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... leave these wild and visionary writers for something more certain , it appears from authors of very good credit , that Esop flou- rished in the ( k ) time of the seven famous Sages of Greece : and notwithstanding almost A 3 ( b ) He ...
... leave these wild and visionary writers for something more certain , it appears from authors of very good credit , that Esop flou- rished in the ( k ) time of the seven famous Sages of Greece : and notwithstanding almost A 3 ( b ) He ...
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... leave of Croesus ; and was dismissed very coolly . Esop , on his departure , accompanied him part of his journey ; and as they were on the road , took an opportunity of saying to him , " O Solon , either we must not speak to Kings , or ...
... leave of Croesus ; and was dismissed very coolly . Esop , on his departure , accompanied him part of his journey ; and as they were on the road , took an opportunity of saying to him , " O Solon , either we must not speak to Kings , or ...
Page xiv
... leave to speak in his defence ; and delivered , in his usual manner , a Fable . It was that of the Eagle ( 9 ) and the Beetle ; the purport of which was to show , " That the weakest may sometimes procure vengeance against the most ...
... leave to speak in his defence ; and delivered , in his usual manner , a Fable . It was that of the Eagle ( 9 ) and the Beetle ; the purport of which was to show , " That the weakest may sometimes procure vengeance against the most ...
Page xxxvii
... leaves the reader to collect the moral ; who , by thus discovering more than is shown him , finds his principle of felf - love gratified inftead of being dif- gufted . The attention is either taken off from the ad- viler ; or , if ...
... leaves the reader to collect the moral ; who , by thus discovering more than is shown him , finds his principle of felf - love gratified inftead of being dif- gufted . The attention is either taken off from the ad- viler ; or , if ...
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... leaves us doubtful what truth the Fabulist intended to convey . We have a ftriking example of this in Dr. Croxall's Fable of the creaking Wheel . " A Coachman , says he , hearing one of his Wheels creak , was surprised ; but more ...
... leaves us doubtful what truth the Fabulist intended to convey . We have a ftriking example of this in Dr. Croxall's Fable of the creaking Wheel . " A Coachman , says he , hearing one of his Wheels creak , was surprised ; but more ...
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