The general entertainer: or, a collection of near three hundred polite tales and fables. Wherein in contained the Lives, Adventures, Intrigues, Sayings, Laws, and Customs, Of most of the Greatest Personages and Countries in the World. The whole collected for the entertainment and improvement of all gentlemen and ladies of wit, humour, and gallantry. In two volumes

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Fables, English - England - Early works to 1800

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