The Fables of La FontaineG. Bell and Sons, 1888 - 356 pages |
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Page viii
... that , and said the meat-- But here his words I won't repeat- Was anything but fit to eat . ' Ah ! ' cried the lady , ' there's a fly I never knew to tell a lie ; His coat , you see , is bottle - green viii PREFACE TO THE PRESENT EDITION.
... that , and said the meat-- But here his words I won't repeat- Was anything but fit to eat . ' Ah ! ' cried the lady , ' there's a fly I never knew to tell a lie ; His coat , you see , is bottle - green viii PREFACE TO THE PRESENT EDITION.
Page xiii
... tell in verse and prose , How much to praise and friends it owes . Good sense may be , as I suppose , As much indebted to its foes . In 1844 Mr. Wright wrote the Preface to the first collected edition of the works of the poet J. G. ...
... tell in verse and prose , How much to praise and friends it owes . Good sense may be , as I suppose , As much indebted to its foes . In 1844 Mr. Wright wrote the Preface to the first collected edition of the works of the poet J. G. ...
Page xxvii
... tell them so . Happy for them is their ignorance , perhaps . La Fontaine came near being one of them . All that is artificial in poetry to him came late and with difficulty . Yet it resulted from his keen relish of nature , that he was ...
... tell them so . Happy for them is their ignorance , perhaps . La Fontaine came near being one of them . All that is artificial in poetry to him came late and with difficulty . Yet it resulted from his keen relish of nature , that he was ...
Page xxxix
... tell you , man , A velvet road hath ESCOBAR . ADDRESS . Thou warden of the prison black , Who didst on heaven turn thy back , The chieftain of th ' infernal war ! To shun thy arrows and thy rack , A velvet road hath ESCOBAR . The verses ...
... tell you , man , A velvet road hath ESCOBAR . ADDRESS . Thou warden of the prison black , Who didst on heaven turn thy back , The chieftain of th ' infernal war ! To shun thy arrows and thy rack , A velvet road hath ESCOBAR . The verses ...
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... tell in song What virtues to thy kingly line belong . I seek thine ear to gain by lighter themes , Slight pictures , deck'd in magic nature's beams ; And if to please thee shall not be my pride , I'll gain at least the praise of having ...
... tell in song What virtues to thy kingly line belong . I seek thine ear to gain by lighter themes , Slight pictures , deck'd in magic nature's beams ; And if to please thee shall not be my pride , I'll gain at least the praise of having ...
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