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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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FABLE I. The Lion and Goat:
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FABLE II. The Mistress and her Maids:
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FABLE III. The Sow and Bitch:
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FABLE IV. The Pine and Shrubs:
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FABLE V. The Mountain in Labour:
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FABLE VI. The Boar and Ass:
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FABLE VII. The Lion, and other Beasts:
  
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FABLE VIII. The Mouse and Frog:
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FABLE IX. The Bigamists:
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FABLE X. The Sick Lion and Fox:
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FABLE XI. The Lapwing:
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FABLE XII. The Negro:
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FABLE XIII. The Kid and Wolf:
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FABLE XIV. The Leopard and Fox:
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FABLE XV. The Hawks and Doves:
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FABLE XVI. The Mourning Wife:
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FABLE XVII. The Geese, Cranes, and Stork:
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FABLE XVIII. The Jealous Husband:
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FABLE XIX. The Geese and Cranes:
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FABLE XX. The Fowler and Birds:
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FABLE XXI. The Corrupt Judge:
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FABLE XXII. The Curr and Ox:
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FABLE XXIII. The Miser and his Bags:
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FABLE XXIV. The Lion and Horse:
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FABLE XXV. The Shepherd's Boy:
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FABLE XXVI. The Shepherd's Dog:
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FABLE XXVII. Jupiter and the Serpent:
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FABLE XXVIII. The new Cardinal:
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FABLE XXIX. The Knight and his Lady:
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FABLE XXX. The Horse and Ass:
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FABLE XXXI. The Collier and Fuller:
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FABLE XXXII. The Nut-Tree and Lady:
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FABLE XXXIII. The Country Dog:
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FABLE XXXIV. The Ape and Fox:
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FABLE XXXV. The Peacock and Pie:
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FABLE XXXVI. The Eagle and Daw:
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FABLE XXXVII. The Buffoon, and Bishop:
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FABLE XXXVIII. The Peasant and his Kid:
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FABLE XXXIX. The Ewe and Shepherd:
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FABLE XL. The Wolf and Crane:
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FABLE XLI. The Hart and Fountain:
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FABLE XLII. The Old Batchelor:
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FABLE XLIII. The Fox, Hare, and Hounds:
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FABLE XLIV. The Herd:
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FABLE XLV. The Fox and Farmer:
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FABLE XLVI. The Fishermen:
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FABLE XLVII. The Sharpers and Cook:
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FABLE XLVIII. The Polygamist:
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FABLE XLIX. The Fox and Cat:
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FABLE L. The Fisher and young Fish:
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FABLE LI. Arion:
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FABLE LII. The Thief and Mastiff:
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FABLE LIII. The Eagle and Crow:
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FABLE LIV. The Fowler and Owzel:
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FABLE LV. The Viper and File:
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FABLE LVI. The Linnet and Boy:
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FABLE LVII. The Curate and Sick Man:
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FABLE LVIII. The Cocks and Partridge:
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FABLE LIX. The Fox and Carv'd Head:
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FABLE LX. The Kid and Wolf:
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FABLE LXI. The Bitch and Sow:
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FABLE LXII. The Miser robb'd:
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FABLE LXIII. The Lion and Man:
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FABLE LXIV. The Funeral:
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FABLE LXV. The Goose:
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FABLE LXVI. The Bull and Mouse:
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FABLE LXVII. The Dog:
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FABLE LXVIII. The Spider and Gout:
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BOOK III.
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BOOK IV.

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The MORAL.

‘Children, observe your Parents sound Advice,
‘Your Safety in your just Obedience lies:
‘They know the Ills to which you open lie,
‘And, to prevent them, all their Care apply:
‘But if their wise Commands you disobey,
‘You make them wretched, and your selves a Prey.
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