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Hath reached the lofty mountains; still he cowers , 
Hiding his slunken tail as to the woods he scours.” 
Virg. /E/i.,xi, 809—13. 
Not to be too diffuse on this head, I shall merely subjoin a few more specimens 
taken at random from authors which appear apposite to me, though of course, as 
recollection serves, hosts of others may occur to the reader. 
A Warrior compared to a Bear. 
64 Or as a Bear, encompass’d round with Dogs; 
Who having pinch’d a few, and made them cry. 
The rest stand all aloof, and bark at him.” Shakspeare. 
Owl and Mouse. 
46 And as an Owl that in a barn 
Sees a Mouse creeping in the corn, 
Sits still , and shuts his round blue eyes, 
As if he slept , until he spies 
The little beast within his reach, 
Then starts and seizes on the wretch ; 
So from his couch the knight did start 
To seize upon the widow’s heart.” Butle r’s Hudibras . 
In the grasp of a foe. 
44 Nought booted it the paynim then to strive: 
For as a Bittern in the Eagle's clawe , 
That may not hope by flight to ’scape alive. 
Still waytes for death with dread and trembling aw: 
So he now, subject to the victor’s law, 
Did not once move, nor upward cast his eye.” Spenser. 
Perseverance of Flies. 
“ Or as a swarm of Flies in vintage time, 
About the wine-press where sweet must is pour’d, 
Beat off, returns as oft with humming sound.” Milton. 
A Sly old Fox. 
“ As when a gaunt and hungry Fox is found, 
Entrapp’d alive in some rich hunter’s ground; 
Fed for the field, although each day’s a feast, 
Fatten you may, but never tame the beast; 
A house protects him, savoury viands sustain, 
But loose his neck, and off he goes again; 
So stole our vagrant, from his warm retreat 
To rove a prowler, and be deemed a cheat,” Crabbe. 
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