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" Amicable Instruction; and, as the very existence of Esop, whom the Arabs believe to have been an Abyssinian, appears rather doubtful, I am not disinclined to suppose, that the first moral fables, which appeared in Europe, were of Indian or Ethiopian origin. "
A pocket encyclopædia, or library of general knowledge - Page 321
by Edward Augustus Kendall - 1811
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Asiatic Researches, Volume 1

Asiatick Society (Calcutta, India) - 1801 - 580 pages
...their original title is Hiiopadesa, or Amicable Instruction : and, as the very exiftence of JEsop> whom the Arabs believe to have been an Abyssinian, appears rather doubtful, I am not difinclined to fuppofe that the firft moral fables which appeared in Europe were of Indian or Ethiopian...
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Fables on subjects connected with literature. Imitated by J. Belfour

Tomás de Iriarte y Oropesa - 1804 - 186 pages
...title is Hitvpadesa, or amicable instruction ; and as the very existence of .flJsop, whom the Arabians believe to have been an Abyssinian, appears rather...appeared in Europe, were of Indian or Ethiopian origin." See discourse delivered to the Society for enquiring into the History civil and natural, the Antiquities,...
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Fables on Subjects Connected with Literature

Tomás de Iriarte - 1804 - 198 pages
...title is Hitopadesa, or amicable instruction ; and as the very existence of .'Fs<>i>, whom the Arabians believe to have been an Abyssinian, appears rather...am not disinclined to suppose, that the first moral fablrs which appeared in Europe, were of Indian or Ethiopian origin." See discourse delivered to the...
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Essays, Biographical, Critical, and Historical, Illustrative of ..., Volume 3

Nathan Drake - 1805 - 376 pages
...their original title is Hit6padesa, or amicable instruction ; and, as the very existence of jEsop, whom the Arabs believe to have been an Abyssinian,...appeared in Europe were of Indian or Ethiopian origin." This account is corroborated by FRASER in his catalogue of Oriental manuscripts. "The ancient Brahmins...
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Essays Biographical, Critical, and Historical, Illustrative of the ..., Volume 2

Nathan Drake - 1805 - 370 pages
...but their original title is Hit6padesa, or amicable instruction; and, as the very existence of jEsop, whom the Arabs believe to have been an Abyssinian,...appeared in Europe were of Indian or Ethiopian origin." This account is corroborated by FRASER in his catalogue of Oriental manuscripts. "The ancient Brahmins...
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Works, Volume 3

Sir William Jones - 1807 - 480 pages
...to have been an Abyfjinian, appears rather doubtful, I am not difinclined to fuppofe, that the firft moral fables, which appeared in Europe, were of Indian or Ethiopian origin. VOL. r. F The Hindus are faid to have boafted of three inventions, all of which, indeed, are admirable,...
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Works, Volume 13

Sir William Jones - 1807 - 534 pages
...have been an Abyffinian, appears rather " doubtful, I am not difinclined to fuppofe, that the firft moral "fables, which appeared in Europe, were of Indian or Ethiopian " origin." — See the Third Difcourfe on the Hindus, Vol. I. HITOPADfiSA*. THE INTRODUCTION, Praifeto GA'NESA'*...
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Pocket Encyclopedia: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and ..., Volume 2

Edward Augustus Kendall - 1811 - 482 pages
...but their original title is Hipotedisa, or Amicable Instruction ; and as the very existence of JEsop, whom the Arabs believe to have been an Abyssinian,...or incident of an epic or dramatic poem is called tue/uWe. ' FABULOUS age, that-period in the history of every nation in which supernatural events are...
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Pocket Encyclopedia: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and ..., Volume 1

Edward Augustus Kendall - 1811 - 962 pages
...their original title is Hipotedesu, or Amicable Instruction ; and as the very existence of yEso|>, whom the Arabs believe to have been an Abyssinian,...disinclined to suppose, that the first moral fables whicli appeared in Europe, were of Indian or Ethiopian, origin." In the same sense as that already...
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Tales of the East: comprising the most popular romances of ..., Volume 1

East, Henry William Weber - 1812 - 646 pages
...but their original title is Hitopadesa, or Amicable Instruction ; and, as the very existence of Esop, whom the Arabs believe to have been an Abyssinian,...appeared in Europe were of Indian or Ethiopian origin." — Respecting the names of Pilpay and Bidpaï, Sir William Jones informs us, that the former is an...
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