The Fables of Aesop: Based on the Texts of L'Estrange and Croxall

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Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1903 - Animals - 230 pages

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Contents

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II
6
IV
7
V
10
VI
12
VII
13
VIII
14
IX
17
XLVII
126
XLVIII
128
XLIX
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LI
133
LII
135
LIII
139
LIV
140
LV
145

X
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XI
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XII
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XIII
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XIV
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XV
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XVI
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XVII
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XVIII
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XIX
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XX
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XXI
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XXII
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XXIV
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XXV
59
XXVI
60
XXVIII
62
XXX
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XXXI
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XXXII
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XXXIII
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XXXIV
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XXXV
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XXXVI
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XXXVII
92
XXXVIII
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XXXIX
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XL
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XLII
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XLIII
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XLIV
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XLV
113
XLVI
119
LVI
150
LVII
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LVIII
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LIX
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LX
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LXI
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LXII
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LXIII
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LXIV
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LXV
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LXVI
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LXVII
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LXVIII
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LXIX
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LXX
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LXXI
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LXXII
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LXXIII
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LXXIV
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LXXV
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LXXVII
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LXXVIII
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LXXX
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LXXXII
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LXXXIII
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LXXXV
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LXXXVII
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LXXXVIII
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XC
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XCI
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XCII
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XCIII
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