The Fables of La FontaineG. Bell and Sons, 1888 - 356 pages |
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... History of Spanish Literature , " & c . ) , in praising Mr. Wright's translation when it first appeared , said La Fontaine's was a book till now untranslated ; " and since Mr. Wright so happily ac- complished his self - imposed task ...
... History of Spanish Literature , " & c . ) , in praising Mr. Wright's translation when it first appeared , said La Fontaine's was a book till now untranslated ; " and since Mr. Wright so happily ac- complished his self - imposed task ...
Page xvii
... historical animal . The faculty which , in after ages , was to chronicle the realities developed by time , had at ... history of all nations . It is not improbable that many of the narratives which have been preserved for us , by the ...
... historical animal . The faculty which , in after ages , was to chronicle the realities developed by time , had at ... history of all nations . It is not improbable that many of the narratives which have been preserved for us , by the ...
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... history , we read that Stesichorus put the Himerians on their guard against the tyranny of Phalaris by the fable of the Horse and the Stag . Cyrus , for the instruction of kings , told the story of the fisher obliged to use his nets to ...
... history , we read that Stesichorus put the Himerians on their guard against the tyranny of Phalaris by the fable of the Horse and the Stag . Cyrus , for the instruction of kings , told the story of the fisher obliged to use his nets to ...
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... history , and Bidpaï is one of the principal human interlocutors , who came to be mistaken for the author . This remarkable book was turned into verse by several of the Arabic poets , was translated into Greek , Hebrew , Latin , modern ...
... history , and Bidpaï is one of the principal human interlocutors , who came to be mistaken for the author . This remarkable book was turned into verse by several of the Arabic poets , was translated into Greek , Hebrew , Latin , modern ...
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... history says , once on a time , Before th ' imperial German court 2 Did rather boastfully report , The troops commanded by his master's firman , As being a stronger army than the German : To which replied a Dutch attendant , ' Our ...
... history says , once on a time , Before th ' imperial German court 2 Did rather boastfully report , The troops commanded by his master's firman , As being a stronger army than the German : To which replied a Dutch attendant , ' Our ...
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