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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... original , and somehow it must be rendered if we are going to re - create it . We may not always succeed , but at least we know enough to make the attempt . As for how it's done , while the tune can be taught and learned , the tone , I ...
... original , and somehow it must be rendered if we are going to re - create it . We may not always succeed , but at least we know enough to make the attempt . As for how it's done , while the tune can be taught and learned , the tone , I ...
Page 115
... original , drawn from the medieval Life of Aesop [ see Regnier , Euvres de J. de la Fontaine , I : 52 ] , though I cannot state with any certainty that it is not found in any of the subsequent versions of the same fable , with which La ...
... original , drawn from the medieval Life of Aesop [ see Regnier , Euvres de J. de la Fontaine , I : 52 ] , though I cannot state with any certainty that it is not found in any of the subsequent versions of the same fable , with which La ...
Page 116
... original mean- ing of the term légende ; that is , a collection of moral precepts dating from the early days of the Church and eventually including lives of saints , martyrs , and other legenda : materials " to be read , " for the ...
... original mean- ing of the term légende ; that is , a collection of moral precepts dating from the early days of the Church and eventually including lives of saints , martyrs , and other legenda : materials " to be read , " for the ...
Contents
LA GRENOUILLE QUI SE VEUT FAIRE | 6 |
LE LOUP ET LAGNEAU | 11 |
The Oak and the Reed | 11 |
Copyright | |
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