Selected Fables: A Dual-Language BookFirst published between 1668 and 1693, the Fables of La Fontaine rank among the masterpieces of French literature. This volume contains 75 of the best, in the original French with new English line-for-line literal translations. "The Cicada and the Ant," "The City Rat and the Country Rat," "The Fox and the Grapes," many more. |
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... everything from “not a poet at all” to the greatest French poet of all time, the one most fully embodying such French ideals as wit, clarity, grace and ease of expression, and a broad, humane outlook. To those who are now studying the ...
... everything from “not a poet at all” to the greatest French poet of all time, the one most fully embodying such French ideals as wit, clarity, grace and ease of expression, and a broad, humane outlook. To those who are now studying the ...
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... everything and other men nothing. We see ourselves with other eyes than we see our neighbors with. 3 A bag with two pouches slung over one's back and chest, carried by beggars and mendicant monks. 4 Roman name for the king of the gods ...
... everything and other men nothing. We see ourselves with other eyes than we see our neighbors with. 3 A bag with two pouches slung over one's back and chest, carried by beggars and mendicant monks. 4 Roman name for the king of the gods ...
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... everything; but we don't stir a step from where we are. “Rather suffer than die” is the motto of mankind. The Oak and the Reed The oak said to the reed one day: “You have every right to blame nature: for you a wren is a heavy burden ...
... everything; but we don't stir a step from where we are. “Rather suffer than die” is the motto of mankind. The Oak and the Reed The oak said to the reed one day: “You have every right to blame nature: for you a wren is a heavy burden ...
Page 14
... peut donner du lustre à leurs inventions; On le peut, je l'essaie: un plus savant le fasse. Cependant jusqu'ici d'un langage nouveau braves the assault of the tempest. Everything is a north 14 Contrevceux qui ont le goût difficile.
... peut donner du lustre à leurs inventions; On le peut, je l'essaie: un plus savant le fasse. Cependant jusqu'ici d'un langage nouveau braves the assault of the tempest. Everything is a north 14 Contrevceux qui ont le goût difficile.
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... Everything is a north wind to you, everything seems a gentle zephyr to me. If you could only grow beneath the shelter of the foliage with which I cover the vicinity, you would not have to suffer so much: I would protect you from the ...
... Everything is a north wind to you, everything seems a gentle zephyr to me. If you could only grow beneath the shelter of the foliage with which I cover the vicinity, you would not have to suffer so much: I would protect you from the ...
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Aesop amis animal animaux assez autre avait beau beautiful bête bien bœuf C’est C’était cerf ces gens-là chat cheval chien chose cœur Contre corbeau coup cour d’être d’un d’une Descartes deux Dieu dieux dire discours dit-il donkey encor enfants enfin être eût everything fable faire fait femme fils flatterer Fontaine Fontaine’s gazelle gens homme j’ai j’en jamais jeune John Rabbit jour king L’âne L’animal l’autre l’homme l’on l’ours L’un La Fontaine la fourmi Le corbeau le monde lion logis loup Madame Madame de Montespan maint maître mieux monde mort mots n’en n’est ouvrage pareils pauvre peine petits peuple peut plaisir plein poem poet prend qu’à qu’au qu’en qu’on qu’un quelquefois raison renard rien s’en s’il sage Seigneur seul soins sommes sous sujet temps tête tortue tout trois veut vieillard vient voici voilà voir wolf