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Page 51
... Æsop was not a jot properer or handsomer than he is repre- sented by the common pictures . But the soldier be- lieves with the learned person above mentioned ; for he thinks , none but an impudent tall author could be guilty of such an ...
... Æsop was not a jot properer or handsomer than he is repre- sented by the common pictures . But the soldier be- lieves with the learned person above mentioned ; for he thinks , none but an impudent tall author could be guilty of such an ...
Page 259
... Æsop has said upon the subject , whom I look upon to have been a republican by the unworthy treat- ment which he often gives to the king of beasts , and whom , if I had time , I could convict of falsehood and forgery in almost every ...
... Æsop has said upon the subject , whom I look upon to have been a republican by the unworthy treat- ment which he often gives to the king of beasts , and whom , if I had time , I could convict of falsehood and forgery in almost every ...
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