The Fables of La FontaineG. Bell and Sons, 1888 - 356 pages |
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... introduce my tale . A well - fed rat , rotund and hale , Not knowing either Fast or Lent , Disporting round a frog - pond went . A frog approach'd , and , with a friendly greeting , Invited him to see her at her home , And pledged a ...
... introduce my tale . A well - fed rat , rotund and hale , Not knowing either Fast or Lent , Disporting round a frog - pond went . A frog approach'd , and , with a friendly greeting , Invited him to see her at her home , And pledged a ...
Page 147
... introduction to this fable . The intention of the fable is to recommend . prudence and good nature , not celibacy . So the peerless Granville understands it , for his pencil tells us that the hero of the fable did finally recall his ...
... introduction to this fable . The intention of the fable is to recommend . prudence and good nature , not celibacy . So the peerless Granville understands it , for his pencil tells us that the hero of the fable did finally recall his ...
Page 359
... Introduction by Leigh Hunt . BECKMANN ( J. ) History of Inven- tions , Discoveries , and Origins . With Portraits of ... Introductions , Notes , and Memoir . Portrait . CAMÖEN'S Lusiad , or the Discovery of India . An Epic Poem . Trans ...
... Introduction by Leigh Hunt . BECKMANN ( J. ) History of Inven- tions , Discoveries , and Origins . With Portraits of ... Introductions , Notes , and Memoir . Portrait . CAMÖEN'S Lusiad , or the Discovery of India . An Epic Poem . Trans ...
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... Introduction , Notes , and a Glos- sary , by R. Bell . Improved edition , with Preliminary Essay by Rev. W. W. Śkeat , M.A. Portrait . 4 vols . CLASSIC TALES , containing Rasselas , Vicar of Wakefield , Gulliver's Travels , and The ...
... Introduction , Notes , and a Glos- sary , by R. Bell . Improved edition , with Preliminary Essay by Rev. W. W. Śkeat , M.A. Portrait . 4 vols . CLASSIC TALES , containing Rasselas , Vicar of Wakefield , Gulliver's Travels , and The ...
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... Introduction to the Old Testament . By Friedrich Bleek . Trans . under the supervision of Rev. E. Venables , Residentiary Canon of Lincoln . 2 vols . CHILLINGWORTH'S Religion of Protestants . 35. 6d . EUSEBIUS . Ecclesiastical History ...
... Introduction to the Old Testament . By Friedrich Bleek . Trans . under the supervision of Rev. E. Venables , Residentiary Canon of Lincoln . 2 vols . CHILLINGWORTH'S Religion of Protestants . 35. 6d . EUSEBIUS . Ecclesiastical History ...
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