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
... matter of Uriah , he brought before him the apologue of the rich man who , having many sheep , took away that of the poor man who had but one . When Joash , the king of Israel , would rebuke the vanity of Amaziah , the king of Judah ...
... matter of Uriah , he brought before him the apologue of the rich man who , having many sheep , took away that of the poor man who had but one . When Joash , the king of Israel , would rebuke the vanity of Amaziah , the king of Judah ...
Page xxi
... matter and manner . He has left a prose translation of the Hitopa- desa , which , though it may not fully sustain his enthusiastic preference , shows it not to be entirely groundless . We give a sample of it , and select a fable which ...
... matter and manner . He has left a prose translation of the Hitopa- desa , which , though it may not fully sustain his enthusiastic preference , shows it not to be entirely groundless . We give a sample of it , and select a fable which ...
Page xxv
... matter which he gathered up from all parts of the great storehouse of human experience . His fables are like pure gold enveloped in solid rock - crystal . In English , a few of the fables of Gay , of Moore , and of Cowper , may be ...
... matter which he gathered up from all parts of the great storehouse of human experience . His fables are like pure gold enveloped in solid rock - crystal . In English , a few of the fables of Gay , of Moore , and of Cowper , may be ...
Page xxviii
... matter of doubt whether they did not excel him rather in prudence than in purity . But , whatever may be said in palliation , it is lamentable to think that a heaven - lighted genius should have been made , in any way , to minister to a ...
... matter of doubt whether they did not excel him rather in prudence than in purity . But , whatever may be said in palliation , it is lamentable to think that a heaven - lighted genius should have been made , in any way , to minister to a ...
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Abstemius Æsop ancient animal apologue Avianus bear beasts beneath Bidpaii bird Bohn's Book call'd charms Château-Thierry creature cried dame dare dead death doth e'en edition Elizur Wright English Engravings Esop Essays eyes fable fabulist fate fear fell Fontaine Fontaine's fool French frog give gods grace Greek hath head heart Heaven History Hitopadesa John Rabbit Jove Jupiter king La Fontaine lion lived Louis XIV Madame Madame de Sévigné matter Memoir mice Molière monkey mortal neighbour never Notes nought o'er once Phædrus poet Portrait Pray prince Prose Rabelais race replied royal sage seem'd sheep shepherd Sir Raven sire stag story sweet thee Theocritus thing thou thought took Trans Translated Translator's Preface truth Twas verse vols ween wise wolf wood Woodcuts word
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