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    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.

    Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham, 1810-1897. | Date: 1910
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    Brewer's dictionary of phrase and fable.

    | Date: 2001
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    Optimist und Pessimist am Krankenbett : zu den Fabeln von Jean de La Fontaine / Gero Schäfer. Mit einem Essay "Aesop, der Arzt und der Tod" von M. Putscher.

    Schäfer, Gero. | Date: 1993
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    Oeuvres completes de Jean de La Fontaine : avec des notes et une nouvelle notice sur sa vie / par M. C.-A. Walckenaer.

    La Fontaine, Jean de, 1621-1695. | Date: 1840
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    Die beiden ältesten lateinischen Fabelbücher des Mittelalters : des Bischofs Cyrillus Speculum sapientiæ und des Nicolaus Pergamenus Dialogus creaturarum / hrsg. von Dr. J.G. Th. Grässe.

    Grässe, Johann Georg Theodor, 1814-1885. | Date: 1880

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