The Fables of La FontaineG. Bell and Sons, 1888 - 356 pages |
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Page xi
... story goes , Once on a time laid down His sceptre and his crown ; And in his stead the beasts elected , As often as it suited them , A sort of king pro tem . , — Some animal they much respected . At first they all concurr'd . The horse ...
... story goes , Once on a time laid down His sceptre and his crown ; And in his stead the beasts elected , As often as it suited them , A sort of king pro tem . , — Some animal they much respected . At first they all concurr'd . The horse ...
Page xv
... story which belonged to some favourite vignette . This led me to inquire whether any English version existed ; and , not finding any , I resolved , though quite unused to literary exercises of the sort , to cheat sleep of an hour every ...
... story which belonged to some favourite vignette . This led me to inquire whether any English version existed ; and , not finding any , I resolved , though quite unused to literary exercises of the sort , to cheat sleep of an hour every ...
Page xviii
... story of the fisher obliged to use his nets to take the fish that turned a deaf ear to the sound of his flute . Menenius Agrippa , wishing to bring back the mutinous Roman people from Mount Sacer , ended his harangue with the fable of ...
... story of the fisher obliged to use his nets to take the fish that turned a deaf ear to the sound of his flute . Menenius Agrippa , wishing to bring back the mutinous Roman people from Mount Sacer , ended his harangue with the fable of ...
Page xxxvi
... stories that La Fontaine excelled ; and Madame de Sévigné expresses a wish to invent a fable which would impress upon him the folly of leaving his peculiar province . He seemed himself not insensible where his strength lay , and seldom ...
... stories that La Fontaine excelled ; and Madame de Sévigné expresses a wish to invent a fable which would impress upon him the folly of leaving his peculiar province . He seemed himself not insensible where his strength lay , and seldom ...
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... story of this fable , as for the stories of so many of the fables which follow , especially in the first six books , La Fontaine is indebted to the Father of Fable , Æsop the Phrygian . See account of Æsop in the Translator's Preface ...
... story of this fable , as for the stories of so many of the fables which follow , especially in the first six books , La Fontaine is indebted to the Father of Fable , Æsop the Phrygian . See account of Æsop in the Translator's Preface ...
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