The Fables of La FontaineG. Bell and Sons, 1888 - 356 pages |
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... side outwards -which was the fact . " " It was in 1668 that La Fontaine published his first collection of fables , under the modest title Fables Choisies , mises en Vers , in a quarto volume , with figures designed and engraved by ...
... side outwards -which was the fact . " " It was in 1668 that La Fontaine published his first collection of fables , under the modest title Fables Choisies , mises en Vers , in a quarto volume , with figures designed and engraved by ...
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... side to side . Ah ! bootless blow , and bite , and curse ! He beat the harmless air , and worse ; For , though so fierce and stout , By effort wearied out , He fainted , fell , gave up the quarrel . The gnat retires with verdant laurel ...
... side to side . Ah ! bootless blow , and bite , and curse ! He beat the harmless air , and worse ; For , though so fierce and stout , By effort wearied out , He fainted , fell , gave up the quarrel . The gnat retires with verdant laurel ...
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... side His cat , transform'd , became his bride . In wedded state our man was seen The fool in courtship he had been . No lover e'er was so bewitch'd By any maiden's charms As was this husband , so enrich'd By hers within his arms . He ...
... side His cat , transform'd , became his bride . In wedded state our man was seen The fool in courtship he had been . No lover e'er was so bewitch'd By any maiden's charms As was this husband , so enrich'd By hers within his arms . He ...
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... sides ? The most an ass is not the one that rides ! " The miller , much enlighten'd by this talk , Untied his precious beast , and made him walk . The ass , who liked the other mode of travel , Bray'd some complaint at trudging on the ...
... sides ? The most an ass is not the one that rides ! " The miller , much enlighten'd by this talk , Untied his precious beast , and made him walk . The ass , who liked the other mode of travel , Bray'd some complaint at trudging on the ...
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... side of death's dread door ; — A sad misfortune , which The wicked cats made rich . O , what is there of hellish plot The treacherous tongue dares not ! Of all the ills Pandora's box ' outpour'd , Deceit , I think , is most to be abhorr ...
... side of death's dread door ; — A sad misfortune , which The wicked cats made rich . O , what is there of hellish plot The treacherous tongue dares not ! Of all the ills Pandora's box ' outpour'd , Deceit , I think , is most to be abhorr ...
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