The Fables of La FontaineG. Bell and Sons, 1888 - 356 pages |
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Page xiii
... brought new talents out . So , while , improved beyond a doubt , His own old song more clearly rang , Far better than themselves he sang The chants and trills of other birds ; He even mock'd Grimalkin's words With such delightful humour ...
... brought new talents out . So , while , improved beyond a doubt , His own old song more clearly rang , Far better than themselves he sang The chants and trills of other birds ; He even mock'd Grimalkin's words With such delightful humour ...
Page xviii
... brought before him the apologue of the rich man who , having many sheep , took away that of the poor man who had but one . When Joash , the king of Israel , would rebuke the vanity of Amaziah , the king of Judah , he referred him to the ...
... brought before him the apologue of the rich man who , having many sheep , took away that of the poor man who had but one . When Joash , the king of Israel , would rebuke the vanity of Amaziah , the king of Judah , he referred him to the ...
Page xxiv
... brought European mind in contact with the Indian works which we have already described , in their Arabic dress . Translations and imitations in the European tongues were speedily multiplied . The " Romance of the Fox , " the work of ...
... brought European mind in contact with the Indian works which we have already described , in their Arabic dress . Translations and imitations in the European tongues were speedily multiplied . The " Romance of the Fox , " the work of ...
Page xxvi
... brought about his marriage with a woman who was unfitted to secure his affections , or to manage his domestic affairs . In one other point he was not so much mistaken : he laboured unremittingly to make his son a poet . Jean was a ...
... brought about his marriage with a woman who was unfitted to secure his affections , or to manage his domestic affairs . In one other point he was not so much mistaken : he laboured unremittingly to make his son a poet . Jean was a ...
Page xxvii
... brought it to the confines of perfection . He did not philosophize over the animals ; he sympathized with them . A philosopher would not have lost a fashionable dinner in his admiration of a common ant - hill . La Fontaine did so once ...
... brought it to the confines of perfection . He did not philosophize over the animals ; he sympathized with them . A philosopher would not have lost a fashionable dinner in his admiration of a common ant - hill . La Fontaine did so once ...
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