The Fables of La FontaineG. Bell and Sons, 1888 - 356 pages |
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Page xviii
... took away that of the poor man who had but one . When Joash , the king of Israel , would rebuke the vanity of Amaziah , the king of Judah , he referred him to the fable of the Thistle and the Cedar . Our blessed Saviour , the best of ...
... took away that of the poor man who had but one . When Joash , the king of Israel , would rebuke the vanity of Amaziah , the king of Judah , he referred him to the fable of the Thistle and the Cedar . Our blessed Saviour , the best of ...
Page xx
... took precedence of the Latin ; and the rhetorician Aphthonius wrote forty fables in Greek prose , which became popular . Besides these collections among the Romans , we find apolo- gues scattered through the writings of their best poets ...
... took precedence of the Latin ; and the rhetorician Aphthonius wrote forty fables in Greek prose , which became popular . Besides these collections among the Romans , we find apolo- gues scattered through the writings of their best poets ...
Page xxiv
... took the place of the large collections , and probably occasioned the entire loss of some of them . As literature revived , fable was resuscitated . The crusades had brought European mind in contact with the Indian works which we have ...
... took the place of the large collections , and probably occasioned the entire loss of some of them . As literature revived , fable was resuscitated . The crusades had brought European mind in contact with the Indian works which we have ...
Page xxvii
... took to be a funeral . He could not in decency leave them till it was over . Verse - making out of the question , this was to be a genuine poet , though , with commonplace mortals , it was also to be a fool . " besides his wife . His ...
... took to be a funeral . He could not in decency leave them till it was over . Verse - making out of the question , this was to be a genuine poet , though , with commonplace mortals , it was also to be a fool . " besides his wife . His ...
Page xxix
... took a ramble about the town . On his return , he entered another hotel , and , passing through into the garden , took from his pocket a copy of Livy , in which he quietly set himself to read till his dinner should be ready . The book ...
... took a ramble about the town . On his return , he entered another hotel , and , passing through into the garden , took from his pocket a copy of Livy , in which he quietly set himself to read till his dinner should be ready . The book ...
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