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Some of the Aesopic fables had been translated into English as early as the
twelfth century ; but the great German collection , compiled about 1480 by
Heinrich Stainhöwel , was introduced into England , through the medium of the
French , by ...
Some of the Aesopic fables had been translated into English as early as the
twelfth century ; but the great German collection , compiled about 1480 by
Heinrich Stainhöwel , was introduced into England , through the medium of the
French , by ...
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The few conventional ideas about animals that are employed in the jest books
appear in the names of persons , in epithets , or in analogies illustrating phases
of human nature , and are drawn from Aesopic material and popular tradition .
The few conventional ideas about animals that are employed in the jest books
appear in the names of persons , in epithets , or in analogies illustrating phases
of human nature , and are drawn from Aesopic material and popular tradition .
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191 The Aesopic fable of the crow and the fox is told to show how grasping
landlords in league with crafty lawyers fleeced poor tenants . The crow
represents the tenant , who , being involved in lawsuits , “ prooueth a dawe [ i.e. ,
a dupe ] in the ...
191 The Aesopic fable of the crow and the fox is told to show how grasping
landlords in league with crafty lawyers fleeced poor tenants . The crow
represents the tenant , who , being involved in lawsuits , “ prooueth a dawe [ i.e. ,
a dupe ] in the ...
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| Title | Animal Conventions in English Renaissance Non-religious Prose, 1550-1600 |
| Author | William Meredith Carroll |
| Publisher | Bookman Associates, 1954 |
| Length | 166 pages |
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