The Fables of La FontaineG. Bell and Sons, 1888 - 356 pages |
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Page xxix
... Madame La Fontaine . " " The public is mistaken ; but what must I do in the case ? " said the poet . " You must demand satisfac- tion , sword in hand , of one who has dishonoured you . " " Very well , " said La Fontaine , " I will ...
... Madame La Fontaine . " " The public is mistaken ; but what must I do in the case ? " said the poet . " You must demand satisfac- tion , sword in hand , of one who has dishonoured you . " " Very well , " said La Fontaine , " I will ...
Page xxxiv
... Madame La Fayette , one of the most learned and ingenious women of her age , who consequently became the admirer and friend of the fabulist . To her he wrote verses abun- dantly , as he did to all who made him the object of their kind ...
... Madame La Fayette , one of the most learned and ingenious women of her age , who consequently became the admirer and friend of the fabulist . To her he wrote verses abun- dantly , as he did to all who made him the object of their kind ...
Page xxxvi
... Madame de Sévigné thus speaks of these fables , in one of her letters to her daughter : - " But have you not admired the beauty of the five or six fables of La Fontaine contained in one of the volumes which I sent you ? We were charmed ...
... Madame de Sévigné thus speaks of these fables , in one of her letters to her daughter : - " But have you not admired the beauty of the five or six fables of La Fontaine contained in one of the volumes which I sent you ? We were charmed ...
Page xl
... Madame La Fontaine was in good health , and passed on to the house of a friend , where he tarried two days , and then returned to Paris without having seen his wife . When his friends inquired of him his success , with some confusion he ...
... Madame La Fontaine was in good health , and passed on to the house of a friend , where he tarried two days , and then returned to Paris without having seen his wife . When his friends inquired of him his success , with some confusion he ...
Page xli
... Madame de la Sablière to make her house his home ; and there , in fact , he was thoroughly domiciliated for twenty years . " I have sent away all my domestics , " said that lady , one day ; " I have kept only my dog , my cat , and La ...
... Madame de la Sablière to make her house his home ; and there , in fact , he was thoroughly domiciliated for twenty years . " I have sent away all my domestics , " said that lady , one day ; " I have kept only my dog , my cat , and La ...
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