Select tales and fables with prudential maxims and other little lessons of morality in prose and verse [T127913] [ecco]
- DMI number:
- 1036
- Publication Date:
- 1780
- Volume Number:
- 1 of 2
- ESTC number:
- T127913
- EEBO/ECCO link:
- CW124578645
- Shelfmark:
- ECCO - BL
- Full Title:
- SELECT | [g]Tales[/g] and [g]Fables[/g] | [i]with | Prudential Maxims | and other Little | LESSONS of MORALITY | IN | PROSE and VERSE | Equally Instructive & Entertaining | For the use of[/i] | BOTH SEXES | [i]wherein | Their Foibles as well as Beauties are | presented to their View in the fairest & | most innoffensive point of Light. | [rule] | The WHOLE embellish'd with Threescore [i]Original | Designs[/i], expressive of each Subject, neatly engrav'd on [i]Copper Plates[/i], and publish'd according to Act of | Parliament. | By B. COLE, [i]Engraver.[/i] | [rule] | [epigraph] | [rule] | [i]LONDON. | Printed for[/i] F. Wingrave, [i]successor to[/i] Mr. Nourse. | [i]No. 198 in the Strand,[/i] R. Baldwin [i]at No. 47.[/i] | & S. Crowder [i]No. 12 in Pater Noster Row.[/i]
- Epigraph:
- Truth [i]under[/i] Fiction [i]we impart, | To root out Folly from the Heart[/i]
- Place of Publication:
- London
- Genres:
- Collection of educational texts, Collection aimed at children/young people, and Collection of fables
- Format:
- Duodecimo
- Bibliographic details:
- Engraved title page. Plates accompany each fable.
- Other matter:
- Prefatory matter: Dedication 'To His Royal Highness Prince Edward' signed 'Benj. Cole'; Preface pp. [i]-ii.
- Title:
- Select tales and fables with prudential maxims and other little lessons of morality in prose and verse [N67747] [ecco]
- Publication Date:
- 1746
- ESTC No:
- N67747
- Volume:
- 1 of 2
- Relationship:
- Another Edition of
- Comments:
- Title:
- Select tales and fables with prudential maxims and other little lessons of morality in prose and verse [T128069] [ecco]
- Publication Date:
- 1756
- ESTC No:
- T128069
- Volume:
- 1 of 2
- Relationship:
- Another Edition of
- Comments:
- Title:
- Select tales and fables with lessons of morality in verse and prose [ESTC T175731]
- Publication Date:
- 1775
- ESTC No:
- T175731
- Volume:
- 1 of 1
- Relationship:
- Unknown
- Comments:
- Title:
- Select tales and fables with prudential maxims in prose and verse [vol II] [T127913] [ecco]
- Publication Date:
- 1780
- ESTC No:
- T127913
- Volume:
- 2 of 2
- Relationship:
- Volume from the same edition
- Comments:
- Dedicatee:
- Prince Edward Augustus
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Engraver:
- Benjamin Cole
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Publisher:
- Francis Wingrave
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Publisher:
- R. Baldwin
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Publisher:
- Stanley Crowder
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- First Line:
- Reader these little pleasant tales
- Page No:
- pp.iii-iv
- Poem Title:
- The Prologue To Phaedrus's Fables Imitated In Easy Verse By Way of Introduction.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- A mastiff trained to hostile deeds
- Page No:
- p.1
- Poem Title:
- Fable I. The Bull and the Mastiff.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- An elephant in days of yore
- Page No:
- p.1
- Poem Title:
- Fable II. The Elephant and the Bookseller.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- As plants whilst tender bend which way you please
- Page No:
- p.2
- Poem Title:
- The Application to Fab. I. Art improves Nature.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Censure will blame her breath was ever spent
- Page No:
- p.2
- Poem Title:
- The Application to Fab. II. Merit creates Envy.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- As once a wolf his thirst allayed
- Page No:
- p.3
- Poem Title:
- Fable III. The Wolf and the Lamb.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The fox an actor's vizard found
- Page No:
- p.3
- Poem Title:
- Fable IV. The Fox and the Mask.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- A spaniel very pert and gay
- Page No:
- p.5
- Poem Title:
- Fable VI. The Spaniel and the Camelion.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- A tiger in pursuit of prey
- Page No:
- p.5
- Poem Title:
- Fable V. The Lion, Tiger, the Traveller.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Sir I have lived a courtier all my days
- Page No:
- p.6
- Poem Title:
- The Application to Fab VI. The Picture of a Courtier.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- When Nero Rome's imperial sceptre swayed
- Page No:
- p.6
- Poem Title:
- The Application to Fab. V. The Picture of a Tyrant.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- A daw in pilfered plumes arrayed
- Page No:
- p.7
- Poem Title:
- Fable VII. The Daw and the Peacock.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- A dog at hunger's urgent call
- Page No:
- p.7
- Poem Title:
- Fable VIII. The Dog and the Shadow.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- A monkey with parental care
- Page No:
- p.9
- Poem Title:
- Fable X. The Monkey and her Cub.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- As once a cock of sordid brood
- Page No:
- p.9
- Poem Title:
- Fable IX. The Cock and the Diamond.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- A hare beloved by all the train
- Page No:
- p.11
- Poem Title:
- Fable XI. The Hare and many Friends.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Long lived a swain in high renown
- Page No:
- p.11
- Poem Title:
- Fable XII. The Shepherd and the Philosopher.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- How truly blessed are they and only they
- Page No:
- p.12
- Poem Title:
