Aesop's Fables: as romanized by Phaedrus: with a literal interlinear translation, accompanied by illustrative notes, on the plan recommended by Mr. Locke

Aesop's Fables: as romanized by Phaedrus: with a literal interlinear translation, accompanied by illustrative notes, on the plan recommended by Mr. Locke

Phaedrus. ed. John Taylor

London: Stewart & Co., 1834

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1834

George Eliot to Martha Jackson, [?] February 1840. “Does my mental scent deceive me when it tells me that my merry little Martha's finely rounded compliment is strongly impregnated with the satire that she is continually, even though unconsciously, breathing out? Well, be it so; notwithstanding the paucity of my cerebrum in a certain part, I will not allow you to-night to disturb my self-complacency, but will answer your application with all gravity and importance. The word classics has a very soaring air, but alas! we must crawl for some time up a rugged steep before we can catch a glimpse of the desired summit. We must get a Latin Grammar and tax our memories with every word of it. This is all I have attempted at present, with the exception of reading some of Esop with Taylor's literal translation. I have a series of elementary Latin books after Locke's method, published by Taylor and Walton; the set cost one guinea.” GEL 1: 38

Phaedrus. ed. John Taylor, Aesop's Fables: as romanized by Phaedrus: with a literal interlinear translation, accompanied by illustrative notes, on the plan recommended by Mr. Locke, George Eliot's Reading, George Eliot Archive, edited by Beverley Park Rilett. https://GeorgeEliotArchive.org, Accessed September 7, 2026. https://georgeeliotarchive.org/items/show/57208

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