The Fables of La FontaineG. Bell and Sons, 1888 - 356 pages |
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Page xxvii
... over . Verse - making out of the question , this was to be a genuine poet , though , with commonplace mortals , it was also to be a fool . " besides his wife . His genius and benevolence gained him AND LA FONTAINE . xxvii.
... over . Verse - making out of the question , this was to be a genuine poet , though , with commonplace mortals , it was also to be a fool . " besides his wife . His genius and benevolence gained him AND LA FONTAINE . xxvii.
Page xxxix
... fools to choose the rugged path : A velvet road hath Escobar . Although he does not say you can , Should one with you for nothing strive , Or for a trifle , kill the man- You can for ducats four or five . Indeed , if circumstances drive ...
... fools to choose the rugged path : A velvet road hath Escobar . Although he does not say you can , Should one with you for nothing strive , Or for a trifle , kill the man- You can for ducats four or five . Indeed , if circumstances drive ...
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... fools . For others lynxes , for ourselves but moles . Great blemishes in other men we spy , Which in ourselves we pass most kindly by . As in this world we're but way - farers , Kind Heaven has made us wallet - bearers . The pouch ...
... fools . For others lynxes , for ourselves but moles . Great blemishes in other men we spy , Which in ourselves we pass most kindly by . As in this world we're but way - farers , Kind Heaven has made us wallet - bearers . The pouch ...
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... fool as that . ' The plan , knock'd up in this respect , The council closed without effect . And many a council I have seen , Or reverend chapter with its dean , That , thus resolving wisely , Fell through like this precisely . To argue ...
... fool as that . ' The plan , knock'd up in this respect , The council closed without effect . And many a council I have seen , Or reverend chapter with its dean , That , thus resolving wisely , Fell through like this precisely . To argue ...
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... fools ! they take me for The very thunderbolt of war ! I see , the coward never skulk'd a foe That might not scare a coward still below . ' XV . THE COCK AND THE FOX . ' UPON a tree there mounted guard A veteran cock , adroit and ...
... fools ! they take me for The very thunderbolt of war ! I see , the coward never skulk'd a foe That might not scare a coward still below . ' XV . THE COCK AND THE FOX . ' UPON a tree there mounted guard A veteran cock , adroit and ...
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