The Fables of La FontaineG. Bell and Sons, 1888 - 356 pages |
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... pass out of print , except in the shape of a small - type edition produced in London immediately after the first publication in Boston , and the present publishers have thought that a reprint in a readable yet popular form would be ...
... pass out of print , except in the shape of a small - type edition produced in London immediately after the first publication in Boston , and the present publishers have thought that a reprint in a readable yet popular form would be ...
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... pass , Not first , but , as we say , in fine , For king the creatures chose the ass- He , for prime minister the swine . " Tis thus that party spirit Is prone to banish merit . THE CAT AND THE THRUSH . A THRUSH that sang one rustic ode ...
... pass , Not first , but , as we say , in fine , For king the creatures chose the ass- He , for prime minister the swine . " Tis thus that party spirit Is prone to banish merit . THE CAT AND THE THRUSH . A THRUSH that sang one rustic ode ...
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... pass a sentence of condemna- tion upon himself in the 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 ...
... pass a sentence of condemna- tion upon himself in the 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 ...
Page xxvii
... pass through the world with their souls full of poetry , who would not believe you if you were to tell them so . Happy for them is their ignorance , perhaps . La Fontaine came near being one of them . All that is artificial in poetry to ...
... pass through the world with their souls full of poetry , who would not believe you if you were to tell them so . Happy for them is their ignorance , perhaps . La Fontaine came near being one of them . All that is artificial in poetry to ...
Page xxix
... passing through into the garden , took from his pocket a copy of Livy , in which he quietly set himself to read till his dinner should be ready . The book made him forget his appetite , till a servant informed him of his mis- take , and ...
... passing through into the garden , took from his pocket a copy of Livy , in which he quietly set himself to read till his dinner should be ready . The book made him forget his appetite , till a servant informed him of his mis- take , and ...
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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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