The Fables of La FontaineG. Bell, 1917 - 356 pages |
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Page xi
... head , Or , possibly , had bled . The fox , as one might well suppose , At last above his rival rose , But , truth to say , his reign was bootless , Of honour being rather fruitless . All prudent beasts began to see The throne a certain ...
... head , Or , possibly , had bled . The fox , as one might well suppose , At last above his rival rose , But , truth to say , his reign was bootless , Of honour being rather fruitless . All prudent beasts began to see The throne a certain ...
Page xxix
... head to ask La Fontaine why he suffered these constant visits . " And why , " said La Fontaine , " should I not ? He is my best friend . ' " The public think otherwise , " was the reply ; " they say that he comes for the sake of Madame ...
... head to ask La Fontaine why he suffered these constant visits . " And why , " said La Fontaine , " should I not ? He is my best friend . ' " The public think otherwise , " was the reply ; " they say that he comes for the sake of Madame ...
Page xxxiv
... head to foot , and only replied , " Take care , Monsieur La Fontaine ; —you have put one of your stockings on wrong side outwards " —which Jody was the fact . It was in 1668 that La Fontaine published his first collection of fables ...
... head to foot , and only replied , " Take care , Monsieur La Fontaine ; —you have put one of your stockings on wrong side outwards " —which Jody was the fact . It was in 1668 that La Fontaine published his first collection of fables ...
Page xl
... head but verses . All this is no more than half true : my affairs occupy me as much as they deserve to that is to say not at all ; but the leisure which they leave me — it is not poetry , but idleness , which makes away with it . " On a ...
... head but verses . All this is no more than half true : my affairs occupy me as much as they deserve to that is to say not at all ; but the leisure which they leave me — it is not poetry , but idleness , which makes away with it . " On a ...
Page 7
... head . ' Well , also , the second to me should belong ; ' Tis mine , be it known , by the right of the strong . Again , as the bravest , the third must be mine . To touch but the fourth whoso maketh a sign , I'll choke him to death In ...
... head . ' Well , also , the second to me should belong ; ' Tis mine , be it known , by the right of the strong . Again , as the bravest , the third must be mine . To touch but the fourth whoso maketh a sign , I'll choke him to death In ...
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