The Fables of La FontaineG. Bell and Sons, 1888 - 356 pages |
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... fear was not without good sense . One bull was beat , and much to their expense ; For , quick retreating to their reedy bower , He trod on twenty of them in an hour . Of little folks it oft has been the fate To suffer for the follies of ...
... fear was not without good sense . One bull was beat , and much to their expense ; For , quick retreating to their reedy bower , He trod on twenty of them in an hour . Of little folks it oft has been the fate To suffer for the follies of ...
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... fear owe , Himself he blew the battle charge , Himself both trumpeter and hero . At first he play'd about at large , Then on the lion's neck , at leisure , settled , And there the royal beast full sorely nettled . With foaming mouth ...
... fear owe , Himself he blew the battle charge , Himself both trumpeter and hero . At first he play'd about at large , Then on the lion's neck , at leisure , settled , And there the royal beast full sorely nettled . With foaming mouth ...
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... fear From those we most despise ; Again , great risks a man may clear , Who by the smallest dies . X. THE ASS LOADED WITH SPONGES , AND THE ASS LOADED WITH SALT . ' . A MAN , whom I shall call an ass - eteer , His sceptre like some ...
... fear From those we most despise ; Again , great risks a man may clear , Who by the smallest dies . X. THE ASS LOADED WITH SPONGES , AND THE ASS LOADED WITH SALT . ' . A MAN , whom I shall call an ass - eteer , His sceptre like some ...
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... people , by their action , Can't eat nor sleep with satisfaction ; We can't enjoy a pleasure single , But with some misery it must mingle . 1 Æsop . Myself , for one , am forced by cursed fear BOOK II . ] 41 LA FONTAINE .
... people , by their action , Can't eat nor sleep with satisfaction ; We can't enjoy a pleasure single , But with some misery it must mingle . 1 Æsop . Myself , for one , am forced by cursed fear BOOK II . ] 41 LA FONTAINE .
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... fear To sleep with open eye as well as ear . " Correct yourself , " says some adviser . Grows fear , by such advice , the wiser ? Indeed , I well enough descry That men have fear , as well as I. ' With such revolving thoughts our hare ...
... fear To sleep with open eye as well as ear . " Correct yourself , " says some adviser . Grows fear , by such advice , the wiser ? Indeed , I well enough descry That men have fear , as well as I. ' With such revolving thoughts our hare ...
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