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Page 22
As popular with the English folk as the animal lore which grew out of the
observation of native creatures were the conventional ideas about animals found
in the Aesopic fables and the fables of Bidpai . Some of the Aesopic fables had
been ...
As popular with the English folk as the animal lore which grew out of the
observation of native creatures were the conventional ideas about animals found
in the Aesopic fables and the fables of Bidpai . Some of the Aesopic fables had
been ...
Page 23
No summary of these stories is needed , so well known are such fables as “
Androcles [ and the lion ] , " the classic example of a lion's showing gratitude by
fawning upon a benefactor ; " The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing , " the classic
example of ...
No summary of these stories is needed , so well known are such fables as “
Androcles [ and the lion ] , " the classic example of a lion's showing gratitude by
fawning upon a benefactor ; " The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing , " the classic
example of ...
Page 66
... foxes and ravening wolves in sheep's clothing.188 Diogenes characterizes all
of these types in a series of animal fables . ... he cites the example of “ AEsops
Mouse " in the fable about belling the cat187 and tells auother fable of the wolf
and ...
... foxes and ravening wolves in sheep's clothing.188 Diogenes characterizes all
of these types in a series of animal fables . ... he cites the example of “ AEsops
Mouse " in the fable about belling the cat187 and tells auother fable of the wolf
and ...
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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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