Aesop's Fables With Text Based Chiefly Upon Croxall, La Fontaine, and L'estrange

Excerpt from Aesop's Fables: With His Life, Morals, and Remarks, Fitted for the Meanest Capacities; To Which Are Added, Five Other Fables in Prose and Verse

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