Fables of Aesop and Other Eminent Mythologists: With Morals and ReflectionsA. Bettesworth, C. Hitch, G. Strahan, R. Gosling, R. Ware, J. Osborn, S. Birt, B. Motte, C. Bathurst, D. Browne, and J. Hodges., 1738 - Fables - 581 pages |
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