The Fables of La FontaineG. Bell and Sons, 1888 - 356 pages |
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... races futures , Si quelquefois un vrai discours Vous récite les aventures De nos abominables jours ? Or , as we might paraphrase it , — What will ye say , ye future days , If I , for once , in honest rhymes , Recount to you the deeds ...
... races futures , Si quelquefois un vrai discours Vous récite les aventures De nos abominables jours ? Or , as we might paraphrase it , — What will ye say , ye future days , If I , for once , in honest rhymes , Recount to you the deeds ...
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... race , For you must often take our place . ' The work of half the human brothers Is making arms against the others . VII . THE BITCH AND HER FRIEND . ' A BITCH , that felt her time approaching , And had no place for parturition , Went ...
... race , For you must often take our place . ' The work of half the human brothers Is making arms against the others . VII . THE BITCH AND HER FRIEND . ' A BITCH , that felt her time approaching , And had no place for parturition , Went ...
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... race , I should have been myself afraid ! ' If he had dared , the donkey Had shown himself right spunky At this retort , though justly made ; For who could suffer boasts to pass So ill - befitting to an ass ? 1 Phædrus , I. 11 : Æsop ...
... race , I should have been myself afraid ! ' If he had dared , the donkey Had shown himself right spunky At this retort , though justly made ; For who could suffer boasts to pass So ill - befitting to an ass ? 1 Phædrus , I. 11 : Æsop ...
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... race , Lack they the simple skill To settle such a will ? ' This said , he undertook himself The task of portioning the pelf ; And straightway gave each maid the part The least according to her heart— The prim coquette , the drinking ...
... race , Lack they the simple skill To settle such a will ? ' This said , he undertook himself The task of portioning the pelf ; And straightway gave each maid the part The least according to her heart— The prim coquette , the drinking ...
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... race and timid , Made breathless haste to get from him hid . They dived into the mud beneath the water , Or found among the reeds and rushes quarter . And long it was they dared not see The dreadful face of majesty , Supposing that some ...
... race and timid , Made breathless haste to get from him hid . They dived into the mud beneath the water , Or found among the reeds and rushes quarter . And long it was they dared not see The dreadful face of majesty , Supposing that some ...
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