The Fables of La FontaineG. Bell and Sons, 1888 - 356 pages |
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Page xviii
... , we see that fable was a mere auxiliary of discourse - an implement of the orator . Such , probably , was the origin of the apologues which now form the bulk of the most popular collections . Esop , xviii ON FABLE , THE FABULISTS ,
... , we see that fable was a mere auxiliary of discourse - an implement of the orator . Such , probably , was the origin of the apologues which now form the bulk of the most popular collections . Esop , xviii ON FABLE , THE FABULISTS ,
Page xix
Jean de La Fontaine J. W. M. Gibbs. the bulk of the most popular collections . Esop , who lived about six hundred years before Christ , so far as we can reach the reality of his life , was an orator who wielded the apologue with ...
Jean de La Fontaine J. W. M. Gibbs. the bulk of the most popular collections . Esop , who lived about six hundred years before Christ , so far as we can reach the reality of his life , was an orator who wielded the apologue with ...
Page xxiv
... Esop , which , for a long time , passed for the veritable work of that ancient . In the next century , Abstemius wrote two hundred fables in Latin prose , partly of modern , but chiefly of ancient invention . At this time , the vulgar ...
... Esop , which , for a long time , passed for the veritable work of that ancient . In the next century , Abstemius wrote two hundred fables in Latin prose , partly of modern , but chiefly of ancient invention . At this time , the vulgar ...
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... Esop . In the original editions of La Fontaine's Fables , XI . and XII . are printed together , and headed " Fables XI . et XII . " From which his strength and rage Served not to disengage 338 [ BOOK II . THE FABLES OF Himself, his ...
... Esop . In the original editions of La Fontaine's Fables , XI . and XII . are printed together , and headed " Fables XI . et XII . " From which his strength and rage Served not to disengage 338 [ BOOK II . THE FABLES OF Himself, his ...
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... Esop . Diogenes Laertius tells the story of this fable of Thales of Miletus . " It is said that once he ( Thales ) was led out of his house by an old woman for the purpose of observing the stars , and he fell into a ditch and bewailed ...
... Esop . Diogenes Laertius tells the story of this fable of Thales of Miletus . " It is said that once he ( Thales ) was led out of his house by an old woman for the purpose of observing the stars , and he fell into a ditch and bewailed ...
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