Spiteful Prayers are no better than Curses in Disguise, and the granting of them turns commonly to the mischief of the Petitioner.
Source: L'Estrange 125.
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Monday, September 6, 2010
L'Estrange: Jupiter and a Bee
A Bee made Jupiter a Present of a Pot of Honey, which was so kindly taken, that he bad her ask what she would, and it should be granted to her. The Bee desir’d it, that wherever she should set her Sting, it should be mortal. Jupiter was loth to leave Mankind at the Mercy of a little spiteful Insect, and so bad her have a care how she kill’d any body; for what Person soever she attack’d, if she left her Sting behind her, it should cost her her Life.
Spiteful Prayers are no better than Curses in Disguise, and the granting of them turns commonly to the mischief of the Petitioner.
Source: L'Estrange 125.
Click here for a SLIDESHOW of all the colored Steinhowel images.
Spiteful Prayers are no better than Curses in Disguise, and the granting of them turns commonly to the mischief of the Petitioner.
Source: L'Estrange 125.
Click here for a SLIDESHOW of all the colored Steinhowel images.
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