The Fables of La FontaineG. Bell and Sons, 1888 - 356 pages |
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Page xvii
... matters of fact , were originally apologues , or para- bles , invented to give power and wings to moral lessons , and afterwards modified , in their passage from mouth to mouth , by the well - known magic of credulity A PREFACE, ...
... matters of fact , were originally apologues , or para- bles , invented to give power and wings to moral lessons , and afterwards modified , in their passage from mouth to mouth , by the well - known magic of credulity A PREFACE, ...
Page xviii
... give it up . In all these instances , we see that fable was a mere auxiliary of discourse - an implement of the orator . Such , probably , was the origin of the apologues which now form the bulk of the most popular collections . Esop ...
... give it up . In all these instances , we see that fable was a mere auxiliary of discourse - an implement of the orator . Such , probably , was the origin of the apologues which now form the bulk of the most popular collections . Esop ...
Page xxi
... gives him the preference to all other fabulists , both in regard to matter and manner . He has left a prose ... give a sample of it , and select a fable which La Fontaine has served up as the twenty - seventh of his eighth book ...
... gives him the preference to all other fabulists , both in regard to matter and manner . He has left a prose ... give a sample of it , and select a fable which La Fontaine has served up as the twenty - seventh of his eighth book ...
Page xxvi
... give a few traces of the life and literary career of our poet . A remark- able poet cannot but have been a remarkable man . we take a man with native benevolence amounting almost to folly ; but little cunning , caution , or veneration ...
... give a few traces of the life and literary career of our poet . A remark- able poet cannot but have been a remarkable man . we take a man with native benevolence amounting almost to folly ; but little cunning , caution , or veneration ...
Page xxix
... give another anecdote , which illustrates this peculiarity of his mind as well as the superlative folly of duelling . Not long after his marriage , with all his indif- ference to his wife , he was persuaded into a fit of singular ...
... give another anecdote , which illustrates this peculiarity of his mind as well as the superlative folly of duelling . Not long after his marriage , with all his indif- ference to his wife , he was persuaded into a fit of singular ...
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