The Fables of La FontaineG. Bell and Sons, 1888 - 356 pages |
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Page xii
... gave the owner such delight , He grew a special favourite . Indeed , his landlord did his best To make him safe from every foe ; The ground about his lowly nest Was undisturb'd by spade or hoe . And yet his song was still the same ; It ...
... gave the owner such delight , He grew a special favourite . Indeed , his landlord did his best To make him safe from every foe ; The ground about his lowly nest Was undisturb'd by spade or hoe . And yet his song was still the same ; It ...
Page xiii
... Gave forth a softer , sweeter sound . New tunes , moreover , he had caught , By perils and afflictions taught , And found new things to sing about : New scenes had brought new talents out . So , while , improved beyond a doubt , His own ...
... Gave forth a softer , sweeter sound . New tunes , moreover , he had caught , By perils and afflictions taught , And found new things to sing about : New scenes had brought new talents out . So , while , improved beyond a doubt , His own ...
Page xv
... gave the book to my little boy , then just beginning to feel the intellectual magnetism of pictures . In the course of the next year , he frequently tasked my imperfect knowledge of French for the story which belonged to some favourite ...
... gave the book to my little boy , then just beginning to feel the intellectual magnetism of pictures . In the course of the next year , he frequently tasked my imperfect knowledge of French for the story which belonged to some favourite ...
Page xvi
... 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 be pardoned for mentioning some of ...
... 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 be pardoned for mentioning some of ...
Page xvii
... gave speech and reason . The skies it peopled with beings , on the noblest model of which it could have any conception - to wit , its own . The intercourse of these beings , thus created and endowed , — from the deity kindled into ...
... gave speech and reason . The skies it peopled with beings , on the noblest model of which it could have any conception - to wit , its own . The intercourse of these beings , thus created and endowed , — from the deity kindled into ...
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