The Fables of La FontaineG. Bell and Sons, 1888 - 356 pages |
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Page viii
... creatures prime , And for their dinner just in time ; So 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 ...
... creatures prime , And for their dinner just in time ; So 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 ...
Page xii
... creatures chose the ass- He , for prime minister the swine . " Tis thus that party spirit Is prone to banish merit . THE CAT AND THE THRUSH . A THRUSH that sang one rustic ode Once made a garden his abode , And gave the owner such ...
... creatures chose the ass- He , for prime minister the swine . " Tis thus that party spirit Is prone to banish merit . THE CAT AND THE THRUSH . A THRUSH that sang one rustic ode Once made a garden his abode , And gave the owner such ...
Page xxi
... creatures are introduced as actors , and in which there is a development of sentiment and passion as well as of moral truth , the whole being wrought into a system of morals particularly adapted to the use of those called to govern ...
... creatures are introduced as actors , and in which there is a development of sentiment and passion as well as of moral truth , the whole being wrought into a system of morals particularly adapted to the use of those called to govern ...
Page 7
... tail were wise ; A creature he of huge , misshapen size . ' One of Æsop's : Phædrus also gives it , Book IV . 10 . The elephant , though famed as beast judicious , While BOOK I. ] 7 LA FONTAINE , VII.-THE WALLET.1 ...
... tail were wise ; A creature he of huge , misshapen size . ' One of Æsop's : Phædrus also gives it , Book IV . 10 . The elephant , though famed as beast judicious , While BOOK I. ] 7 LA FONTAINE , VII.-THE WALLET.1 ...
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... creatures , Much like the bees in wings and features . But what of that ? for marks the same , The hornets , too , could truly claim . Between assertion , and denial , The wasp , in doubt , proclaim'd new trial ; And , hearing what an ...
... creatures , Much like the bees in wings and features . But what of that ? for marks the same , The hornets , too , could truly claim . Between assertion , and denial , The wasp , in doubt , proclaim'd new trial ; And , hearing what an ...
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