Samuel Croxall (c. 1688/9 – 1752) was an Anglican churchman, writer and translator, particularly noted for his edition of Aesop's Fables. Samuel Croxall...
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will rather eat nothing itself than not to starve those that would." Samuel Croxall echoes L'Estrange's observation in Fables of Aesop and Others (1722)...
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fable's moral is the proverbial "the more haste, the worse speed" (Samuel Croxall) or have applied to it the biblical observation that "the race is not...
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the young. However, when dealing with the moral behaviour of adults, Samuel Croxall asks, referencing political alarmism, "when we are alarmed with imaginary...
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L'Estrange (1692) collections include both versions of the fable, as does Samuel Croxall (1721). He, however, reads into the story a lesson on lack of judgment...
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itself' (Joseph Jacobs, 1894) and 'Much wants more and loses all' (Samuel Croxall, 1722). It is notable also that these are stories told of a goose rather...
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its moral and practical meaning. The first of such works is Reverend Samuel Croxall's Fables of Aesop and Others, newly done into English with an Application...
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hockey player and skater. Martine Croxall (born 1969), British journalist and television news presenter. Samuel Croxall (1690-1752), Anglican churchman...
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reall actions prop, Like crazy Structures, Straight to Ruin drop. Samuel Croxall's 1722 commentary on the fable is generalised to the advice that "we...
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Navy Admiral. John Carver Meadows Frost, aircraft designer, in 1915. Samuel Croxall (c. 1690–1752), noted for his edition of Aesop's Fables. Milly Dowler...
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laboureur has the meaning of an independent husbandman, the term used by Samuel Croxall. The nature of the ground cultivated differs as well. The 15th century...
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Hieronymus Osius (1564). For William Caxton (1484) he was a labourer and in Samuel Croxall's collection (1722) he is called a husbandman. "The Stork and The Cranes"...
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versions appeared in the collections of Roger L'Estrange (1692) and Samuel Croxall (1722). In all of these, the name of the Greek god is changed to Mercury...
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monkey for accepting the office and the envious fox for its malice. Samuel Croxall too deplores the choice, while Thomas Bewick's edition reflects that...
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Aesop's fables, including those of William Caxton, Francis Barlow, and Samuel Croxall. Marie de France also used this story in her 12th century Anglo-Norman...
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fable collections of Francis Barlow (1687), Roger L'Estrange (1692) and Samuel Croxall (1722). In the aftermath of civil strife and revolution, it was an apt...
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(1692), where he advised readers not to meddle with the unfamiliar. For Samuel Croxall the story served as a warning against covetousness and for Thomas Bewick...
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Aesop's fables and was later included in those of Francis Barlow and Samuel Croxall. It also appeared in Thomas Bewick's Select Fables, but was there told...
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of due repair, A real house fall down, To build a castle in the air? Samuel Croxall is even more curt in his Fables of Aesop (1732). The moral of the tale...
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illustrated by Francis Barlow as well as in the prose reflections of Samuel Croxall and Thomas Bewick. In Ivan Krylov's variant "The Fly and the Bee", the...
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L'Estrange termed it in his own prose version of 1692. John Ogilby and Samuel Croxall returned to the more violent ending in their versions, where the dog...
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century version, the sheep is annoyed at having its wool pulled out. Samuel Croxall retitled the tale "The Jackdaw and the Sheep" in his 1722 collection...
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Cambro-Britannic Engineer Thomas Cooke – Marlborough (written after his death) Samuel Croxall – Fables of Aesop and Others, newly done into English with an Application...
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Advancing further down the religious path, the 18th century churchman Samuel Croxall interpreted the stung bear's self-laceration as the pain of remorse...
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Illustrations of the fable on English chinaware draw on the woodcut in Samuel Croxall's edition of Aesop. A Wedgwood plate of about 1775 displays a red picture...
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L'Estrange's collection with the same interpretation and later in that of Samuel Croxall with the added political reflection that a politician pursued for peculation...
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in the verse paraphrase of John Ogilby; in the prose collections of Samuel Croxall and Thomas Bewick; and the poetical version of Brooke Boothby. The Dutch...
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Queen Caroline of Ansbach and had been a great beauty, addressed by Samuel Croxall in his poem The Fair Circassian. They had two sons, William of Midgham...
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Exilius; or, The Banished Roman Richard Bentley – A Sermon upon Popery Samuel Croxall – The Vision Daniel Defoe An Appeal to Honour and Justice The Family...
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Dangerous Adventures, and Miraculous Escapes of Capt. Richard Falconer Samuel Croxall – The Fair Circassian Daniel Defoe Captain Singleton Memoirs of a Cavalier...
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