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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Page xi
... present collection . I am happy to dedicate it to her with affection and gratitude for her interest , her good humor , and above all her unflagging encouragement . My special thanks to Seamus Heaney for his appreciative reading , as ...
... present collection . I am happy to dedicate it to her with affection and gratitude for her interest , her good humor , and above all her unflagging encouragement . My special thanks to Seamus Heaney for his appreciative reading , as ...
Page 113
... present fable at any rate , not to mention all the rest , the reproach is unwarranted on literary grounds if no other . At least one of the several Aesopic originals ( Phaedrus , I , 24 ) begins with a similar explanatory moral ...
... present fable at any rate , not to mention all the rest , the reproach is unwarranted on literary grounds if no other . At least one of the several Aesopic originals ( Phaedrus , I , 24 ) begins with a similar explanatory moral ...
Page 117
... present fable - without blunting the temptation to read anti - Jansenist sentiments into the allusion , points , rather , to La Fontaine's typical vacillation between the values of flesh and spirit , as well as to a good - natured ...
... present fable - without blunting the temptation to read anti - Jansenist sentiments into the allusion , points , rather , to La Fontaine's typical vacillation between the values of flesh and spirit , as well as to a good - natured ...
Contents
LA GRENOUILLE QUI SE VEUT FAIRE | 6 |
LE LOUP ET LAGNEAU | 11 |
The Oak and the Reed | 11 |
Copyright | |
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