The Fables of La FontaineG. Bell and Sons, 1888 - 356 pages |
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... fable of the Hawk and the Nightingale is an in- stance . The fable or parable was anciently , as it is even now , a favourite weapon of the most successful orators . When Jotham would show the Shechemites the folly of their ingratitude ...
... fable of the Hawk and the Nightingale is an in- stance . The fable or parable was anciently , as it is even now , a favourite weapon of the most successful orators . When Jotham would show the Shechemites the folly of their ingratitude ...
Page xix
... fables of Æsop into verse . Though but a few fragments of his com- position have come down to us , he may , perhaps , be regarded as the father of fable , considered as a distinct art . Induced by his example , many Greek poets and ...
... fables of Æsop into verse . Though but a few fragments of his com- position have come down to us , he may , perhaps , be regarded as the father of fable , considered as a distinct art . Induced by his example , many Greek poets and ...
Page xx
... fables of Babrias and their Latin translation , during the Roman empire , that the work of Phædrus was hardly noticed . The latter was a freedman of Augustus , and wrote in the reign of Tiberius . His verse stands ... FABLE , THE FABULISTS ,
... fables of Babrias and their Latin translation , during the Roman empire , that the work of Phædrus was hardly noticed . The latter was a freedman of Augustus , and wrote in the reign of Tiberius . His verse stands ... FABLE , THE FABULISTS ,
Page xxi
... fable which La Fontaine has served up as the twenty - seventh of his eighth book . It should be understood that the fable , with the moral reflec- tions which accompany it , is taken from the speech of one animal to another ...
... fable which La Fontaine has served up as the twenty - seventh of his eighth book . It should be understood that the fable , with the moral reflec- tions which accompany it , is taken from the speech of one animal to another ...
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... own wealth : whose is the remainder which thou hoardest ? " Works of Sir William Jones , vol . vi . pp . 35-37.1 1 Edition 1799 , 6 vols . , 4to.-Ed. It was one of these books which Chosroës , the xxii ON FABLE , THE FABULISTS ,
... own wealth : whose is the remainder which thou hoardest ? " Works of Sir William Jones , vol . vi . pp . 35-37.1 1 Edition 1799 , 6 vols . , 4to.-Ed. It was one of these books which Chosroës , the xxii ON FABLE , THE FABULISTS ,
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