The Fables of La FontaineG. Bell and Sons, 1888 - 356 pages |
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... fear'd to choose , Lest he the 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 ...
... fear'd to choose , Lest he the 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 ...
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... fear that it might turn out to be misplaced . His second collection of fables , containing five books , La Fontaine published in 1678-9 , with a dedication to Madame de Montespan ; the previous six books were republished at the same ...
... fear that it might turn out to be misplaced . His second collection of fables , containing five books , La Fontaine published in 1678-9 , with a dedication to Madame de Montespan ; the previous six books were republished at the same ...
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... fear . Redress shall instantly be given to each . Come , monkey , now , first let us have your speech . You see these quadrupeds , your brothers ; Comparing , then , yourself with others , 6 Are you well satisfied ? ' And wherefore not ...
... fear . Redress shall instantly be given to each . Come , monkey , now , first let us have your speech . You see these quadrupeds , your brothers ; Comparing , then , yourself with others , 6 Are you well satisfied ? ' And wherefore not ...
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... fear , Of you , my birdies dear , That falling seed , so little , Will bring to cage or kettle ! But though so perilous the plot , You now may easily defeat it : All lighting on the seeded spot , Just scratch up every seed and eat it ...
... fear , Of you , my birdies dear , That falling seed , so little , Will bring to cage or kettle ! But though so perilous the plot , You now may easily defeat it : All lighting on the seeded spot , Just scratch up every seed and eat it ...
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... fear and trembling . ' X. THE WOLF AND THE LAMB.1 THAT innocence is not a shield , A story teaches , not the longest . The strongest reasons always yield To reasons of the strongest . A lamb her thirst was slaking , Once , at a mountain ...
... fear and trembling . ' X. THE WOLF AND THE LAMB.1 THAT innocence is not a shield , A story teaches , not the longest . The strongest reasons always yield To reasons of the strongest . A lamb her thirst was slaking , Once , at a mountain ...
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