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The Lion’s Chancellor, the Wolf, was taken to court by all the animals, who complained that no living being was safe from his predatory jaws. “This insatiable creature…
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David Friedländer
Places:
Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia (Berlin, Germany)
Date:
1779
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Why is my back loaded with fine flour, while in my mouth there is no bread at all, but only straw? I drink well-water, though I carry wine. And the stick goes on fracturing my skull!
I live in rubble…
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Samuel Archevolti
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Padua, Venice (Padua, Italy)
Date:
End of the 16th Century
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[ . . . ] 2. When you stroll along the riverbank, you find an entire plain filled with reeds and bulrushes, all of which are standing erect, one adjacent to the other, and none of them…
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Menachem Mendel Lefin
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Satanów, Russian Empire (Sataniv, Ukraine)
Date:
1808
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Since animals do not use these faculties [strength, speed, or cunning] for the purpose of [gaining] their livelihood, this shows that that which a man does with the strength of his body, and the sweat…
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Judah Loew
Places:
Prague, Holy Roman Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
1599