The Fables of La FontaineG. Bell and Sons, 1888 - 356 pages |
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Page vii
... purpose . As a specimen of Mr. Wright's powers at once as an original poet and an original fabulist , we here print ( for the first time in b England , we believe ) the substituted fables of his PREFACE TO THE PRESENT EDITION . vii.
... purpose . As a specimen of Mr. Wright's powers at once as an original poet and an original fabulist , we here print ( for the first time in b England , we believe ) the substituted fables of his PREFACE TO THE PRESENT EDITION . vii.
Page xiii
... poet J. G. Whittier ; and soon after he seems to have become completely absorbed in politics , and in the mighty anti - slavery struggle , which constituted the greater part of the politics of the United States in those and many ...
... poet J. G. Whittier ; and soon after he seems to have become completely absorbed in politics , and in the mighty anti - slavery struggle , which constituted the greater part of the politics of the United States in those and many ...
Page xv
... poets , as well as yourselves , will forgive me , and lay the blame on the better qualified , who have so long neglected the task . Cowper should have done it . The author of " John Gilpin , " and the " Retired Cat , " would have put La ...
... poets , as well as yourselves , will forgive me , and lay the blame on the better qualified , who have so long neglected the task . Cowper should have done it . The author of " John Gilpin , " and the " Retired Cat , " would have put La ...
Page xviii
... poets graced their productions with apologues . Hesiod's fable of the Hawk and the Nightingale is an in- stance . The fable or parable was anciently , as it is even now , a favourite weapon of the most successful orators . When Jotham ...
... poets graced their productions with apologues . Hesiod's fable of the Hawk and the Nightingale is an in- stance . The fable or parable was anciently , as it is even now , a favourite weapon of the most successful orators . When Jotham ...
Page xix
... poets and philosophers tried their 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 ...
... poets and philosophers tried their 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 ...
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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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