Fable
The Fox and the Crane
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
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Fable
The Fox and the Crow
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
Fable
The Fox and the Goat
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
Fable
The Fox and the Grapes
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
Fable
The Fox and the Hedgehog
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
Fable
The Fox and the Leopard
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
Fable
The Fox and the Lion (Fable 207)
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
Fable
The Fox and the Lion (Fable 239)
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
Fable
The Fox and the Mask
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
Fable
The Fox and the Monkey (Fable 074)
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
Fable
The Fox and the Monkey (Fable 202)
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
Fable
The Fox and the Woodcutter
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
Fable
The Fox Who Had Lost His Tail
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
Proverb
The friar preached against stealing when he had a pudding in his sleeve.
A main proverb preserved in Walter K. Kelly's British-centered 1859 comparative collection. The exact oral origin is not asserted, and the historical saying is not presented as present-day fact or advice.
Fable
The Frogs Asking for a King
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
Fable
The Frogs’ Complaint Against the Sun
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
Poetry
The Funeral
Instructing whoever will shroud his body not to disturb the wreath of hair on his arm, the speaker weighs two readings of the token and finally orders it buried with him so that some of her goes into the grave.
Poetry
The Funeral Rites of the Rose
A rose sickens and dies, and the other flowers wash, mourn, sing a dirge over her and finally wrap her in a linen shroud as in a tomb.
Fable
The Gamecocks and the Partridge
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
Fable
The Geese and the Cranes
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
Fable
The Gnat and the Bull
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
Fable
The Gnat and the Lion
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
Fable
The Goat and the Ass
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
Fable
The Goat and the Goatherd
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.