The Fables of La FontaineG. Bell and Sons, 1888 - 356 pages |
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... pass most kindly by . As in this world we're but way - farers , Kind Heaven has made us wallet - bearers . The pouch behind our own defects must store , The faults of others lodge in that before . VIII . THE SWALLOW AND THE LITTLE By ...
... pass most kindly by . As in this world we're but way - farers , Kind Heaven has made us wallet - bearers . The pouch behind our own defects must store , The faults of others lodge in that before . VIII . THE SWALLOW AND THE LITTLE By ...
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... pass the hedge , - Head , body , tails , a wedge Of living and resistless powers.- The other was your emperor's force ; this ours . ' 1 The original of this fable has been attributed to the chief who made himself Emperor of Tartary and ...
... pass the hedge , - Head , body , tails , a wedge Of living and resistless powers.- The other was your emperor's force ; this ours . ' 1 The original of this fable has been attributed to the chief who made himself Emperor of Tartary and ...
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... pass , With ready wit rode off the ass . This ass is , by interpretation , Some province poor , or prostrate nation . The thieves are princes this and that , On spoils and plunder prone to fat , - As those of Austria , Turkey , Hungary ...
... pass , With ready wit rode off the ass . This ass is , by interpretation , Some province poor , or prostrate nation . The thieves are princes this and that , On spoils and plunder prone to fat , - As those of Austria , Turkey , Hungary ...
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... pass on . Thanks , ladies , for the lesson . ' XVIII . - THE FOX AND THE STORK . ' OLD Mister Fox was at expense , one day , To dine old Mistress Stork . The fare was light , was nothing , sooth to say , Requiring knife and fork . That ...
... pass on . Thanks , ladies , for the lesson . ' XVIII . - THE FOX AND THE STORK . ' OLD Mister Fox was at expense , one day , To dine old Mistress Stork . The fare was light , was nothing , sooth to say , Requiring knife and fork . That ...
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... pass in and out , But not , by any means , the fox's snout ! All arts without avail , With drooping head and tail , As ought a fox a fowl had cheated , The hungry guest at last retreated . Ye knaves , for you is this recital , You'll ...
... pass in and out , But not , by any means , the fox's snout ! All arts without avail , With drooping head and tail , As ought a fox a fowl had cheated , The hungry guest at last retreated . Ye knaves , for you is this recital , You'll ...
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