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Jean de La Fontaine J. W. M. Gibbs. THE FABLES OF LA FONTAINE TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH BY ELIZUR WRIGHT . A NEW Edition , WITH NOTES BY J. W. M. GIBBS . LONDON : GEORGE BELL AND SONS , YORK STREET , COVENT GARDEN . 1888 . CHISWICK ...
Jean de La Fontaine J. W. M. Gibbs. THE FABLES OF LA FONTAINE TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH BY ELIZUR WRIGHT . A NEW Edition , WITH NOTES BY J. W. M. GIBBS . LONDON : GEORGE BELL AND SONS , YORK STREET , COVENT GARDEN . 1888 . CHISWICK ...
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Jean de La Fontaine J. W. M. Gibbs. PQ 1811 E3 PREFACE TO THE PRESENT EDITION , шь 1888 WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF THE TRANSLATOR . THE first edition of this translation of La Fontaine's Fables appeared in Boston , U.S. , in 1841. It achieved ...
Jean de La Fontaine J. W. M. Gibbs. PQ 1811 E3 PREFACE TO THE PRESENT EDITION , шь 1888 WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF THE TRANSLATOR . THE first edition of this translation of La Fontaine's Fables appeared in Boston , U.S. , in 1841. It achieved ...
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... Fontaine's Fables , published by Fournier Ainé . The book was well received both in America and England , and four other editions were speedily called for . The sixth edition , published in 1843 , was a slightly expurgated one ...
... Fontaine's Fables , published by Fournier Ainé . The book was well received both in America and England , and four other editions were speedily called for . The sixth edition , published in 1843 , was a slightly expurgated one ...
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Jean de La Fontaine J. W. M. Gibbs. England , we believe ) the substituted fables of his sixth edition . We may add , that they appeared in lieu of the following five fables as given in Mr. Wright's complete edition — and in the present ...
Jean de La Fontaine J. W. M. Gibbs. England , we believe ) the substituted fables of his sixth edition . We may add , that they appeared in lieu of the following five fables as given in Mr. Wright's complete edition — and in the present ...
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