The Fables of La FontaineG. Bell and Sons, 1888 - 356 pages |
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... books , in Broadway , New York , and there , for the first time , saw La Fontaine's Fables . It was a cheap copy ... book to my little boy , then just beginning to feel the intellectual magnetism of pictures . In the course of the ...
... books , in Broadway , New York , and there , for the first time , saw La Fontaine's Fables . It was a cheap copy ... book to my little boy , then just beginning to feel the intellectual magnetism of pictures . In the course of the ...
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... book for boys . Thus , at all times , these playful fictions have been considered fit lessons for children , as well ... books , his style has much of the same curious condensation . When the seat of the empire was transferred to ...
... book for boys . Thus , at all times , these playful fictions have been considered fit lessons for children , as well ... books , his style has much of the same curious condensation . When the seat of the empire was transferred to ...
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... Books , " or Pentateuch . It is written in prose . The other is called the Hitopadesa , or " Friendly Instruction ... book . It should be understood that the fable , with the moral reflec- tions which accompany it , is taken from the ...
... Books , " or Pentateuch . It is written in prose . The other is called the Hitopadesa , or " Friendly Instruction ... book . It should be understood that the fable , with the moral reflec- tions which accompany it , is taken from the ...
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... book a translation was made in the time of the Calif Mansour , in the eighth cen- tury , into Arabic . This Arabic translation it is which became famous under the title of " The Book of Calila and Dimna , or the Fables of Bidpaï ...
... book a translation was made in the time of the Calif Mansour , in the eighth cen- tury , into Arabic . This Arabic translation it is which became famous under the title of " The Book of Calila and Dimna , or the Fables of Bidpaï ...
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... book . It undoubtedly had great influence over the taste of succeeding ages , shedding upon the severe and satirical wit of the Greek and Roman literature the rich , mellow light of Asiatic poetry . The poets of that age were not ...
... book . It undoubtedly had great influence over the taste of succeeding ages , shedding upon the severe and satirical wit of the Greek and Roman literature the rich , mellow light of Asiatic poetry . The poets of that age were not ...
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