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Excerpt from Fables of AEsop and Others
The purpose for which he principally ih tended his book, as in his preface he spends a great many words to inform us, was for the use and instruction of children; who being, as it were, mere blank per, are ready indifferently for any 0 inion, or bad, tak' all upon credit; and t at it is in the power of e first comer to saint or devil upon them, which he pleases. This. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
