Bewick's Select Fables of Aesop and Others: In Three Parts : to which are Prefixed the Life of Aesop, and an Essay Upon Fable by Oliver Goldsmith : Faithfully Reprinted from the Rare Newcastle Ed. Pub. by T. Saint in 1784 |
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Æsop appear bad company Bear beasts beauty bird bliss boast Bramble Butterfly Cock Columbo creature Croesus Crow cuts danger death despised Eagle edition endeavour engraved envy Esop ev'ry evil eyes FABLE XXX Fabulist fate father fear fell folly fool fortune Frogs give happened happy heart Heav'n honest honour humble Idmon Jupiter King Kite labour Lion live mankind manner master mind mischief MORALS Mouse nature neighbour never o'er Oliver Goldsmith once pain peace Pepper-Box Periander Philostratus pleasure poor pow'r pray present pretend prey pride Quadrupeds reason REFLECTION replied rest Reynard Saint says scarce Select Fables sense shew Sir Roger L'Estrange soon sure tell thee thing Thomas Bewick thou thought Tis green tree true truth Tyger virtue wings wisdom wise Wolf wood wretch young