‘Tis the hard fortune of many a good Natur’d Man to breed up a Bird to Pick out his own Eyes, in despite of all Cautions to the contrary.
Source: L'Estrange 195.
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Sunday, October 17, 2010
L'Estrange: A Hen and a Swallow
There was a foolish Hen that sat Brooding upon a Nest of Snake’s Eggs. A Swallow that observ’d it, went and told her the Danger on’t, Little do you think, says she, what you at this Instant are a doing, and that you are now Hatching your own Destruction; for this good Office will be your Ruin.
‘Tis the hard fortune of many a good Natur’d Man to breed up a Bird to Pick out his own Eyes, in despite of all Cautions to the contrary.
Source: L'Estrange 195.
Click here for a SLIDESHOW of all the Aesop 1660 images.
‘Tis the hard fortune of many a good Natur’d Man to breed up a Bird to Pick out his own Eyes, in despite of all Cautions to the contrary.
Source: L'Estrange 195.
Click here for a SLIDESHOW of all the Aesop 1660 images.
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