The Fables of La FontaineG. Bell and Sons, 1888 - 356 pages |
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... beneath the skies ? Or , if there could , how could it dwell Within their own old , mossy well ? Were questions which excited wonder , And kept their headlong av'rice under . The golden cup each fear'd to choose , Lest he the better ...
... beneath the skies ? Or , if there could , how could it dwell Within their own old , mossy well ? Were questions which excited wonder , And kept their headlong av'rice under . The golden cup each fear'd to choose , Lest he the better ...
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... beneath poetry ; La Fontaine established them at once on the top of Parnassus . The ablest poets of his age did not think it beneath them to enter the lists with him ; and it is needless to say they came off second best . One of the ...
... beneath poetry ; La Fontaine established them at once on the top of Parnassus . The ablest poets of his age did not think it beneath them to enter the lists with him ; and it is needless to say they came off second best . One of the ...
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... Beneath my branches had you grown , That spread far round their friendly bower , Less suffering would your life have known , Defended from the tempest's power . 1 The court has suck'd the oyster . - The humorous idea of the lawyers ...
... Beneath my branches had you grown , That spread far round their friendly bower , Less suffering would your life have known , Defended from the tempest's power . 1 The court has suck'd the oyster . - The humorous idea of the lawyers ...
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... beneath the blue That has more charms than you ? No animal in everything can shine . By just partition of our gifts divine , Each has its full and proper share ; Among the birds that cleave the air , The hawk's a swift , the eagle is a ...
... beneath the blue That has more charms than you ? No animal in everything can shine . By just partition of our gifts divine , Each has its full and proper share ; Among the birds that cleave the air , The hawk's a swift , the eagle is a ...
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... beneath the trellised vine , - The stores of ancient , sweet Malvoisian wine , The slaves to serve it at a sign ; In short , whatever , in a great house , There is of feasting apparatus . The second part is made Of what might help the ...
... beneath the trellised vine , - The stores of ancient , sweet Malvoisian wine , The slaves to serve it at a sign ; In short , whatever , in a great house , There is of feasting apparatus . The second part is made Of what might help the ...
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