The Fables of La FontaineG. Bell, 1882 - 356 pages |
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Page xxxvi
... Madame de Sévigné thus speaks of these fables , in one of her letters to her daughter : - " But have you not admired the beauty of the five or six fables of La Fontaine contained in one of the volumes which I sent you ? We were charmed ...
... Madame de Sévigné thus speaks of these fables , in one of her letters to her daughter : - " But have you not admired the beauty of the five or six fables of La Fontaine contained in one of the volumes which I sent you ? We were charmed ...
Page 71
... Madame de Grignan , the daughter of the celebrated Madame de Sévigné . The famous Sévigné " Letters " were for the most part ad- dressed to Madame de Grignan . For some account of Madame de Sévigné and La Fontaine , see the Translator's ...
... Madame de Grignan , the daughter of the celebrated Madame de Sévigné . The famous Sévigné " Letters " were for the most part ad- dressed to Madame de Grignan . For some account of Madame de Sévigné and La Fontaine , see the Translator's ...
Page 286
... Madame de Montespan . He was born at Versailles in 1670 ; and when La Fontaine wrote this address to him he was about eight years old , and the pupil of Madame de Maintenon , his mother's successor in the affections of the king . Arr ...
... Madame de Montespan . He was born at Versailles in 1670 ; and when La Fontaine wrote this address to him he was about eight years old , and the pupil of Madame de Maintenon , his mother's successor in the affections of the king . Arr ...
Contents
Winters Tale Pericles King John King Richard IL | iii |
Uniform with the above price 28 6d in halfmorocco | 58 |
A few copies of this Work have been printea to range with the finepaper Edition of | 158 |
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