Fables ... translated into English verse. Fr. & Eng

Louis Jules Henri BARBON MAZARINI MANCINI (Duke de Nivernois and d'Onziois.)

London; Manners & Miller: Edinburgh, 1799 - 259 pages

Contents

• BOOK THE FIRST PAGE CASSANDRA The Prologue: 3
• The Father and his Two Sons The Two Rivulets: 9
• The Dog unfortunately affifted or the Battle in the dark: 19
• The Rat and the Idol: 23
• The Cock unfeathered: 27
• The Treaſure and the Wiſhes: 37
• The Vulture and the Tortoise: 43
• The old Fox: 47
• The Peaſant of Babylon: 53
• The Mifer and his Friend: 57
• The Eagle and the Pelican: 63
• The Merlin and the Spider: 69
• The Peartree and the Thorn: 73
• The Pineapples: 79
• The Birds of Paffage: 85
• The Heifer facrificed: 89
• The Siagos The Fireworshipper 95 95: 95
• The Fruits of the Market: 101
• The Young Dog 107: 107
• The Fox Ambaffador: 113
• BOOK THE SECOND PAGE Fable I THE Blind Man and the Deaf: 119
• The Diſcontented Labourer: 125
• The King the River and the Handful of Earth: 129
• The Maſtiff and the little Dogs: 137
• The Sun and the Birds of Night: 141
• The Derviſe and the Caliph: 149
• The Butterfly and the Bee 155: 155
• The blind Hercules: 161
• The Sheep the Boar and the Crow: 165
• The Sculptor and the Chymift: 169
• The Farmer the Horſeman and the Foot Traveller 177: 177
• The King the Vifir and the two Owls: 183
• The Picture of Zeuxis: 191
• XVIII The travelled Animals: 217
• Death and the old Man: 243
• The young King and his Tutor 251: 251

Bibliographic information

• Title: Fables ... translated into English verse. Fr. & Eng
• Author: Louis Jules Henri BARBON MAZARINI MANCINI (Duke de Nivernois and d'Onziois.)
• Publisher: London; Manners & Miller: Edinburgh, 1799
• Original from: The British Library
• Digitized: Jun 25, 2013
• Length: 259 pages