Select tales and fables with lessons of morality in verse and prose [ESTC T175731]

DMI number:

1196

Publication Date:

1775

Volume Number:

1 of 1

ESTC number:

T175731

Shelfmark:

NLS L.C.2734(01)

Full Title:

SELECT | TALES and FABLES, | WITH | Lessons of MORALITY | In Verse and Prose. | [ornamental rule] | [epigraph] | [ornamental rule] | [woodcut] | [ornamental rule] | Printed and Sold in Aldemary Church- | Yard, London.

Epigraph:

Children like tender Osiers take the Bow, | And as they first are fashion'd, always grow.

Place of Publication:

London

Genres:

Collection aimed at children/young people and Collection of fables

Format:

24mo

Pagination:

1-24pp

Bibliographic details:

Woodcuts on title-page and throughout.

Comments:

Each fable is in verse followed by a prose epimythium. Fables unnumbered. Bound with other chapbooks (all published in Aldermary Churchyard): 1. Select Tales and Fables [T175731] 2. The History of Thomas of Reading. [T167302] 3. The History of Tom Long the Carrier. [T167930] 4. The History of Tommy Potts. [T165910] 5. Wanton Tom [...] Part the First. [not in ESTC] 6. Wantom Tom [...] Part the Second. [N490135] 7. The Famous History of Tom Thumb [...] Part the First. [T035344] 8. The Famous History of Tom Thumb [...] Part the Second. [T165726] 9. The Mad Pranks of Tom Tram [...] The First Part. [T038824] 10. The Mad Pranks of Tom Tram [...] Part the Second. [T171381] 11. The Mad Pranks of Tom Tram [...] Part the Third. [T171383] 12. John Hales, A Tract Concerning the Sin Against the Holy Ghost. [not in ESTC] 13. The Unfortunate Son. [T050422] 14. The History of Valentine and Orson. [T036560] 15. The History of Wat Tyler, and Jack Straw. [T167304] 16. The Week's Preparation For the Worthy Receiving of the Holy Sacrament. [T179601] 17. A Whetstone for Dull Wits. [T200373] 18. The History of Sir Richard Whittington. [T036457] 19. The Wicked Reproved. [T219958] 20. The Witch of the Woodlands. [not in ESTC] 21. The World Turned Upside-Down. [T180857]

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1746

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ESTC No:

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Select tales and fables with prudential maxims in prose and verse [vol II] [T128069] [ecco]

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Volume:

2 of 2

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Content/Publication

First Line:

A mastiff trained to hostile deeds

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p.2

Poem Title:

The Bull and the Mastiff.

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As once a wolf his thirst allayed

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Poem Title:

The Wolf and the Lamb.

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The fox an actor's vizard found

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Poem Title:

The Fox and the Mask.

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A tiger in pursuit of prey

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Poem Title:

The Lion, Tyger, and Traveller.

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A spaniel very pert and gay

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Poem Title:

The Spaniel and the Camelion.

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As once a cock of sordid brood

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Poem Title:

The Cock and the Diamond.

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A monkey with paternal care

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Poem Title:

The Monkey and her Cub.

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A hare beloved by all the train

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Poem Title:

The Hare and many Friends.

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First Line:

Long lived a swain in high renown

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p.10

Poem Title:

The Shepherd and the Philosopher.

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First Line:

The miser starts and trembling stares

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p.11

Poem Title:

The Miser and Plutus.

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First Line:

A fox half starved a vineyard spied

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p.12

Poem Title:

The Fox and the Grapes.

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First Line:

A peasant on his dying bed

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p.13

Poem Title:

The Persian, the Cloud, and the Sun

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First Line:

As Chloe with affected air

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p.14

Poem Title:

The Lady and the Wasp.

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First Line:

As at the barn the peacock stands

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p.15

Poem Title:

The Peacock, Turkey, and Goose.

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First Line:

As on the ground a persian lay

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p.16

Poem Title:

The Persian, the Cloud, and the Sun.

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First Line:

As a young rake repentant sat

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p.17

Poem Title:

The Universal Apparition.

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First Line:

As Reynard viewed with longing eyes

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p.18

Poem Title:

The Fox and the Crow.

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First Line:

A restless crab in the ocean bred

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p.19

Poem Title:

The Crab and the Fox.

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First Line:

A fruitful vine like a true friend

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p.20

Poem Title:

The Hart and the Vine.

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First Line:

With weeping eyes a nurse surveyed

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p.21

Poem Title:

The Mother, Nurse, and Fairy.

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First Line:

Fast on an elm a lamb was tied

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p.22

Poem Title:

The Boar and the Ram.

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First Line:

A lady who a negro bought

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p.23

Poem Title:

Labour-in-Vain; or Washing the Black-a-Moor.

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First Line:

Two wanton schoolboys at their play

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p.24

Poem Title:

The Boys and the Frogs.

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