COLLECTION ! OF W ii H ±> H 2s> FOR THE Instruction and Amusement OF LITTLE MISSES&MASTERS V \ ADORNED WITH CUTS. > y % YORK : Printed by J. Kendrew, Colliergate. J Children like Osiers, take the bow, And as first fashioned, always grow. Those parents, doubtless, aim aright, Who mix instruction with delight. COLLECTION OF W A IB IL m Ss> FOR THE Instruction and Anusenient OF LITTLE MISSES AXD MASTERS ADORNED WITH CUTS. YORK: Printed by J. Kendrew, Colliergate. Roman Cipital and Small Letters* ABCIEFGHIJKL M NOPQRSTU V WXYZ abed e fg h i j k 1 in nop q r stuvf xyz seoe&c Itatic Capital mid Small Ltilers* ABCDEFGHIJKLM NOPQRSTUV WXYZ ah c d efg hi jk linn op q r $ t u v tv M y z ce cc <§ M3i a=.»i?3 ate afia^aa-'.^m The Old APE and Iter CU'l N Ape tkut tvriiis* lifcis a fco! tifte to dfefciacfciaa* &H bated 1: rfem* *he .ktter ? s neglected s*j*d ke ( sight, Vet the darling must lie with tier era • a£w$ once ib fo^ sleep, t hi u close Cv-r She stgoggsfd dot t&6 kreaih at beH ;. 'S3. Thus ixaresUs* whose love to their c To those they iadiitec mn&t, are ere 6 FABLES. The BOYS and FROGS. TWO wild wanton boys, near a pond at their play, Long pelted the frogs in't with hard lumps of clay ; The fry thus alarm'd, one more wise than the rest, With an air of concern, thus the children ad- drest, Consider, dear lads, what mischief you're doing, Though pleasing your sport., you effect our ruin. Whileyoutharelnbloom, impress on theirmind, How praise- worthy 'tis to be gentle and kind. FABLES. 7 The APE and the CAT. THCT the Ape here, 'tis true, plays a dext'rous part, Yet the Cat, her old friend, shows no forecast o'er art. When she holds out her paw, at her comrade's desire, To ta:ke out the Chesnuts that glow in the fire; Too soon she perceives that her share is the pain, And her friend, without danger, reaps all the gain. Thus a eood-natur'd bondsman is often undone, By discharging a debt that is none of his^wn. s FABLES. FABLE IV. The HORSE and the STAG. A STAG and a horse in a combat engaged, The last was overcome, and with malice enrag'd To man flies for aid, and again takes the field, And thus reinforced, makes the victor soon yield : But no real joy from this conquest accruM, For the loss of his liberty thereon ensu'dz He was forcM ever after to champ the hard bit* To feel whip and spur and yet tamely submit. Those pleasures are doubtless too dearly pro- cuf'd, Where a whole age of pain mmt be after endur'cL FABLES. FABLE V. The PEACOCK and JACKDAW, A JACKDAW one day, like a peacock array'd, Imagined, fop like, that a figure he made; Disdain'd his companions, putt up with false pride, And resolv'd with the peacocks alone to reside; But soon the impostor overacting his part, Betray'd both his want of true merit and art ; The cheat thus ciiscover'd, with marks of disdain, He is sent back unplum'd to his messmate? again. When poor fools affect to live high and look gay They blunder about, and their baseness betraj ; 3 FABLES. The FOX and the HEN. A FOX as he sfcVoll'd round a poulterer's slied, Spy'd a groaning old hen, that had long kept her bed ; Like a kind court physician ofFer'd his skill, And would fain feel her pulse, to prescribe her a pill, To whom Goody Parlet,w r ith fear almost dead, I can't come so near, sir, most prudently said; I shiver and shake to so great a degree, If you were once gone, I much better should be. Let us jive where we will, and whatever's our station, The lesson we learn first) is self-preservation. FABLES. i i fable vii. The BOY and the BEGGAR. A LAD thus addressed an old man of fourscore* Who was bent like a ram's horn, and begg'd at the door : What Daddy, not dead yet ? since you want money so, Pray tell me the price of your crooked old bow ? " Save thy money, pert fool ; for tho* now thou art young, " Thou'lt have such another for nothing ere long." To treat with derision, old age in distress, Is a crime too enorjuous for words to express. FABLES. FABLE VIII. The DOG and SHADOW. DOG, who for booty had been privateering, ith a slice of raw meat, cross a river was steering, e sun- beams at noon made an image so fresh, hat the streams seem'd to him a new bit of flesh ; f more being greedy, hesnappM at the shade, ind lost, like a puppy, the substance he had. :hus men whose desires no boundaries know, iiss what they pursue, what possessed of ;orego. 