The Fables of La FontaineG. Bell and Sons, 1888 - 356 pages |
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... Phædrus was hardly noticed . The latter was a freedman of Augustus , and wrote in the reign of Tiberius . His verse stands almost unrivalled for its exquisite elegance and compactness ; and posterity has abundantly avenged him for the ...
... Phædrus was hardly noticed . The latter was a freedman of Augustus , and wrote in the reign of Tiberius . His verse stands almost unrivalled for its exquisite elegance and compactness ; and posterity has abundantly avenged him for the ...
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... Phædrus ; but , having observed that those fables were most , popular in which he had given most scope to his own genius , he threw off the trammels in the second collection , and , in the opinion of the writer , much for the better ...
... Phædrus ; but , having observed that those fables were most , popular in which he had given most scope to his own genius , he threw off the trammels in the second collection , and , in the opinion of the writer , much for the better ...
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... Phædrus have a version of this fable . 2 The story of this fable is given in Horace , Satires , II . 3 , Phædrus and Corrozet have also versions of it . For an account of Phædrus and his Fables see the Translator's Preface . Gilles ...
... Phædrus have a version of this fable . 2 The story of this fable is given in Horace , Satires , II . 3 , Phædrus and Corrozet have also versions of it . For an account of Phædrus and his Fables see the Translator's Preface . Gilles ...
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... Phædrus , III . 7. — The references to the Fables of Phædrus are to Bohn's edition , which is from the critical edition of Orellius , 1831 . To bark a little now and then , To chase BOOK I. ] 5 LA FONTAINE . V. THE WOLF AND THE DOG.' ...
... Phædrus , III . 7. — The references to the Fables of Phædrus are to Bohn's edition , which is from the critical edition of Orellius , 1831 . To bark a little now and then , To chase BOOK I. ] 5 LA FONTAINE . V. THE WOLF AND THE DOG.' ...
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... on his claws , 1 Phædrus , I. 5. From this fable come the French proverbial ex- pression , la part du lion , and its English equivalent , the " lion's share . ” And says , ' We'll proceed to divide with our 6 [ BOOK I. THE FABLES OF.
... on his claws , 1 Phædrus , I. 5. From this fable come the French proverbial ex- pression , la part du lion , and its English equivalent , the " lion's share . ” And says , ' We'll proceed to divide with our 6 [ BOOK I. THE FABLES OF.
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