- The Application to Fab. XII. Nature's the best Guide.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Men may respect and love with ease pretend
- Page No:
- p.12
- Poem Title:
- The Application to Fab. XI. Adversity is the Touchstone of Friendship.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- So like the life a painter drew
- Page No:
- p.13
- Poem Title:
- Fable XIV. The Painter who pleas'd No Body and Every Body.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The miser starts and trembling stares
- Page No:
- p.13
- Poem Title:
- Fable XIII. The Miser and Plutus.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- If mines of wealth in every field were found
- Page No:
- p.14
- Poem Title:
- The Application to Fab. XIII. Covetousness is the Root of all Evil.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Nothing so much intoxicates the brain
- Page No:
- p.14
- Poem Title:
- The Application to Fab. XIV. The Magick of Flattery.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- A fox half starved a vineyard spied
- Page No:
- p.15
- Poem Title:
- Fable XV. The Fox and the Grapes.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- A peasant on his dying bed
- Page No:
- p.15
- Poem Title:
- Fable XVI. The Farmer and his Sons.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- As at the barn the peacock stands
- Page No:
- p.17
- Poem Title:
- Fable XVIII. The Peacock, the Turkey, and Goose.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- As Chloe with affected air
- Page No:
- p.17
- Poem Title:
- Fable XVII. The Lady and the Wasp.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Her commendations praise you into shame
- Page No:
- p.18
- Poem Title:
- The Application to Fab. XVIII. The Character of a Mischief-Maker.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- There's a being in nature as light as a feather
- Page No:
- p.18
- Poem Title:
- The Application to Fab. XVII. The Picture of a Coquet.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- A peacock kept by Juno's side
- Page No:
- p.19
- Poem Title:
- Fable XX. Juno and his Peacock.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Hob plunged his waggon in a slough
- Page No:
- p.19
- Poem Title:
- Fable XIX. The Peasant and Hercules.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Are there no hopes the patient cries
- Page No:
- p.21
- Poem Title:
- The Sick Man and the Angel.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Though birds and beasts are proud and vain
- Page No:
- p.21
- Poem Title:
- Fable XXI. The Man and the Flea.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Must then applauding crowds repeat your name
- Page No:
- p.22
- Poem Title:
- The Application to Fab. XXI. Pride was not made for Man.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Though wealth was poured like a rolling tide
- Page No:
- p.22
- Poem Title:
- The Application to Fab. XXII. Wealth without Content.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- As a young rake repentant sat
- Page No:
- p.23
- Poem Title:
- Fable XXIV. The Universal Apparition.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- As on the ground a persian lay
- Page No:
- p.23
- Poem Title:
- Fable XXIII. The Persian, the Sun, and the Cloud.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Envy will merit as its shade persue
- Page No:
- p.24
- Poem Title:
- The Application to Fab. XXIII. Merit will shine in Spite of Opposition.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Is there a sensual thing of any kind
- Page No:
- p.24
- Poem Title:
- The Application to Fab. XXIV. Virtue's Address to Hercules.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- As Reynard viewed with longing eyes
- Page No:
- p.25
- Poem Title:
- Fable XXVI. The Fox and the Crow.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Two trouts that thoughtless of deceit
- Page No:
- p.25
- Poem Title:
- Fable XXV. The Trouts and the Angler.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- A fruitful vine like a true friend
- Page No:
- p.27
- Poem Title:
- Fable XXVIII. The Hart and the Vine.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- A restless crab in the ocean bred
- Page No:
- p.27
- Poem Title:
- Fable XXVII. The Crab and the Fox.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Fast to an elm a lamb was tied
- Page No:
- p.29
- Poem Title:
- Fable XXX. The Wild Boar and the Ram.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- With weeping eyes a nurse surveyed
- Page No:
- p.29
- Poem Title:
- Fable XXIX. The Mother, the Nurse, and the Fairy.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Exalted Socrates divinely brave
- Page No:
- p.30
- Poem Title:
- The Application to Fab. XXX. Patience in Distress.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Good god how tender is the parents love
- Page No:
- p.30
- Poem Title:
- The Application to Fab. XXIX. Fancy surpasses Beauty.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Attend the advice
- Page No:
- pp.38-41
- Poem Title:
- An Alphabet of Prudential Maxims in Easy Verse, For the Use of Children.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Art and assiduous care must join
- Page No:
- pp.42-44
- Poem Title:
- A Second Alphabet of Prudential Maxims, in Easy Verse.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- All human things are subject to decay
- Page No:
- pp.45-47
- Poem Title:
- A Third Alphabet of Prudential Maxims, In Easy Verse.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- First to the gods thy humble homage pay
- Page No:
- pp.61-66
- Poem Title:
- The Golden Verses of Pythagoras.
- Attribution:
- Translated by the late celebrated Nicholas Rowe, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- Nicholas Rowe
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