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This was true of the crow , and it is also characteristic of " The Ass in the Lion's Skin , " to which Shakespeare ... In the first an ass once donned a lion's skin and spread terror among men and beast as if he had been a real lion .
This was true of the crow , and it is also characteristic of " The Ass in the Lion's Skin , " to which Shakespeare ... In the first an ass once donned a lion's skin and spread terror among men and beast as if he had been a real lion .
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In A Midsummer Night's Dream we are told that Snug is disguising himself as a lion . ... incident we are viewing an actual Elizabethan rehearsal , for which poor Snug , “ slow of study , ” must have even the lion's part written down .
In A Midsummer Night's Dream we are told that Snug is disguising himself as a lion . ... incident we are viewing an actual Elizabethan rehearsal , for which poor Snug , “ slow of study , ” must have even the lion's part written down .
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Borrowed Feathers " ; " The Oak and the Reed ” ; “ The Sun and the Wind and the Traveler ” ; “ The Countryman and the Serpent ” ; “ The Ass in the Lion's Skin ” ; “ The Hares and the Dead Lion ” ( which he terms a fable but which is ...
Borrowed Feathers " ; " The Oak and the Reed ” ; “ The Sun and the Wind and the Traveler ” ; “ The Countryman and the Serpent ” ; “ The Ass in the Lion's Skin ” ; “ The Hares and the Dead Lion ” ( which he terms a fable but which is ...
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