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... most useful maxims , in a very agreeable manner . Accordingly , many writers , both in verse and prose , have endeavoured to clothe them in an English dress . It would ill become the Author of this . work to animadvert upon their ...
... most useful maxims , in a very agreeable manner . Accordingly , many writers , both in verse and prose , have endeavoured to clothe them in an English dress . It would ill become the Author of this . work to animadvert upon their ...
Page ii
... most distin- guished abilities ; and that several , both of the old and the new Fables , are not written by him- self , but by authors with whom it is an honour to be connected ; and who having condescend- ed to favour him with their ...
... most distin- guished abilities ; and that several , both of the old and the new Fables , are not written by him- self , but by authors with whom it is an honour to be connected ; and who having condescend- ed to favour him with their ...
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... most probably a native of Phrygia . Many authors affirm it , in general ; and one in par- ticular , says , that he was born in ( m ) Co- tium a city of that province in the Lesser Asia . Esop was probably of low parentage ; for the ...
... most probably a native of Phrygia . Many authors affirm it , in general ; and one in par- ticular , says , that he was born in ( m ) Co- tium a city of that province in the Lesser Asia . Esop was probably of low parentage ; for the ...
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... most celebrated ( w ) of the seven Sages of Greece , his contemporaries : so that what Horace said of Stertinius , perhaps in his humorous way , ( a ) " That he was the eighth of the wise men , " might be said of Esop very seriously ...
... most celebrated ( w ) of the seven Sages of Greece , his contemporaries : so that what Horace said of Stertinius , perhaps in his humorous way , ( a ) " That he was the eighth of the wise men , " might be said of Esop very seriously ...
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... most of the other Philoso- phers of his time ; more compliant with the humour of princes ; and more reconciled to monarchical government . " Esop gave ano- ther instance of the latter , in a visit which he made to Athens ; soon ( e ) ...
... most of the other Philoso- phers of his time ; more compliant with the humour of princes ; and more reconciled to monarchical government . " Esop gave ano- ther instance of the latter , in a visit which he made to Athens ; soon ( e ) ...
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