13. FABLE IX. Tke Waggoner and Hercu FABLES. FABLE X, °he MAN and FOREST. IN thoe happy old times when the trees of eaih grove, Were al vocal made by the will of great Jove; A sly ountry looby a Forest address'd, To grait him one favour, a modest request, That tiey to his axe would a handle allow, From some one distorted, some useless old bmgh 5 The forest comply M, but th'unmerciful clown, When his turn was once seiVd, hew'd all the tiees down* That they who are easy, good natur'd, and just, Areoflenimpos'don by knaves whom theytrust, FABLES. FABLE XI. The FOX and the CRAB. A RESTLESS Crab in the ocean bred, StrolPd out, and in a meadow fed ; But by a fox, was soon espy'd, Soon made his prey and justly dy'd ; For had he stay'd at home contented, AH had been well, his fate prevented. Uneasy fools who business quit, And aim at marks they ne'er can hit* The pain of sure miscarriage bear, For rambling in a foreign sphere. 1 6 FABLES, FABLE XII. The BOG and the BEE. A BEE stung a mastiff, and for the smart action He runs to the hive, and demands satisfaction. While he's storming their castle, around him their flies A whole army of foes, who stung out his eyes. Put small affronts up ; for if one won't con- tent ye, *Tis very great odds, but you soon meet with twenty, FABLES. 17 FABLE XIII. The ANT and the FLY. A GAY fluttering fly thus upbraiding an ant, I dine with the King* whilst you live in wants The Pismire reply'd, tho' you live at your ease, Andat present, indeed, dojust what you please, Yet wherever you go, you're pert, haughty, and rude, And into the glasses and dishes intrude ; For the emblem of sloth, you are very weil known, Live on others' hard labour, but not on your own. I work it is true ; but then Tm beiovM, And whatever I do by the World i* approv\ IS FABLES. Thus some indolent fops like this vain sum- mer fly, Cut a figure a while, but at last beg or die, FABLE XIV. The FOX and the CROW. AS wily Reynard view'd with wishful eyes, A crow possessed of a delicious prize ; Like a gay courtier, with delusive tongue, He prais'd her voice, and begg'd one melting song. Proud to oblige, and thoughtless of the cheat She made the vain attempt, and dropt her meat. Thus by false vows the artless virgin's won, And by her fond credulity undone. FABLES. 19 FABLE XV. MERCURY and the TORTOISE. GREAT Jove being gay, made a general treat* For all his good creatures both little and great, All went but the tortoise, their dutylo pay, The Deity frown'd at her saucy delay ; Accounted her absence no less than high treason, AndMercury sent, to know what was the reason* My reason is this, Sir, she said with sub- mission* I'm very well pleasM with my humble con- dition, And had rather continue at home in my shell, Then go gadding abroad to live ever so well* 20 FABLES* Thus the poor their coarse fare can with plea* sure digest, And content is to them a continual feast* FABLE XVI. The COCK and DIAMOND. A COCK once scraping on a dunghill, found A precious jewel sparkling on the ground; This, to some proper judge, hecry'd, might be KsteemM n treasure, tho' 'tis none to me. Thus in this tasteless age, true wit gives place To gross obscurity, aud rude grimace f FABLES. FABLE XVII. The King-fisher and the Sparrotv* AS a King- fisher was sitting beneath the shade, upon the banks of a river, she was sur- prised on a sudden by the fluttering of a Sparrow that had eloped from the neighbour- ing town, to visit her. When the first com- pliments were over, How is it possible, said the Sparrow, that a bird so finely adorned can think of spending all her days in the very depth of retirement ! The golden plumage of your breast, the shining azure of your pinions, were never given you to be concealed, but to attract the wonder of beholders. Why then should you not endeavour to know the world, and be at the same time, yourself, both known I 2" 2 fabler and admired ? You