of the fowl , suddenl y darts from his ambush and seizes one . This did the earl report as Being ' an eye-witness , to the fact .
Memorable Speech Of Theophrastus
MEMORABLE SPEECH OF THEOPHRASTUS
TO HIS DISCIPLES ON HIS DEATH-BED .
LIFE is delusive ; it promises us great pleasure in the possession of glory ; but scarcely have we begun to , live when we are called to die . No passion is often more fruitless than a love of fame . Nevertheless , my disci ples , be contented : if you set little value on the esteem of men , you will save yourselves much labour ; if your courage does not sink under it , glory may happen to be your recompehce . Remember' only that there are many useless things in ' life , and few that lead to a sure end . ' .