The Fables of La FontaineG. Bell and Sons, 1888 - 356 pages |
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Page vii
... hand . " The complete work was published , as we have said , in 1841. It appeared in an expensive and sumptuous form , and was adorned with the French artist Grandville's illustrations — which had first appeared only two years ...
... hand . " The complete work was published , as we have said , in 1841. It appeared in an expensive and sumptuous form , and was adorned with the French artist Grandville's illustrations — which had first appeared only two years ...
Page xvii
... hand of God , was full of poetry . Its sociality could not be pent within the bounds of the actual . To the lower inhabitants of air , earth , and water , —and even to those elements themselves , in all their parts and forms , -it gave ...
... hand of God , was full of poetry . Its sociality could not be pent within the bounds of the actual . To the lower inhabitants of air , earth , and water , —and even to those elements themselves , in all their parts and forms , -it gave ...
Page xix
... hands in it . Archilocus , Alcæus , Aristotle , Plato , Diodorus , Plutarch , and Lucian , have left us specimens . Collections of fables bearing the name of Æsop became current in the Greek language . It was not , however , till the ...
... hands in it . Archilocus , Alcæus , Aristotle , Plato , Diodorus , Plutarch , and Lucian , have left us specimens . Collections of fables bearing the name of Æsop became current in the Greek language . It was not , however , till the ...
Page xxvii
... hand , or orator poets , and are quite intolerable unless exceedingly well made , which is , unfortunately , seldom the case . It would be wise in them to busy themselves as mere translators . Every one who is born with propensities to ...
... hand , or orator poets , and are quite intolerable unless exceedingly well made , which is , unfortunately , seldom the case . It would be wise in them to busy themselves as mere translators . Every one who is born with propensities to ...
Page xxix
... hand , of one who has dishonoured you . " " Very well , " said La Fontaine , " I will demand it . " The next day he called on Poignant , at four o'clock in the morning , and found him in bed . " Rise , " said he , “ and come out with me ...
... hand , of one who has dishonoured you . " " Very well , " said La Fontaine , " I will demand it . " The next day he called on Poignant , at four o'clock in the morning , and found him in bed . " Rise , " said he , “ and come out with me ...
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