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Truth in Fiction

Or, Morality in Masquerade. A Collection of Two hundred twenty five Select Fables of Aesop, and other Authors. Done into English Verse. By Edmund Arwaker
Arwaker, Edmund
  
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BOOK I.
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BOOK II.
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BOOK III.
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FABLE I. The Old Wife, and the Devil.
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FABLE II. The Wooden-God.
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FABLE III. The Petitioners.
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FABLE IV. The Priest and his Dog.
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FABLE V. The Two Pots.
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FABLE VI. The Bald Knight.
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FABLE VII. Mercury and the Carpenter.
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FABLE VIII. The Horse-Buyer.
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FABLE IX. The Farmer and River.
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FABLE X. The Stag and Oxen.
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FABLE XI. The Fox and Goat.
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FABLE XII. The Sick Ass.
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FABLE XIII. The Crabs.
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FABLE XIV. The Old Man and Death.
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FABLE XV. The Ass-Teacher.
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FABLE XVI. The Carter and Wheel.
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FABLE XVII. The Beam and Oxen.
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FABLE XVIII. The Serpent and Peasant:
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FABLE XIX. The Boor and his Plough:
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FABLE XX. The One-Ey'd Farmer:
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FABLE XXI. The Climber:
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FABLE XXII. The Snail and Jupiter:
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FABLE XXIII. The Wolf and Sow:
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FABLE XXIV. The Devil and the Sinner:
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FABLE XXV. The Urchin and Viper:
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FABLE XXVI. The Fox and Eagle:
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FABLE XXVII. The Satyr and Traveller:
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FABLE XXVIII. The Lion disarm'd:
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FABLE XXIX. The Coffee-House:
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FABLE XXX. The Boor and Snake:
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FABLE XXXI. The Rich Man:
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FABLE XXXII. The Boor and Dog:
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FABLE XXXIII. The Ox and Bullock:
  
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The MORAL.
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FABLE XXXIV. The Tortoise and Eagle:
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FABLE XXXV. The Ass and Hare:
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FABLE XXXVI. The Ass and Jupiter:
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FABLE XXXVII. The Physician and Patient:
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FABLE XXXV. The Hares and Frogs:
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FABLE XXXIX. The Shepherd's Voyage:
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FABLE XL. The Fox and Wolf:
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FABLE XLI. The Bee-Master:
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FABLE XLII. The Fellow-Travellers:
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FABLE XLIII. The Bull and Goat:
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FABLE XLIV. The Citizen and his Hounds:
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FABLE XLV. The Dogs and Ass:
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FABLE XLVI. The Frog and Ox:
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FABLE XLVII. The Trees:
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FABLE XLVIII. The Mice in Consult:
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FABLE XLIX. The Hermit and Soldier:
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FABLE L. The Lion, Ass, and Fox:
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FABLE LI. The Fox and Women:
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FABLE LII. The Fox without a Tail:
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FABLE LIII. The Miss:
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FABLE LIV. The Smith and his Dog:
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FABLE LV. The Swan and Stork:
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FABLE LVI. The Hawk and Nightingale:
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FABLE LVII. The Dog and Wolf:
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FABLE LVIII. The Rival Cocks:
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BOOK IV.

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The MORAL.

‘He that does Ill, and he that gives Consent,
‘Justly deserve an equal Punishment:
‘For Accessories to a lawless Act,
‘Incur like Guilt with those who do the Fact.
‘They boast their noble Qualities in vain,
‘When base Confed'racies their Merit stain.
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