Fables

Short fictional story that anthropomorphises non-humans to illustrate a moral lesson

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An address to the Worshipful Company of Barbers in Oxford occasioned by a late infamous libel, intitled, The barber and fireworks, a fable, highly reflecting on one of the honourable members. By a barber.
Barber.Date: 1749
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Æsop's fables With his life, morals, and remarks. Fitted for the meanest capacities. To which are added, five other fables in prose and verse.
AesopDate: 1794
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The instructive and entertaining fables of Pilpay, an ancient Indian philosopher . Containing a number of excellent rules for the conduct of persons of all ages, and in all stations: under several heads.
Date: MDCCLIV. [1754]
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Miscellanies in prose and verse, consisting of dramatick pieces , poems, humorous tales, fables, &c. Under the Following Heads: I. Vanquish'd Love: Or, the Jealous Queen. II. The Rival Nymphs: Or, the Merry Swain. III. Innocence Betray'd: Or, the Royal Impostor. IV. Love Triumphant: Or, the Rival Goddesses. V. Three Select Scenes of the celebrated Guarini's Pastor Frdo, in Italian and English. VI. Select Aesopian Tales, in Prose and Verse paraphrastically translated from Phaedrus, Cambray, and Others. By D. Bellamy, Sometime since of St. John's College, Oxford.
Bellamy, D (Daniel), b. 1687.Date: 1739
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An address to the Worshipful Company of Barbers in Oxford occasioned by a late infamous libel, intitled, The barber and the fireworks, a fable, highly reflecting on one of the honourable members. By a barber.
Barber.Date: 1749

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Metamorphosis - Mythology - Poetry - Early works to 1800

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Fables

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An address to the Worshipful Company of Barbers in Oxford occasioned by a late infamous libel, intitled, The barber and fireworks, a fable, highly reflecting on one of the honourable members. By a barber.

Æsop's fables With his life, morals, and remarks. Fitted for the meanest capacities. To which are added, five other fables in prose and verse.

The instructive and entertaining fables of Pilpay, an ancient Indian philosopher . Containing a number of excellent rules for the conduct of persons of all ages, and in all stations: under several heads.

An address to the Worshipful Company of Barbers in Oxford occasioned by a late infamous libel, intitled, The barber and the fireworks, a fable, highly reflecting on one of the honourable members. By a barber.

Fables ancient and modern translated into verse, from Homer, Ovid, Boccace, and Chaucer: with original poems. By Mr. Dryden.

Fables of Æsop, and other allegorical writers . Translated into English: with proper applications, and a suitable design to each fable. By Samuel Croxall, D.D. also, an essay on the life and writings of Æsop, &c.

Fables of flowers, for the female sex. With Zephyrus and Flora, a vision . By the author of Choice emblems for youth.

Dictionary of phrase and fable, giving the derivation, source or origin of common phrases, allusions, and words that have a tale to tell... . To which is added a concise bibliography of English literature / by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer.

Fables for the female sex. By Edward Moore.

Fables

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An address to the Worshipful Company of Barbers in Oxford occasioned by a late infamous libel, intitled, The barber and fireworks, a fable, highly reflecting on one of the honourable members. By a barber.

Æsop's fables With his life, morals, and remarks. Fitted for the meanest capacities. To which are added, five other fables in prose and verse.

The instructive and entertaining fables of Pilpay, an ancient Indian philosopher . Containing a number of excellent rules for the conduct of persons of all ages, and in all stations: under several heads.

An address to the Worshipful Company of Barbers in Oxford occasioned by a late infamous libel, intitled, The barber and the fireworks, a fable, highly reflecting on one of the honourable members. By a barber.

Fables ancient and modern translated into verse, from Homer, Ovid, Boccace, and Chaucer: with original poems. By Mr. Dryden.

Fables of Æsop, and other allegorical writers . Translated into English: with proper applications, and a suitable design to each fable. By Samuel Croxall, D.D. also, an essay on the life and writings of Æsop, &c.

Fables of flowers, for the female sex. With Zephyrus and Flora, a vision . By the author of Choice emblems for youth.

Dictionary of phrase and fable, giving the derivation, source or origin of common phrases, allusions, and words that have a tale to tell... . To which is added a concise bibliography of English literature / by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer.

Fables for the female sex. By Edward Moore.

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