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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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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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FABLE XXVIII. The Cock and Jewel:

Or, Pearls before Swine.

As once a Cock of the Plebeian Brood,
Scrap'd o'er a Dunghil for his daily Food,
He found a Jewel from the Rubbish rise,
Of dazling Lustre, and transcending Price:
But at this Baulk displeas'd, the Craven said,
Why are my Pains with this bright Trifle paid?
Some Lapidary might (with real Joy)
Have found, and justly priz'd the shining Toy;
But I a single Grain of Corn prefer
To all the Jewels Eastern Monarchs wear:
Let them with fancy'd Worth themselves delight,
Give me what feeds my craving Appetite.

The MORAL.

‘The Mean-soul'd Wretch, whose low and grov'ling Mind
‘Is to the Dunghil of the World confin'd,
‘In sordid Pleasures centers his Delight,
‘To gratifie his sensual Appetite:
‘While (in their Worth unskill'd) he treats, with Scorn,
‘The Gems that shou'd his nobler Part adorn;
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‘They, whose rais'd Thoughts to Virtue's Heights aspire,
‘Its Value know, and, as they know, admire.
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