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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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BOOK IV.
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FABLE I. The Frogs and Jupiter:
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FABLE II. The Crow and Birds:
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FABLE III. The Ass and Horse:
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FABLE IV. The Ass and Calf:
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FABLE V. The Beau and his Cat:
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FABLE VI. The Stag and Sheep:
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FABLE VII. Mercury and the Statuary:
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FABLE VIII. The Wolf and Mastiff:
  
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The MORAL.
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FABLE IX. The Mariners:
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FABLE X. The Sluggard:
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FABLE XI. The Clown and Snake:
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FABLE XII. The Frogs:
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FABLE XIII. The Fisher:
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FABLE XIV. The Old-Man loth to Die:
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FABLE XV. The Dog and Sheep:
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FABLE XVI. The Fowler and Dove:
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FABLE XVII. The Blind Woman and Doctor:
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FABLE XVIII. The Ants and Grass-hopper:
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FABLE XIX. The Priest and Apples:
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FABLE XX. The Birds and Beasts:
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FABLE XXI. Mercury's Preparation:
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FABLE XXII. The Farmer and Landlord:
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FABLE XXIII. The One-Ey'd Deer:
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FABLE XXIV. The Fly and Ant:
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FABLE XXV. The Prodigal and Swallow:
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FABLE XXVI. The Horse and Stag:
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FABLE XXVII. The Trumpeter:
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FABLE XXVIII. The Beasts and Fishes:
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FABLE XXIX. Jupiter:
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FABLE XXX. The Impostor-Priest:
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FABLE XXXI. The Old Man, his Son, and Ass:

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FABLE XXXVI. The Peasant and Fortune.

Or, Heaven slighted in Prosperity.

A lab'ring Peasant, as he Plough'd his Ground,
In the deep Furrow a rich Treasure found:
Pleas'd with his Luck, he prais'd the fertil Earth,
Whose pregnant Womb gave the bright Product birth.
Now slighted Fortune, (vex'd at his Neglect,
Who took her Gift, and paid her no Respect)
Said; See, the thankless Wretch enjoys his Prize,
And to my Altar brings no Sacrifice:
But when the Blessing, as it came, is gone,
He will exclaim, and rail on me alone.

The MORAL.

‘When Heav'n on Men has Benefits conferr'd,
‘The Benefactor seldom they regard;
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‘'Till the same Hand that did the Gift dispense,
‘Resumes it, to chastize their Negligence:
‘Then (griev'd for what they so deserv'd to lose)
‘They fret at Heav'n, and Providence accuse.
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