| E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898. |
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The most famous writers of fables are— | 1 |
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Pilpay, among the Hindus. | 2 |
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Lokman, among the Arabs. | 3 |
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Æsop and Babrios, among the Greeks. | 4 |
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Phædrus and Aria’nus, among the Romans. | 5 |
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Faerne, Abste’mius, and Casti, among the Italians. The last wrote The Talking Animals. | 6 |
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La Fontaine and Florian, among the French. | 7 |
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John Gay and Edward Moore, among our own countrymen. The former is sometimes called “The English Æsop.” | 8 |
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Lessing and Pfeffel, among the Germans. | 9 |
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Krilof, among the Russians. | 10 |
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(See ÆSOP.) | 11 |
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