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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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FABLE I. The Peasant and Hercules:
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FABLE II. Jupiter and the Tortoise:
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FABLE III. The Ass, Ape, and Mole:
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FABLE IV. The Poet and Clown:
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FABLE V. The Mule:
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FABLE VI. The Fox and Hare:
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FABLE VII. The Oak and Reed:
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FABLE VIII. The Crab and Fox:
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FABLE IX. The Daw:
  
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The MORAL.
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FABLE X. The Crow and Wolves:
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FABLE XI. The Dog and Shadow:
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FABLE XII. The Lion superannuated:
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FABLE XIII. The Ape and her Whelps:
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FABLE XIV. The Elm and Oxen:
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FABLE XV. The Gnat and Bee:
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FABLE XVI. The Sun, and Wind:
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FABLE XVII. The Fox, and Sick Hen:
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FABLE XVIII. The Kid and Wolf:
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FABLE XIX. The Peacock and Nightingale:
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FABLE XX. The Lion and Frog:
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FABLE XXI. The Wolf disguised:
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FABLE XXII. The Fox and Lionness:
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FABLE XXIII. The Horse and Ass:
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FABLE XXIV. The Sick Impostor:
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FABLE XXV. The Hares and Eagles:
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FABLE XXVI. The Wolf and Ram:
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FABLE XXVII. The Mourning Widow:
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FABLE XXVIII. The Cock and Jewel:
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FABLE XXIX. The Wolf and Lamb:
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FABLE XXX. The Mouse in a Chest:
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FABLE XXXI. The Young Man and the Old:
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FABLE XXXII. The Mad-house:
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FABLE XXXIII. The Gardener and his Dog:
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FABLE XXXIV. The Dog and Butcher:
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FABLE XXXV. The Ape and Jupiter:
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FABLE XXXVI. The Peasant and Fortune.
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FABLE XXXVII. The Boy and Fortune.
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FABLE XXXVIII. The Sheep and Crow:
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FABLE XXXIX. The Crow and Mule:
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FABLE XL. The Eagle and Pye:
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FABLE XLI. The Lion's Choice:
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FABLE XLII. The Elm and Osier:
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FABLE XLIII. The Peacock and Crane:
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FABLE XLIV. The Bear and Bees.
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FABLE XLV. The Wolves and Sheep:
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FABLE XLVI. The Country Fidler:
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FABLE XLVII. The Clown and Clyster:
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FABLE XLVIII. The Old Weesel, and Mice:
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FABLE XLIX. The Fox and Cock:
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FABLE L. The Graceless Son:
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FABLE LI. The Hound:
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FABLE LII. The Fishes:
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FABLE LIII. The Boor and Wood:
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FABLE LIV. The Drown'd Wife:
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FABLE LV. The Doves and Kite:
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FABLE LVI. The Ass in a Lion's Skin:
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FABLE LVII. The Wolf and Lamb:
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FABLE LVIII. The Father and his Sons:
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FABLE LIX. The Fox and Lion:
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FABLE LX. The Eagle and Fox:
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FABLE LXI. The Fox and Weesel:
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FABLE LXII. The City Mouse and Country Mouse:
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FABLE LXIII. The Lion and Mouse:
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FABLE LXIV. The Vulture's Treat:
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FABLE LXV. The Dog and Ass:
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FABLE LXVI. The Members and Stomach:
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FABLE LXVII. The Sick Kite:
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FABLE LXVIII. The Crow and Fox:
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BOOK II.
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BOOK III.
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BOOK IV.

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The MORAL.

‘When Men of Mean Extraction ape the Great,
‘(Tempted by Riches to that vain Conceit)
‘They fondly over-act the Part they Play,
‘And Baseness, in affecting State, betray:
‘While all the truly Noble, free from Pride,
‘The aukward Mimicks, in their Height, deride:
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‘Who (thinking Merit is in Pomp express'd)
‘Out-run their Fortunes, and become a Jest.
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