...suffers not the vulture to touch it till he has satisfied himself. Is not man another kind of wolf ?" "Man," said the mother, " is the only beast who kills..." remain for a long time quiet in his den. The old vulture will tell you when you are to watch his motions. When you see men in great numbers moving close...

...describes in a fable a mother vulture telling her little one, who had been watching a battle, that " man is the only beast who kills that which he does not...quality makes him so much a benefactor to our species." He scoffs at " the feudal gabble " of the great Earl of Chatham, who wished to plunge the nation into...

...it till he has satisfied himself. Is not man another kind of wolf? ' ' Man,' said the old vulture, ' is the only beast who kills that which he does not...makes him so much a benefactor to our species.' ' If man kill our prey, and lay it in our way,' said the young one, ' what need shall we have of labouring...

...suffers not the vulture to touch it till he has satisfied himself. Is not man another kind of wolf ? Man, said the mother, is the only beast who kills...way, said the young one, what need shall we have of laboring for ourselves ? Because man will sometimes, replied the mother, remain for a long time quiet...

...omitted: it is the satirical paper on vultures suggested by the carnage of the Seven Years' War. "Man is the only beast who kills that which he does not devour." We can understand why Johnson omitted it, but its omission puts wrong the numbering of all the subsequent...

..."is the only beast who kills that which he does not devour, and this quality makes him the greatest benefactor to our species." "If men kill our prey,...way," said the young one, "what need shall we have of laboring for ourselves?" Because man will sometimes," replied the mother, "remain for a long time quiet...