The Fables of La FontaineG. Bell and Sons, 1888 - 356 pages |
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... WOLF AND THE DOG . ' A PROWLING Wolf , whose shaggy skin ( So strict the watch of dogs had been ) Hid little but his bones , Once met a mastiff dog astray . A prouder , fatter , sleeker Tray , No human mortal owns . Sir Wolf in famish'd ...
... WOLF AND THE DOG . ' A PROWLING Wolf , whose shaggy skin ( So strict the watch of dogs had been ) Hid little but his bones , Once met a mastiff dog astray . A prouder , fatter , sleeker Tray , No human mortal owns . Sir Wolf in famish'd ...
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... wolf , by force of appetite , Accepts the terms outright , Tears glistening in his eyes . But faring on , he spies A gall'd spot on the mastiff's neck . ' What's that ? ' he cries . ' O , nothing but a speck . ' ' A speck ? ' ' Ay , ay ...
... wolf , by force of appetite , Accepts the terms outright , Tears glistening in his eyes . But faring on , he spies A gall'd spot on the mastiff's neck . ' What's that ? ' he cries . ' O , nothing but a speck . ' ' A speck ? ' ' Ay , ay ...
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... WOLF AND THE LAMB.1 THAT innocence is not a shield , A story teaches , not the longest . The strongest reasons always yield To reasons of the strongest . A lamb her thirst was slaking , Once , at a mountain rill . A hungry wolf was ...
... WOLF AND THE LAMB.1 THAT innocence is not a shield , A story teaches , not the longest . The strongest reasons always yield To reasons of the strongest . A lamb her thirst was slaking , Once , at a mountain rill . A hungry wolf was ...
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... wolf ; and , more , I know You cursed and slander'd me a year ago . ' " O no ! how could I such a thing have done ! A lamb that has not seen a year , A suckling of its mother dear ? " Your brother then . ' ' But brother I have none ...
... wolf ; and , more , I know You cursed and slander'd me a year ago . ' " O no ! how could I such a thing have done ! A lamb that has not seen a year , A suckling of its mother dear ? " Your brother then . ' ' But brother I have none ...
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... WOLF ACCUSING THE FOX BEFORE THE MONKEY . ' A WOLF , affirming his belief That he had suffer'd by a thief , Brought up his neighbour fox- Of whom it was by all confess'd , 1 Phædrus , I. 10 . His character was not the best- To fill the ...
... WOLF ACCUSING THE FOX BEFORE THE MONKEY . ' A WOLF , affirming his belief That he had suffer'd by a thief , Brought up his neighbour fox- Of whom it was by all confess'd , 1 Phædrus , I. 10 . His character was not the best- To fill the ...
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