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tale

[teyl] / teɪl /




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And the most charming comedies, like THE WINTER'S TALE, and THE RIVALS, and RIP VAN WINKLE, are chiefly memorable for other things than love-scenes.

From Fisherman's Luck and Some Other Uncertain Things by Van Dyke, Henry

THE TALE, the Parable, and the Fable are all common and popular modes of conveying instruction.

From Aesop's Fables Translated by George Fyler Townsend by Townsend, George Fyler

In Shakespeare's time there lived in London one Simon Forman, M.D., to whom we are indebted for our earliest notice of THE WINTER'S TALE.

From Shakespeare: His Life, Art, And Characters, Volume I. With An Historical Sketch Of The Origin And Growth Of The Drama In England by Hudson, Henry Norman

That is why Aunty May and I call this book "W.A.G.'S TALE."

From W. A. G.'s Tale by Turnbull, Margaret

The "TALE" with which it concludes is inspired by the same feeling.

From A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.) by Orr, Sutherland, Mrs.




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