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Page 44
... of the dragon that rescued its deliverer from danger ; the story of the dog that
remained loyal to its dead master Fulvius ; and the Aesopic story of Androcles
and the lion . 89 " The feined Fables , " Wilson points out , “ would not be
forgotten at ...
... of the dragon that rescued its deliverer from danger ; the story of the dog that
remained loyal to its dead master Fulvius ; and the Aesopic story of Androcles
and the lion . 89 " The feined Fables , " Wilson points out , “ would not be
forgotten at ...
Page 85
... so hee farde , for not a scrap of him but the cobs of the two Herrings the
Fisherman had eaten remained of him , and those Cobbes , rather than hee
woulde go home wyth a sleeuelesse answer , he bought at the rate of fourescore
ducats .
... so hee farde , for not a scrap of him but the cobs of the two Herrings the
Fisherman had eaten remained of him , and those Cobbes , rather than hee
woulde go home wyth a sleeuelesse answer , he bought at the rate of fourescore
ducats .
Page 126
Mair states that Juba II , king of Mauritania , after the death of his father in 46 B . C
. , was brought a prisoner to Rome , where he remained till his restoration by
Octavian in 30 B . C . , and that he wrote on Assyria , Arabia , and Africa - his work
...
Mair states that Juba II , king of Mauritania , after the death of his father in 46 B . C
. , was brought a prisoner to Rome , where he remained till his restoration by
Octavian in 30 B . C . , and that he wrote on Assyria , Arabia , and Africa - his work
...
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