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Page 5 - Then said all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou, and reign over us. And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over you, then come and put your trust in my shadow : and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon.
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Page 15 - ... the water which I am drinking ? The poor Lamb, all trembling, replies, How, I beseech you, can that possibly be the case, since the current sets from you to me ? Disconcerted by the force of truth, he changes the accusation. Six months ago, says he, you vilely slandered me. Impossible, returns the Lamb, for I was not then born.
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| Title | Select Fables of Esop and Other Fabulists: In Three Books. By R. Dodsley Eighteenth century collections online |
| Authors | Robert Dodsley, Aesop |
| Publisher | J. Dodsley, 1765 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | Jul 25, 2006 |
| Length | 204 pages |
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