The Fables of La FontaineG. Bell and Sons, 1888 - 356 pages |
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Page viii
... sweet they were , and delicate , For dinner she could hardly wait . But now there came - could luck be worse ? - Just as the buyer drew his purse , A bulky fly , with solemn buzz , And smelt , as an inspector does , This bird and that ...
... sweet they were , and delicate , For dinner she could hardly wait . But now there came - could luck be worse ? - Just as the buyer drew his purse , A bulky fly , with solemn buzz , And smelt , as an inspector does , This bird and that ...
Page xlvi
... this com- position ; " he is no more ! and with him have gone the playful jokes , the merry laugh , the artless graces , and the sweet Muses . " THE FABLES OF LA FONTAINE . TO MONSEIGNEUR THE DAUPHIN.1 xlvi ON LA FONTAINE .
... this com- position ; " he is no more ! and with him have gone the playful jokes , the merry laugh , the artless graces , and the sweet Muses . " THE FABLES OF LA FONTAINE . TO MONSEIGNEUR THE DAUPHIN.1 xlvi ON LA FONTAINE .
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... sweet liberty to live : I'll ask of Death no greater favour Than just to stay away for ever . " XVI . - DEATH AND THE WOODMAN.3 A POOR Wood - chopper , with his fagot load , Whom weight of years , as well as load , oppress'd , Sore ...
... sweet liberty to live : I'll ask of Death no greater favour Than just to stay away for ever . " XVI . - DEATH AND THE WOODMAN.3 A POOR Wood - chopper , with his fagot load , Whom weight of years , as well as load , oppress'd , Sore ...
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... sweet revenge in quest , Flew to the old , gnarl'd mountain oak , Which proudly bore that haughty eagle's nest . And while the bird was gone , Her eggs , her cherish'd eggs , he broke , Not sparing one . Returning from her flight , the ...
... sweet revenge in quest , Flew to the old , gnarl'd mountain oak , Which proudly bore that haughty eagle's nest . And while the bird was gone , Her eggs , her cherish'd eggs , he broke , Not sparing one . Returning from her flight , the ...
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... sweet deceiver to deceive . XVI . — THE RAVEN WISHING TO IMITATE THE EAGLE . ' THE bird of Jove bore off a mutton , A raven being witness . That weaker bird , but equal glutton , Not doubting of his fitness 1 Æsop ; and Corrozet . To do ...
... sweet deceiver to deceive . XVI . — THE RAVEN WISHING TO IMITATE THE EAGLE . ' THE bird of Jove bore off a mutton , A raven being witness . That weaker bird , but equal glutton , Not doubting of his fitness 1 Æsop ; and Corrozet . To do ...
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