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... deferred , tom ii . p . 557 . ( 0 ) Twelve pounds a man ; the filver mina being twelve ounces , or three pounds of our money ; according to Ainh , worth . life by a notorious piece of villany . They hid THE LIFE OF ESOP . xiii.
... deferred , tom ii . p . 557 . ( 0 ) Twelve pounds a man ; the filver mina being twelve ounces , or three pounds of our money ; according to Ainh , worth . life by a notorious piece of villany . They hid THE LIFE OF ESOP . xiii.
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In Three Books Aesop, Robert Dodsley. life by a notorious piece of villany . They hid among his baggage one of ( p ) the golden vessels consecrated to Apollo ; and soon af- ter Esop was set out on his return , they dis- patched ...
In Three Books Aesop, Robert Dodsley. life by a notorious piece of villany . They hid among his baggage one of ( p ) the golden vessels consecrated to Apollo ; and soon af- ter Esop was set out on his return , they dis- patched ...
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... piece of advice for Kings ; and Periander being prest to add his , said , " That the sentences which they had given , were almost sufficient to de- ter any man of sense from reigning . " Esop , on this , speaks of the civility due to ...
... piece of advice for Kings ; and Periander being prest to add his , said , " That the sentences which they had given , were almost sufficient to de- ter any man of sense from reigning . " Esop , on this , speaks of the civility due to ...
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... piece , it first came into my thoughts , that Esop was perhaps a man as full of wit and humour as our celebrat- ed Dr. Swift ; for he scarce ever speaks with- out exercising one or other of those talents . He might possibly have been as ...
... piece , it first came into my thoughts , that Esop was perhaps a man as full of wit and humour as our celebrat- ed Dr. Swift ; for he scarce ever speaks with- out exercising one or other of those talents . He might possibly have been as ...
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... pieces requires the fame degree of genius as to form an epic or dramatic Fable . All I would infinuate , is , that the apologue has a right to fome fhare of our esteem , from the relation it bears to the poems before - mentioned , as it ...
... pieces requires the fame degree of genius as to form an epic or dramatic Fable . All I would infinuate , is , that the apologue has a right to fome fhare of our esteem , from the relation it bears to the poems before - mentioned , as it ...
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