The Fables of La FontaineG. Bell and Sons, 1888 - 356 pages |
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Page xi
... beasts proposed the patient ox , And others named the cunning fox . The quarrel came to bites and knocks ; Nor was it duly settled Till many a beast high - mettled Had bought an aching head , Or , possibly , had bled . The fox , as one ...
... beasts proposed the patient ox , And others named the cunning fox . The quarrel came to bites and knocks ; Nor was it duly settled Till many a beast high - mettled Had bought an aching head , Or , possibly , had bled . The fox , as one ...
Page xii
Jean de La Fontaine J. W. M. Gibbs. The beasts whose breasts were battle - proof . It consequently came to pass , Not first , but , as we say , in fine , For king the creatures chose the ass- He , for prime minister the swine . " Tis ...
Jean de La Fontaine J. W. M. Gibbs. The beasts whose breasts were battle - proof . It consequently came to pass , Not first , but , as we say , in fine , For king the creatures chose the ass- He , for prime minister the swine . " Tis ...
Page xxii
... beast , horribly roaring , rushed upon him , and wounded him desperately , so that he fell , like a tree stricken with an axe . * " In the meanwhile , a jackal , named Lougery , was roving in search of food ; and , having perceived the ...
... beast , horribly roaring , rushed upon him , and wounded him desperately , so that he fell , like a tree stricken with an axe . * " In the meanwhile , a jackal , named Lougery , was roving in search of food ; and , having perceived the ...
Page xxvi
... beasts are made most nicely to observe all the proprieties not only of the scene in which they are called to speak , but of the great drama into which they are from time to time introduced . His work constitutes an harmonious whole . To ...
... beasts are made most nicely to observe all the proprieties not only of the scene in which they are called to speak , but of the great drama into which they are from time to time introduced . His work constitutes an harmonious whole . To ...
Page xlv
... beasts , and exalts trifling subjects to the sublime ; a man unique in his species of composition , always original , whether he invents or translates , —who has gone beyond his models , himself a model hard to imitate . " La Fontaine ...
... beasts , and exalts trifling subjects to the sublime ; a man unique in his species of composition , always original , whether he invents or translates , —who has gone beyond his models , himself a model hard to imitate . " La Fontaine ...
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