are very complaisant, at least, replied the King-fisher, to conclude that my being admired, would be the consequence of my being known. But it has sometimes been my lot, in the lonesome valleys that I frequent, to hear the complaints of beauty that has been neglected ; and of worth that has been despised. Possibly it does not al- ways happen, that even superior excellence is found to excite admiration, or to obtain en- couragement. I have learned besides, not to build my happiness upon the opinion of others* so much as upon self- conviction, and the approbation of my own heart. Remem- ber, I am a King-fisher ; these woods and streams are my delight ; and so long as they are free from winds and tempests, believe me, I am perfectly content with my situation* Why therefore should I court the noise and bustle of the world* which I find so little agreeable to my native disposition ? It may be the joy of a Sparrow to indulge his curio- sity, and to display his eloquence. I, for my part, love silence, privacy, and contempla* tion ; and think that every one should consult the native bias of his temper, before he chooses the way of life in which he expects to meet with happiness. FABLES. 23 FABLE XVIII. The DOVE. A DOVE that had a mate and young ones, happening to spy her cage door open ; was driven by a sudden impulse to fly out into an adjacent grove. There, perched upon the bough of a sycamore, she sat as it were wrapt in deep contemplation ; not recovering from her reverie, until the owner drew nigh unseen, and brought her back to her little family. Art thou not ashamed then, says her mate, thus to desert thy helpless offspring ? Art thou not base to abandon me, for the company of bi^ds to whom thou art a stranger ? Could I have harboured such a thought ? I, who '24 FABLES* have been ever constant to our first engage- ment, and must have died of mere despair, hadst thou not returned to my embraces ? But how, alas ! returned ! Not, as it seems, by choice, but insnared by dint of artifice, and brought hither by constraint. Have patience, replied the rambler, and hear the plea of thy repentant mate. Witness all ye powers of wedlock, ye that knou r what passes in the hearts of Doves, if ever, before this unhappy moment, I felt a wish to part from thee ! The door, so seldom open, aU lowed but one moment for deliberation, and I happened to decide amiss. When removed to yonder wood, the air of liberty breathed so sweet, that with horror 1 speak it, I felt a suspense about returning to the cage. Par- don, I pray thee, this one crime, and be well assured I will never repeat it. And that thou mayest be the more induced to pardon me, know, that the love of liberty burns ever the strongest in the bosoms that are most open to conjugal affection and the love of their voting. FABLES, FABLE XIX. The Sensitive~Plant and the Thistle. A THISTLE happened to spring up very near to a Sensitive-Plant. The former ob- serving the extreme bashfulness and delicacy of the latter, addressed her in the following manner : Why are you so modest and re* served, my good neighbour, as to withdraw your leaves at the approach of strangers ? Why do you shrink as if you were afraid^ from the touch of every hand ? Take exam* pie and advice from me : If I liked not their familiarity, I would make them keep their distance, nor should any saucy finger provoke me un revenged. Our tempers and qualities, 26 FABLES, replied the other, are widely different 2 I have neither the ability nor inclination to give of- fence ; you, it seems, are by no means desti- tute of either. My desire is to live peaceably in the station wherein I was placed ; and tho' my humility may now and then cause me a moment's uneasiness, it tends on the whole to preserve my tranquillity* The case is other- wise with you, whose irritable temper, and revengeful disposition, will probably, one time or other, be the cause of your destruction. While they were thus arguing the point, the Gardener came with his little spaddle, in order to lighten the earth round the stem of the Sensitive-Plant ; but perceiving the Thistle, he thrusts his