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 39
... Tell me , are you from Athens , sir ? " " Surely ! " our simian voyageur Replies . " Everyone knows me there . If you have business anywhere In Athens , see me ! I'm your man ! If I can't help , my cousin can . He runs the city . " " Oh ...
... Tell me , are you from Athens , sir ? " " Surely ! " our simian voyageur Replies . " Everyone knows me there . If you have business anywhere In Athens , see me ! I'm your man ! If I can't help , my cousin can . He runs the city . " " Oh ...
Page 49
... telling . Down by a swamp , fat and content , A gluttonous rat - a heathen he , who knew Nothing of Advent , even less ... tell the future generation ! How nice the water ... All the sights to see ... The swamp ... Its people ... Their ...
... telling . Down by a swamp , fat and content , A gluttonous rat - a heathen he , who knew Nothing of Advent , even less ... tell the future generation ! How nice the water ... All the sights to see ... The swamp ... Its people ... Their ...
Page 97
... Tell me , madame , " she asks , " those others ... Every whelp your claws and jaws did in ... Didn't they all have fathers , mothers ? " " Certainly ! " " Well , if they could hold their tongue Whenever you were wont to kill their young ...
... Tell me , madame , " she asks , " those others ... Every whelp your claws and jaws did in ... Didn't they all have fathers , mothers ? " " Certainly ! " " Well , if they could hold their tongue Whenever you were wont to kill their young ...
Contents
LA GRENOUILLE QUI SE VEUT FAIRE | 6 |
LE LOUP ET LAGNEAU | 11 |
The Oak and the Reed | 11 |
Copyright | |
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