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115:(about 1630) also mentions 'Aesops Asse interpreting the Prostrate Worship of the People that was offered to the Golden Image on his back as intended to his Beastliness'. This, however, was in the context of making a distinction between a man and his religious office.
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343:Illustrations in books between the
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414:The Ass Carrying an Image
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68:The fable was revived in
20:The Ass Carrying an Image
897:Wolf in sheep's clothing
781:The Boy and the Filberts
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639:The Mouse and the Oyster
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629:The Moon and her Mother
564:The Fox and the Woodman
514:The Fir and the Bramble
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53:Asinus portans mysteria
826:The Monkey and the Cat
760:An ass eating thistles
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158:La Fontaine's Fables
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1042:Adémar de Chabannes
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179:References
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173:Victorian
150:Neo-Latin
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72:times by
32:Canon Law
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1017:Phaedrus
291:Fable 95
236:Emblem 8
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152:poem by
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1022:Babrius
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