 ... descends the long disgrace, And infamy hath mark'd our race. Though we, like harmless sheep, should feed, Honest in thought, in word, and deed, Whatever hen-roost is decreas'd, We shall be thought to share the feast. The change shall never be believ'd....  Critical, Historical, and Explanatory Notes on Shakespeare: With Emendations ... - Page 345by Zachary Grey - 1754 - 326 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Stoddart - 1854 - 340 pages
...this crawling serpent from my breast ! Ah mn, for pity ! — what a dream was here ! Shakipewe. 4. Go, but be mod'rate in your food ! A chicken too might do me good. Gay. In the first of these examples we have an instance of the highest imperative, that which proceeds... | |
 | John Gay - 1854 - 312 pages
...thought to share the feast. The change shall never be believed : A lost good name is ne'er retrieved." " Nay, then," replies the feeble Fox ; "But, hark! I hear a hen that clucks: Go, but be moderate in your food : A chicken, too, might do me good."1 (1) This fable of hypocrisy... | |
 | John Gay - 1854 - 300 pages
...thought to share the feast. The change shall never be believed : A lost good name is ne'er retrieved." " Nay, then," replies the feeble Fox ; "But, hark! I hear a hen that clucks: Go, but be moderate in your food : A chicken, too, might do me good."1 (1) This fable of hypocrisy... | |
 | John Gay - 1857 - 302 pages
...thought to share the feast. The change shall never be believed : A lost good name is ne'er retrieved." " Nay, then," replies the feeble Fox ; "But, hark! I hear a hen that clucks: Go, but be moderate in your food : A chicken, too, might do me good."1 (1) This fable of hypocrisy... | |
 | Joseph Addison, George Gilfillan - 1859 - 428 pages
...thought to share the feast. The change shall never be believed, A lost good name is ne'er retrieved.' ' Nay, then,' replies the feeble fox, ' (But hark! I hear a hen that clocks) Go, but be moderate in your food; A chicken too might do me good.' FABLE XXX. THE SETTING-DOG AND THE PARTRIDGE.... | |
 | Coventry Patmore - 1862 - 372 pages
...thought to share the feast. The change shall never be believ'd, A lost good name is ne'er retriev'd.' ' Nay then,' replies the feeble fox, ' (But hark, I hear a hen that clucks,) Go ; but be moderate in your food ; A chicken, too, might do me good.' J. Gay LXXXVI THE OLD... | |
 | James Stuart Laurie - 1863 - 198 pages
...thought to share the feast The change shall never be believed, A lost good name is ne'er retrieved." "Nay then," replies the feeble Fox, " (But hark ! I hear a hen that clucks,) Go ; but be moderate in your food : A chicken, too, might do me good." Gay. THE TUKKEY AND... | |
 | Playtime - 1863 - 436 pages
...thought to share the feast ; The change shall never be believed, A lost good name is ne'er retrieved." " Nay then," replies the feeble fox, (" But hark ! I hear a hen that clucks !) Go : but be moderate in your food ; A chicken, too, might do me good." GAT. THE BUTTERFLY'S... | |
 | 1866 - 300 pages
...thought to share the feast. The change shall never be believ'd. A lost good name is ne'er retriev'd. ' Nay, then, (replies the feeble Fox) But, hark ! I hear a hen that clocks : Go, but be moderate in your food ; A chicken, too, might do me good.' THE SETTING-DOG AND THE PARTRIDGE. THE ranging... | |
 | Louis Le Brun, Henri van Laun - 1869 - 290 pages
...share the feast.' The change shall never be believed ; A lost good name is ne'er retrieved." — " Nay, then," replies the feeble fox, " But hark ! I hear a hen that clucks ! Go, but be moderate in your food ; A chicken too, might do me good ! " J. GAY. 1688-1732.... | |
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