The Fables of La FontaineG. Bell and Sons, 1888 - 356 pages |
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... fair above . To be " rebels against Love " was quite unpardonable with La Fontaine ; and to bring about a " hymen forcé " was a crime , of which he probably spoke with some personal feel- ing . The great popularity of " Psyché ...
... fair above . To be " rebels against Love " was quite unpardonable with La Fontaine ; and to bring about a " hymen forcé " was a crime , of which he probably spoke with some personal feel- ing . The great popularity of " Psyché ...
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... fair ; And sooner than be painted I'd be shot , Were I , great sire , a bear . ' The bear approaching , doth he make complaint ? Not he ; -himself he lauds without restraint . The elephant he needs must criticize ; To crop his ears and ...
... fair ; And sooner than be painted I'd be shot , Were I , great sire , a bear . ' The bear approaching , doth he make complaint ? Not he ; -himself he lauds without restraint . The elephant he needs must criticize ; To crop his ears and ...
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... fair one's smile , it oft the price is . See how the gods sometimes repay Simonides - the ancients say it- Once undertook , in poem lyric , To write a wrestler's panegyric ; Æsop . ' Malherbe . - See note to Fable I. , Book III . it . 2 ...
... fair one's smile , it oft the price is . See how the gods sometimes repay Simonides - the ancients say it- Once undertook , in poem lyric , To write a wrestler's panegyric ; Æsop . ' Malherbe . - See note to Fable I. , Book III . it . 2 ...
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... fair thy form ! Come quick , and end for me life's cruel storm . ' Death heard , and , with a ghastly grin , Knock'd at his door , and enter'd in . With horror shivering , and affright , Take out this object from my sight ! ' The poor ...
... fair thy form ! Come quick , and end for me life's cruel storm . ' Death heard , and , with a ghastly grin , Knock'd at his door , and enter'd in . With horror shivering , and affright , Take out this object from my sight ! ' The poor ...
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... fair Calliope , I would devote the gifts conferr'd on me To dress in verse old Æsop's lies divine ; For verse , and they , and truth , do well combine ; But , not a favourite on the Muses ' hill , I dare not arrogate the magic skill ...
... fair Calliope , I would devote the gifts conferr'd on me To dress in verse old Æsop's lies divine ; For verse , and they , and truth , do well combine ; But , not a favourite on the Muses ' hill , I dare not arrogate the magic skill ...
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