tales,

Many people lose a great deal of time by reading: for they read frivolous and idle books, such as the absurd romances of the two last centuries; where characters, that never existed, are insipidly displayed, and sentiments that were never felt, pompously described: the Oriental ravings and extravagances of the “Arabian Nights,” and Mogul tales; or, the new flimsy brochures that now swarm in France, of fairy tales,

Letters to his son on The Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman 2005

Trelawny probably suggested the subjects of the two Greek tales,

Extract from Richard Garnett's "Introduction" to _Tales and Stories_ 2002

Butterflies and zebras and moonbeams and fairy tales,

Little Wing Written by Jimi Hendrix 1987

Lest the dawns of coming morrows should be telling awful tales,

The Canadian Elocutionist Anna Kelsey Howard

In consequence of the tax-act, when they began to levy those heavy tales,

An Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of the Colonies of South Carolina and Georgia, Volume 1 Alexander Hewatt

Though Ambrose Merlin's prophecies are held as idle tales,

Hero-Myths & Legends of the British Race

Lest the dawn of coming morrow should be telling awful tales,

Poems Teachers Ask For Selected by readers of "Normal Instructor-Primary Plans" Various

It was felt by a little maiden of rare fancy, who said in a whisper at the conclusion of one of these marvellous tales,

The Unfolding Life A Study of Development with Reference to Religious Training Antoinette Abernethy Lamoreaux

This is just the kind of shop bought by the old gentleman in one of Frank Stockton's agreeable tales,

Pipefuls Christopher Morley 1923

Fright off the solemn Muse, —tell sweet old tales,

Holy Tide 1919