Fables of Æsop and others

translated into English, with instructive applications and a print before each fable

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Published 1802 by Printed and sold by R. Aitken in Philadelphia .
Written in English

Edition Notes

The Physical Object
Statement	by Samuel Croxall.
Series	Early American imprints -- no. 1724.
Contributions	Croxall, Samuel, d. 1752., Aesop.
Format	Microform
Pagination	[20], 316 p.
Number of Pages	316
ID Numbers
Open Library	OL17706994M

The book is bound in a later (probably 19th century) binding of full leather boards with gold titling on a leather label and simple blind stamped design with five raised bands on the spine. The case of the book is in very good condition with some expected scuffing to the leather and slight fading to the spine. A CERTAIN Simpleton painted his Donkey green—that is, he painted the body green and the legs red—and started to lead him along the street. Every one, young and old, came out to stare. "What a marvel!" cried the whole town, "A grass-green Donkey with scarlet legs! Here is a story to be handed down to our grandchildren as one of the wonders of our generation!".

22 Nov - Explore adamdpope's board "Aesops Fables Book Covers" on Pinterest. See more ideas about Fable books, Aesop and Books pins. A FOX after crossing a river got its tail entangled in a bush, and could not move. A number of Mosquitoes seeing its plight settled upon it and enjoyed a good meal undisturbed by its tail. A hedgehog strolling by took pity upon the Fox and went up to him: “You are in a bad way, neighbour,” said.

Excerpt from Fables of AEsop and Others The purpose for which he principally ih tended his book, as in his preface he spends a great many words to inform us, was for the use and instruction of children; who being, as it were, mere blank per, are ready indifferently for any 0 inion, or bad, tak' all upon credit; and t at it is in the power of e first comer to saint or devil upon them, which he. “Even so is the Libyan fable famed abroad: the eagle, pierced by the bow-sped shaft, looked at the feathered device, and said, “Thus, not by others, but by means of our own plumage, are we slain.”.

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Fables with Reflections in Prose and Verse. III. Fables in Verse. TO WHICH ARE PREFIXED THE LIFE OF ÆSOP, AND AN ESSAY UPON FABLE BY OLIVER GOLDSMITH. Faithfully Reprinted from the Rare Newcastle Edition published by T. Saint in Bewicks select fables of Æsop and others in three parts (English) Esopus moralisatus cum bono comentō (Latin) Fables of Æsop, and other eminent mythologists (English) Fables of Æsop, and others (English) The Fables of Aesop, and others (English) The fables of Æsop, selected, told anew and their history traced (English) The fables of Aesop.

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Aesop: Fables of Æsop and others, (Boston [etc.] Burnham, ), trans. by Samuel Croxall (page images at HathiTrust) Aesop: Fables of Æsop and others, (Philadelphia Desilver, Thomas, & co., ), also by Samuel Croxall (page images at HathiTrust).

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Of diverse origins, the stories associated with his name have descended to modern times through a number of sources and continue to be reinterpreted in different verbal registers and in popular as well as artistic media.

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SCUDDER ILLUSTRATED EDITION “The Book of Fables” and “The Book of Folk-Stories,” and have added others not there given. In writing out the fables, so far as they were from Æsop, I have endeavored to preserve the exact lines of the original story, and to use phrases which File Size: KB.

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Aesop's Fables for Children – Illustrated short stories with a moral List of Morals 1. Do not let anything turn you from your purpose. - THE WOLF AND THE KID 2. Foolish curiosity and vanity often lead to misfortune.

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The origins of these fables are perhaps lost in obscurity, but they are so closely identified with the Greek writer Aesop, that we may regard them as such.

Most of these tales involve interactions among animals, and to each is appended a moral. This edition was edited and illustrated by Thomas Bewick a well-known British engraver and illustrator.5/5(1).

The origins of these fables are perhaps lost in obscurity, but they are so closely identified with the Greek writer Aesop, that we may regard them as such. Most of these tales involve interactions among animals, and to each is appended a moral.

This edition was edited and illustrated by Thomas Bewick a well-known British engraver and illustrator.Read this book now “Aesop's Fables” The fables of Æsop, based on the texts of L'Estrange and Croxall; ed.

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