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Beasts at Law

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Beasts at Law (1811)
Sampfilius Philoerin and Samuel Woodworth
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BEASTS AT LAW,

OR

ZOOLOGIAN JURISPRUDENCE;


A POEM,

SATIRICAL, ALLEGORICAL, AND MORAL.

IN THREE CANTOS.


TRANSLATED FROM THE ARABIC OF

SAMPFILIUS PHILOERIN, Z. Y. X. W. &c. &c.

Whose Fables have made so much noise in the East, and whose fame has
eclipsed that of Æsop.

WITH NOTES AND ANNOTATIONS.




BY SAMUEL WOODWORTH.




"I call no man an Ape or Ass,
'Tis his own conscience holds the glass."



NEW-YORK:

PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY J. HARMER & C0,

No. 35 Nassau-street.


1811.


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This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.

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