Select Fables of Esop and Other Fabulists ...J. Dodsley in Pall-Mall, 1781 - 228 страници |
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... manner . Ac- cordingly , many writers , both in verse and profe , have endeavoured to clothe them in an English dress . It would ill become the Author of this work to animadvert upon their labours : but he thinks it may be faid with ...
... manner . Ac- cordingly , many writers , both in verse and profe , have endeavoured to clothe them in an English dress . It would ill become the Author of this work to animadvert upon their labours : but he thinks it may be faid with ...
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... manner , in the life of Esop , he makes him go to the court of Nectanebus in Egypt , whereas Nectane- bus did not reign there till 200 years after- wards he carries him likewife to that of king Lycerus at Babylon , who never reigned ...
... manner , in the life of Esop , he makes him go to the court of Nectanebus in Egypt , whereas Nectane- bus did not reign there till 200 years after- wards he carries him likewife to that of king Lycerus at Babylon , who never reigned ...
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... manner ) is nothing elfe but a story invented for that purpose . It is alfo faid ( and I think with very good reason ) that Efop chofe this method " , because his station as a flave would otherwife have weakened his . authority ; which ...
... manner ) is nothing elfe but a story invented for that purpose . It is alfo faid ( and I think with very good reason ) that Efop chofe this method " , because his station as a flave would otherwife have weakened his . authority ; which ...
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... manner of inftruction to that of the philofophers juft mentioned , and give good reasons for their opinion . He was well acquainted with thofe great men , particularly with Solon and Chilo . He was received with them in the court of ...
... manner of inftruction to that of the philofophers juft mentioned , and give good reasons for their opinion . He was well acquainted with thofe great men , particularly with Solon and Chilo . He was received with them in the court of ...
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... manners and morals of the Delphians , and fpoke of their misconduct with fo much freedom , that he extremely provoked them . Among other things , he reproached them with having scarcely any In His idea in relation to proper relaxations ...
... manners and morals of the Delphians , and fpoke of their misconduct with fo much freedom , that he extremely provoked them . Among other things , he reproached them with having scarcely any In His idea in relation to proper relaxations ...
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