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Aesop's Fables A New Revised Version From Original Sources

by Aesop

Other authors: Thomas James (Translator), John Tenniel (Introduction), John Tenniel (Illustrator), George Tyler Townsend (Translator)

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WOLF, meeting with a Lamb astray from the fold, resolved not to lay violent hands on him, but to find some plea to justify to the Lamb the Wolf's right to eat him. He thus addressed him: "Sirrah, last year you grossly insulted me." "Indeed," bleated the Lamb in a mournful tone of voice, "I was not then born." Then said the Wolf, "You feed in my pasture." "No, good sir," replied the Lamb, "I have not yet tasted grass." Again said the Wolf, "You drink of my well." "No," exclaimed the Lamb, "I never yet drank water, for as yet my mother's milk is both food and drink to me." Upon which the Wolf seized him and ate him up, saying, "Well! I won't remain supperless, even though you refute every one of my imputations." The tyrant will always find a pretext for his tyranny.… (more)
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Nice collection of short stories, each teaching us a useful lesson. ( )
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Aesopprimary authorall editionsconfirmed
James, ThomasTranslatorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Tenniel, JohnIntroductionsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Tenniel, JohnIllustratorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Townsend, George TylerTranslatorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
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Translation originally published in 1848. Translator only identied in some editions with no name, living at Theddington Vicarage. Contains 203 fables.
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WOLF, meeting with a Lamb astray from the fold, resolved not to lay violent hands on him, but to find some plea to justify to the Lamb the Wolf's right to eat him. He thus addressed him: "Sirrah, last year you grossly insulted me." "Indeed," bleated the Lamb in a mournful tone of voice, "I was not then born." Then said the Wolf, "You feed in my pasture." "No, good sir," replied the Lamb, "I have not yet tasted grass." Again said the Wolf, "You drink of my well." "No," exclaimed the Lamb, "I never yet drank water, for as yet my mother's milk is both food and drink to me." Upon which the Wolf seized him and ate him up, saying, "Well! I won't remain supperless, even though you refute every one of my imputations." The tyrant will always find a pretext for his tyranny.

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