The Fables of La FontaineG. Bell and Sons, 1888 - 356 pages |
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Page xxviii
... replied , looking about him with great surprise . " Well , I have just picked up these papers , " rejoined the other . " Ah ! they are mine , " cried La Fontaine ; " they involve my whole estate . " And he eagerly reached to take them ...
... replied , looking about him with great surprise . " Well , I have just picked up these papers , " rejoined the other . " Ah ! they are mine , " cried La Fontaine ; " they involve my whole estate . " And he eagerly reached to take them ...
Page xxix
... what pressing business had brought him so early in the morning . " I shall let you know , " replied La Fontaine , " when we get abroad . " Poignant , in great astonishment , rose , followed him out , and asked AND LA FONTAINE . xxix.
... what pressing business had brought him so early in the morning . " I shall let you know , " replied La Fontaine , " when we get abroad . " Poignant , in great astonishment , rose , followed him out , and asked AND LA FONTAINE . xxix.
Page xxx
... replied La Fontaine ; and at last , when they had reached a retired place , he said , " My friend , we must fight ... replied the other , " I should never have sus- pected that was the cause of your displeasure , and I protest I will ...
... replied La Fontaine ; and at last , when they had reached a retired place , he said , " My friend , we must fight ... replied the other , " I should never have sus- pected that was the cause of your displeasure , and I protest I will ...
Page xxxiv
... replied , " Take care , Monsieur La Fontaine ; —you have put one of your stockings on wrong side outwards -which was the fact . " " It was in 1668 that La Fontaine published his first collection of fables , under the modest title Fables ...
... replied , " Take care , Monsieur La Fontaine ; —you have put one of your stockings on wrong side outwards -which was the fact . " " It was in 1668 that La Fontaine published his first collection of fables , under the modest title Fables ...
Page xl
... replied , " I have been to see her , but I did not find her : she was well . " Twenty years after that , Racine prevailed on him to visit his patrimonial estate , to take some care of what remained . Racine , not hearing from him , sent ...
... replied , " I have been to see her , but I did not find her : she was well . " Twenty years after that , Racine prevailed on him to visit his patrimonial estate , to take some care of what remained . Racine , not hearing from him , sent ...
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