The Fables of La FontaineG. Bell and Sons, 1888 - 356 pages |
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Page x
... better gift should lose ; And so resolved our prudent pair , The gifts in common they would share , The well was open to the sky . As o'er its curb they keenly pry , It seems a tunnel piercing through , From sky to sky , from blue to ...
... better gift should lose ; And so resolved our prudent pair , The gifts in common they would share , The well was open to the sky . As o'er its curb they keenly pry , It seems a tunnel piercing through , From sky to sky , from blue to ...
Page xiii
... better than before . And Gaffer Thrush directly found His throat , when raised above the ground , Gave forth a softer , sweeter sound . New tunes , moreover , he had caught , By perils and afflictions taught , And found new things to ...
... better than before . And Gaffer Thrush directly found His throat , when raised above the ground , Gave forth a softer , sweeter sound . New tunes , moreover , he had caught , By perils and afflictions taught , And found new things to ...
Page xv
... better qualified , who have so long neglected the task . Cowper should have done it . The author of " John Gilpin , " and the " Retired Cat , " would have put La Fontaine into every chimney - corner which resounds with the Anglo - Saxon ...
... better qualified , who have so long neglected the task . Cowper should have done it . The author of " John Gilpin , " and the " Retired Cat , " would have put La Fontaine into every chimney - corner which resounds with the Anglo - Saxon ...
Page xvi
... better in your case . You not only gave the hungry- looking stranger your good wishes , but your good names . A list of those names it would delight me to insert ; and I should certainly do it if I felt authorized . As it is , I hope to ...
... better in your case . You not only gave the hungry- looking stranger your good wishes , but your good names . A list of those names it would delight me to insert ; and I should certainly do it if I felt authorized . As it is , I hope to ...
Page xxvi
... better reflective faculties ; and a dominant love of the beautiful ; -and toss him into the focus of civilization in the age of Louis XIV . It is an interesting problem to find out what will become of him . Such is the problem worked ...
... better reflective faculties ; and a dominant love of the beautiful ; -and toss him into the focus of civilization in the age of Louis XIV . It is an interesting problem to find out what will become of him . Such is the problem worked ...
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