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... according to a parable in the Maha - Bharata , a Brahman found himself " so beset on every hand with horribly roaring lions , tigers , and elephants that even the God of Death would quake at the sight " ; 21 the fox and the ass at the ...
... according to a parable in the Maha - Bharata , a Brahman found himself " so beset on every hand with horribly roaring lions , tigers , and elephants that even the God of Death would quake at the sight " ; 21 the fox and the ass at the ...
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... according to the prophesie of Iacob , Genesis cap . 49. Beniamine shall be as a Wolfe , going out earely in the morning to eate his pray , and at night deuideth the spoile.10 It should be noticed here that those beasts and birds which ...
... according to the prophesie of Iacob , Genesis cap . 49. Beniamine shall be as a Wolfe , going out earely in the morning to eate his pray , and at night deuideth the spoile.10 It should be noticed here that those beasts and birds which ...
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... fable with the description of the " Griphon " given by " Isidore in his twenty two of Etymologies . " 195 The usurer , according to Diogenes , " is com- pared to a worme , " and " he shall RENAISSANCE NON - RELIGIOUS PROSE 67.
... fable with the description of the " Griphon " given by " Isidore in his twenty two of Etymologies . " 195 The usurer , according to Diogenes , " is com- pared to a worme , " and " he shall RENAISSANCE NON - RELIGIOUS PROSE 67.
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