The Fables of La FontaineG. Bell and Sons, 1888 - 356 pages |
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Page xix
... lived about six hundred years before Christ , so far as we can reach the reality of his life , was an orator who wielded the apologue with remarkable skill . From a servile condition , he rose , by the force of his genius , to be the ...
... lived about six hundred years before Christ , so far as we can reach the reality of his life , was an orator who wielded the apologue with remarkable skill . From a servile condition , he rose , by the force of his genius , to be the ...
Page xxii
... lived a mighty hunter , named Bhairaza , or Terrible . One day he went , in search of game , into a forest on the moun- tains Vindhya ; when , having slain a fawn , and taken it up , he perceived a boar of tremendous size ; he therefore ...
... lived a mighty hunter , named Bhairaza , or Terrible . One day he went , in search of game , into a forest on the moun- tains Vindhya ; when , having slain a fawn , and taken it up , he perceived a boar of tremendous size ; he therefore ...
Page xxvi
... lived to see him all , and more than all , that he had ever hoped.1 1 The Translator in his sixth edition replaced the next paragraph by the following remarks : - " The case is apparently , and only apparently , an exception to the old ...
... lived to see him all , and more than all , that he had ever hoped.1 1 The Translator in his sixth edition replaced the next paragraph by the following remarks : - " The case is apparently , and only apparently , an exception to the old ...
Page xxvii
... lived . The man of strong amorous propensities , in that age and country , who was , nevertheless , faithful to vows of either marriage or celibacy , the latter vows then proved sadly dangerous to the former , may be regarded as a ...
... lived . The man of strong amorous propensities , in that age and country , who was , nevertheless , faithful to vows of either marriage or celibacy , the latter vows then proved sadly dangerous to the former , may be regarded as a ...
Page xxxix
... lived on her family friends , who were able to support her , and who seem to have done so without d blaming him . She had lived with him in Paris AND LA FONTAINE . xxxix.
... lived on her family friends , who were able to support her , and who seem to have done so without d blaming him . She had lived with him in Paris AND LA FONTAINE . xxxix.
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