Sentence 10 of The Wolf and the Lamb

This sentence is part of the text The Wolf and the Lamb .

To those this fable I address who are determined to oppress, and trump up any false pretence, but they will injure innocence.

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And so he tore him, till he died. To those this fable I address who are determined to oppress, and trump up any false pretence, but they will injure innocence.

Translations

In other languages:

Haec propter illos scripta est homines fabula qui fictis causis innocentes opprimunt.

Latin (1596)

Source: Lupus et Agnus .

I prepotenti calpestano i deboli con falsi pretesti.

Italian

Source: Il lupo e l'agnello .

Esta fábula se escribió por aquellos hombres; que con pretextos fingidos oprimen á los inocentes.

Spanish

Source: El lobo y el cordero , written by Phaedrus .

"This fable is written on account of those men who oppress the innocent under false pretences."

English (1833)

Source: The Wolf and the Lamb .

This Fable is applicable to those men who, under false pretences, oppress the innocent.

English (1887)

Source: The Wolf and the Lamb , written by Phaedrus .

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