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: Printed in the Year MDCCXLIX. [1749]- E-books
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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: MDCCXCIV. [1794]- E-journals
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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]- E-books
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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: MDCCXL. 1739-[40]- E-books
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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: Printed in the Year MDCCXLIX. [1749]