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As popular with the English folk as the animal lore which grew out of the observation of native creatures were the conventional ideas about animals found in the Aesopic fables and the fables of Bidpai . Some of the Aesopic fables had ...
As popular with the English folk as the animal lore which grew out of the observation of native creatures were the conventional ideas about animals found in the Aesopic fables and the fables of Bidpai . Some of the Aesopic fables had ...
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No summary of these stories is needed , so well known are such fables as “ Androcles ( and the lion ] , ” the classic example of a lion's showing gratitude by fawning upon a benefactor ; “ The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing , ” the classic ...
No summary of these stories is needed , so well known are such fables as “ Androcles ( and the lion ] , ” the classic example of a lion's showing gratitude by fawning upon a benefactor ; “ The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing , ” the classic ...
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To show how " he that ordaineth a pit for his neighbour , shall fall into it him selfe , ” he cites the example of “ AEsops Mouse ” in the fable about belling the cat187 and tells auother fable of the wolf and the ass sawing wood ...
To show how " he that ordaineth a pit for his neighbour , shall fall into it him selfe , ” he cites the example of “ AEsops Mouse ” in the fable about belling the cat187 and tells auother fable of the wolf and the ass sawing wood ...
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| Title | Animal Conventions in English Renaissance Non-religious Prose, 1550-1600 |
| Author | William Meredith Carroll |
| Publisher | Bookman Associates, 1954 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 31 Aug 2010 |
| Length | 166 pages |
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