Select Fables; with Cuts, Designed and Engraved by Thomas and John Bewick, and Others, Previous to the Year 1784:: Together with a Memoir; and a Descriptive Catalogue of the Works of Messrs. Bewick

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S. Hodgson, 1820 - Fables - 332 pages

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THE Ant and the Caterpillar
55
The two Lizards
57
The two Dogs
61
The Beggar and his Dog
65
The Ant and the Fly
67
The Miller his Son and their Ass 19
73
The two Frogs
77
The Mountains in Labour
79
The Fir and the Bramble
85
The Swallow and the Spider
87
The Dog the Cock and the Fox
93
The Ants and the Grasshopper
95
The Fox and the Ass I
97
The Dog and the Cat
99
The Boar and the Fox
101
The Discontented Ass
103
The Fox and the Ape
111
The Old Man and the Scoffer
115
The Splenetic Traveller 1
117
The Sick Father and his Children
123
The Proud Frog
129
The Sparrow and the Hare
133
The Dog and the Crocodile
147
The Young Man and the Swallow
149
The Ass and his Master
151
The Brother and Sister
155
The Bear and the Bees
167
The Fox and the Bramble
169
The Belly and the Members
175
The Blind Man and the Lame
179
The Dove and the Bee
181
The Wolf and the Shepherds
215
The Fly in St Pauls Cupola
227
The Sheep and the Bramble
229
The two Foxes
233
The Doves and their Young Ones
237
The Hares and Frogs 5
239
The Man and the Fly
245
The Dove with a String at its Foot
249
The Old Man and Death
251
The Sun and the Vapour
261
The Ant formerly a Husbandman
263
The Husbandman that turned Soldier and Merchant
267
The Daw and the Pigeons
269
The Wolf and the Mastiff
273
Minervas Olive
275
The Butterfly the Snail and the Bee
277
The Boar and the Ram
285
The Man that was bitten by a Dog
287
The two Bears and the BeeHives
291
The Dog in the Manger
295
The Thief and the Dog 9
297
The Wolf and the Dog
299
The Horses Petition to Jupiter
301
The Nightingale and his Cage 223
307
The Discontented Bee
313
The Wolf and the Shepherds Dog
315
The Traveller and the Lion
317
The Ape and her two Young Ones
319
The Eagle and the Owl 27
323
The Peacock and the Crane 7
325
Theres no Tomorrow
331

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Bibliographic information

TitleSelect Fables; with Cuts, Designed and Engraved by Thomas and John Bewick, and Others, Previous to the Year 1784:: Together with a Memoir; and a Descriptive Catalogue of the Works of Messrs. Bewick
AuthorThomas Bewick
Illustrated byThomas Bewick, John Bewick
ContributorsSarah Hodgson, Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy
PublisherS. Hodgson, 1820
Original fromOxford University
Digitized22 Apr 2009
Length332 pages
  
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