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Jean De La Fontaine
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Fables in Rhyme for Little Folks From the French of La Fontaine, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten…
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Seventeenth-century Frenchman Jean de La Fontaine happily plundered Aesop and other classical writers as a source for his witty, elegant fables, as well as inventing a number of his own…
A collection of poems that retell some of the world’s well-known fables including ‘The Ant and the Grasshopper’, ‘The Hare and the Tortoise’ and ‘The Town Mouse and the Country…
Among the masterpieces of French literature: 75 Fables in original French with new English line-for-line literal translations. The Cicada and the Ant, The Fox and the Grapes, many more.
Told in an elegant style, Jean de La Fontaine’s (1621-1695) charming animal fables depict sly foxes and scheming cats, vain birds and greedy wolves, all of which subtly express his…
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Jean de La Fontaine was one of the greatest French fabulists, and this collection of his fables, rendered in English verse, showcases his wit and wisdom. Whether he is writing…
This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR’d book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have…
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfectionssuch as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part…
IMPERIAL FEDERATION THE PROBLEM OF NATrONAL UNITY – I tell you that when you study English history you study not the past of England only, but her future. It is…
ONE, ‘mong his valets, had a pretty wife; The master was himself quite full of life, And soon the charmer to his wishes drew, With which the husband discontented grew…
ENAMOURED of the belle, his lands he sold; The family estates were turned to gold; And many who the purchases had made, With pelf accumulated by their trade, Assumed the…
THE time arrived again to house the store; The labourer collected as before; Leaves solely to his lordship were assigned, Who sought for those a ready sale to find, But…
THIS perfidy Joconde so much dismay’d; His spirits droop’d, his lilies ‘gan to fade; No more he look’d the charmer he had been; And when the court’s gay dames his…
TO move, Alaciel readily agreed; Again our couple ventured to proceed; The casket safe in tow; the weather hot; From rock to rock with care our swimmer got; The princess…
DAN CUPID, though the god of soft amour, In ev'ry age works miracles a store; Can Catos change to male coquets at ease; And fools make oracles whene'er he please…
WHENE'ER the painter had in hand a fair, He’d jest his wife, and laugh with easy air; But Hymen’s rights proceeding as they ought, With jealous fears her breast was…
WHEN round the dorture he began to creep, The troop appeared as if dissolved in sleep, And so they truly were, save our gallant, Whose terrors made him tremble, sigh…
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either…
The Contes et nouvelles en vers are the fruit of the author’s wicked delight in the tales he found in Boccacio’s Decameron , Ariosto’s Orlando Furioso , Rabelais and elsewhere…
Die Fabeln von La Fontaine sind kurz, kernig, dramatisch und amu sant, voller spannender Handlungen und leicht und unterhaltsam zu lesen und wurden dahergern fu r den Lese-, Schreib- und…
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1851 Edition.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing’s Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because…
Jean de La-Fontaine
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the…
This Book Is In French. Due to the very old age and scarcity of this book, many of the pages may be hard to read due to the blurring of…
Follow Michelle’s journey beginning in high school and continuing through her 40s. She struggles through many relationships over the years and always wonders what if? and if only. She had…
2351: 345 Years into the Future is a fiction book of what the world will be like in the year 2351. It is a what-if scenario of the worldas nations…
