Fifty Fables of La FontaineFifty of La Fontaine's verse fables in the original French are found side by side with their English translations. |
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... fact , with the exception of Aesop - who may well have been more legend than human - no other fabulist of the Western world enjoys such prestige and universal recognition . And rightly so . La Fontaine was , in a manner of speaking ...
... fact , with the exception of Aesop - who may well have been more legend than human - no other fabulist of the Western world enjoys such prestige and universal recognition . And rightly so . La Fontaine was , in a manner of speaking ...
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... fact , I see him every day . " " Piraeus ? You and he ... You're what ? " Bemused , the dolphin queries : " But ... " The ape , confusing man with place , Was one of those unnumbered race Who , never straying far from home , Don't know ...
... fact , I see him every day . " " Piraeus ? You and he ... You're what ? " Bemused , the dolphin queries : " But ... " The ape , confusing man with place , Was one of those unnumbered race Who , never straying far from home , Don't know ...
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... fact but full of sense , It seems to me a true depiction Of authors ' vain grandiloquence . They promise : " Ah , my lyre will sing Of Titans ' combat with the Thunder's king . " Fine words ! And yet , what often comes to pass ? Just ...
... fact but full of sense , It seems to me a true depiction Of authors ' vain grandiloquence . They promise : " Ah , my lyre will sing Of Titans ' combat with the Thunder's king . " Fine words ! And yet , what often comes to pass ? Just ...
Contents
LA GRENOUILLE QUI SE VEUT FAIRE | 6 |
LE LOUP ET LAGNEAU | 11 |
The Oak and the Reed | 11 |
Copyright | |
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