d notbe overlooked in this section. First published in 1736, thisvolume of sententious saws of antecedent centuries, asWilliam Motherwell would call it, was considerably abridged,and frequently produced as a penny chapbook. It professed INSTRUCTIVE. 99 to contain all the wise sayings and… … The Old Hound—front Tlic Fables of ALsop, the Celebrated AncientPhilosoplier. An old hou7id %vho had been an excellent good one in his time, had atlast by reason of years, become feeble and unserviceable. How-ever, being in the field one day, he happened to be the first tocome up with the game, but…
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