instrument through the root of it, and tossed it out of his garden. FABLES, 27 FABLE XX. The TWO BEES. ON a fine morning in May, two Bees set forward in quest of honey ; the one wise and temperate, the other careless and extravagant. They soon arrived at a garden enriched with aromatic herbs, the most fragrant flowers, and the most delicious fruits. They regaled themselves for a time on the various dainties that were spread before them : the one load- ing his thigh, at intervals with provisions for TABLES, the hive zgamsi the distant winter ; the ether* revelling iti sweats withi*iit yegaid 10 fey thing ;bttl bis present grau6cati|)0* Atl'oiglb thcjr found a wide- mom hed phial, thai Jmng beneath the bmigh of s* peach-tree, filled! with howey ready tempered, stml exposed to their- taste m the sb^ll &B#?i*}fj ss&asKier* The thoughtless Epic ere, spite of si! k*s friend % reiBortstf^^ees, phmgesl hefccOoiig isit& the vessel, re^DiviBfe to imh^e bltattsrelf im all the please of se s*$t$rlifcy > 1' h e Ph Bosc^hes^ ©ss, the Dthc? iitmd, s§|>pe<| a Rttie with carttwm,, but beltrjg; &ftjpft$6tt$ of ffawjpriFj fiew bff to< fruits- asid Sowers ; whei%, l\y the modeiatiois of^fe meil% he ferprdfl^ his relish for the- true enjoyment i>f tteettl* 111 the evening* however, he called bpwhis'fkief^t, ffieiiijjbiirfe whether .lie would! rfiaris to the hive ; hut fowiid hips sqrfi£H&i m sweci^^ which he was as: oinishle ts> leaVe as to enjoy, Qogg^d 335 his ^urgs, ejileefeled in hiss feet, and his whole feme SoS&Hy euervsited, lie was hit! jost able, to hfe IVien.d sdteifj Slid to fei?ieiit with his fafet pi°gftth» that thbvgh a tastjp of piea Hire w%nt qiockeii the rf H$h of life, an pi** ^xsUumtd hitittlgence is iBtnt&bk de&lrucfjoiu FABLES* 29 FABLE XXL The FARMER and the STAG. A STAG, who had left at some distance 3 pack of hounds, came up to a Parmer, ana desired he would suiter him to hide himself in a little coppice which joined to his bouse* The Farmer, on condition that he would for-* bear to enter a field of wheat, which lav be-- fore him, and was now ready for the skkle* immediately gave him leave* and promised not to betray him. The squire with his traiu instantly appeared, and enquiring whether he had not seeil the Stag* No, said the Farmer* he has not passed this way, I assure jw ; 30 FABLES, but, in order to curry favour at the same time with his worship, he pointed slily with his finger to the place where the poor beast lay concealed. This however the sportsman, in- tent on his game, did not observe, but passed on with his dogs across the very field. As soon as the Stag perceived they were gone, he prepared to steal off, without speaking a word. JVJe thinks, cried the Farmer, you might thank me, at least, for the refuge I have afforded you. Yes, said the Stag, and had your hands been as honest as your tongue, 1 certainly should ; but all the return that a double-dealer has to expect, is a just indig- nation and contempt. FABLE XXIL The SNAIL and the STATUE. A STATUE of the Medicean Venus was erected in a grove sacred to beauty and the fine arts. Its modest attitude, its elegant 'pro- portions, assisted by the situation in which it was placed, attracted the regard of every deli- FABLES. SI cate observer. — A Snail, who had fixed him- self beneath the moulding of the pedestal, beheld with an evil eye the admiration it excited. Accordingly, watching his opportu- nity, he strove, by trailing his filthy slime over every limb and feature, to obliterate those beauties which he could not endure to hear so much applauded. An honest Linnet, how- ever, who observed him at his dirty work, took the freedom to assure him, that he would infallibly lose his labour ; for although, said he, to an injudicious eye, thou mayest sully the perfections of this finished piece, yet a more accurate and close inspector will disco- ver its beauty, through all the blemishes with which thou hast endeavoured to disguise it. FINIS, J, ONDUEW, ?RIKTCR, YOR£« 33T1 lo 2, ~? X- PENNY BOOKS PRINTED and SOLD BY J. KENDREW, COLLIERGATE, YORK. 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