Fables, English - Great Britain - Early works to 1800

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The Paper kite, a fable: humbly submitted to the consideration of H. H. Esq
Date: Printed in the year, 1729
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The temple of hymen . A fable. inscribed to the Right Honourable the Countess of Charlemont. By Mr. Brooke.
Brooke, Henry, 1703?-1783.Date: MDCCLXIX. [1769]
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The tales and fables of the Late Archbishop and Duke of Cambray author of Telemachus . Written originally for the instruction of the Duke of Burgundy, afterwards Dauphin of France, and father to Lewis XV. And now published, for the use of schools. To which is prefixed, a curious relation of the method observed in training up the young prince, even from his infancy, to virtue and learning. Translated from the french, by Nathaniel Gifford, gent.
Fenelon, Francois de Salignac de La Mothe-, 1651-1715.Date: M,DCC,XLVII. [1747]
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The Young lady's pocket library , Or Parental monitor; containing, I. Dr. Gregory's father's legacy to his daughters. II. Lady Pennington's unfortunate mother's advice to her daughters. III. Marchioness De Lambert's advice of a mother to her daughter. IV. Moore's fables for the female sex.
Date: 1793
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[The] swans: a fable on the fall and rise of credit
Date: 1747