Aesop’s Fables

16. The claims of Babrias also found a warm advocate in the learned Frenchman, M.Bayle, who, in his admirable dictionary, (Dictionnaire Historique et Critique de PierreBayle. Paris, 1820,) gives additional arguments in confirmation of the opinions of hislearned predecessors, Nevelet and Vavassor.17. Scazonic, or halting, iambics; a choliambic (a lame, halting iambic) differs from theiambic Senarius in always having a spondee or trichee for its last foot; the fifth foot, toavoid shortness of meter, being generally an iambic. See Fables of Babrias, translated byRev. James Davies. Lockwood, 1860. Preface, p. 27.18. See Dr. Bentley's Dissertations upon the Epistles of Phalaris.19. Dr. Bentley's Dissertations on the Epistles of Phalaris, and Fables of Aesop examined.By the Honorable Charles Boyle.