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... animal they much respected . At first they all concurr'd . The horse , the stag , the unicorn , Were chosen each in turn ; And then the noble bird That looks undazzled at the sun . But party strife began to run Through burrow , den ...
... animal they much respected . At first they all concurr'd . The horse , the stag , the unicorn , Were chosen each in turn ; And then the noble bird That looks undazzled at the sun . But party strife began to run Through burrow , den ...
Page xvii
... animal . The faculty which , in after ages , was to chronicle the realities developed by time , had at first no employment but to place on record the productions of the imagination . Hence , fable blossomed and ripened in the remotest ...
... animal . The faculty which , in after ages , was to chronicle the realities developed by time , had at first no employment but to place on record the productions of the imagination . Hence , fable blossomed and ripened in the remotest ...
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... animal to another . " Frugality should ever be practised , but not excessive parsimony ; for see how a miser was killed by a bow drawn by himself ! " How was that ? " said Hiranyaca . 1 Vishnoo Sarmah . - Sir William Jones has the name ...
... animal to another . " Frugality should ever be practised , but not excessive parsimony ; for see how a miser was killed by a bow drawn by himself ! " How was that ? " said Hiranyaca . 1 Vishnoo Sarmah . - Sir William Jones has the name ...
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... animals will sustain me a whole month , or longer . " A man suffices for one month ; a fawn and a boar , for two ; a snake , for a whole day ; and then I will devour the bowstring . ' When the first impulse of his hunger was allayed ...
... animals will sustain me a whole month , or longer . " A man suffices for one month ; a fawn and a boar , for two ; a snake , for a whole day ; and then I will devour the bowstring . ' When the first impulse of his hunger was allayed ...
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... animal speakers do not sufficiently preserve their animal characters . It is quite otherwise AND LA FONTAINE . XXV.
... animal speakers do not sufficiently preserve their animal characters . It is quite otherwise AND LA FONTAINE . XXV.
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