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In their present form, the peculiar character, the manners and religion of the Hindoos, are completely obliterated; and the intrinsic merit of the fables of Pilpay is far inferior to the concise elegance of
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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Kaliliah wa Dimnah, [FN#165] old "Pilpay" converted to Christianity.
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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So Europe was contented to compare The Nights with the Fables of Pilpay for upwards of a century.
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Arabic, Hebrew and Syriac writers entitle their version Kalilah wa Damnah, or Kalilaj wa Damnaj, from the name of the two jackal-heroes, and Europe knows the recueil as the Fables of Pilpay or Bidpay (Bidyá-pati, Lord of learning?) a learned
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Again The Flea and the Mouse (iii. 151), of a type familiar to students of the Pilpay cycle, must strike the home-reader as peculiarly quaint.
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In all ancient histories, animals have spoken; hence Pilpay and Lokman excited no surprise by their introduction of animals conversing and disputing.
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When we reflect that nearly the whole earth has been infatuated by similar stories, and that they have formed the education of mankind, the fables of Pilpay, Lokman, or Æsop appear quite reasonable.
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Pilpay, and to Lokman, who is (as may easily be shown) the Esop of the
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 333, July 1843 Various
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A generation which has bought eleven editions of a poem by Mr. Robert Montgomery may well condescend to listen to a fable of Pilpay.
Practical English Composition: Book II. For the Second Year of the High School Edwin L. Miller
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Topics for reports or speeches: Mr. Robert Montgomery; Pilpay;
Practical English Composition: Book II. For the Second Year of the High School Edwin L. Miller
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