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Volume: 38 General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1900 Original Publisher: Colonial Press Subjects: Oriental literature English literature Literary Collections / Middle Eastern Literary Criticism / General Literary Criticism / African Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Literary Criticism / Middle Eastern Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: ` The Brahman,` continued Night-cloud, ` suspected nothing more than did the Camel; and when the third knave had broken his jest upon him for bearing a dog, he threw it down, washed himself clean of the contamination, and went home; while the knaves secured and cooked his goat.` `But, Night-cloud,` asked the Rajah, `how couldst thou abide so long among enemies, and conciliate them ?` ` It is easy to play the courtier for a purpose,` said Night- cloud -- ` Courtesy may cover malice; on their heads the woodmen bring, Meaning all the while to burn them, logs and fagots -- oh, my King! And the strong and subtle river, rippling at the cedar`s foot, While it seems to lave and kiss it, undermines the hanging root.` Indeed, it has been said -- ` A wise man for an object`s sake His foe upon his back will take, As with the Frogs once did the Snake.` `How was that?` asked the Peacock-King. The Crow related : -- The Story of the Frogs and the Old Serpent " In a deserted garden there once lived a Serpent, ` Slow- coil ` by name; who had reached an age when he was no longer able to obtain his own food. Lying listlessly by the edge of a pond, he was descried by a certain Frog, and interrogated -- ` Have you given up caring for food, Serpent ? ` ` Leave me, kindly Sir,` replied the subtle reptile; ` t...ISBN: 813070708X
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