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Page viii
... said the meat-- But here his words I won't repeat- Was anything but fit to eat . ' Ah ! ' cried the lady , ' there's a fly I never knew to tell a lie ; His coat , you see , is bottle - green viii PREFACE TO THE PRESENT EDITION.
... said the meat-- But here his words I won't repeat- Was anything but fit to eat . ' Ah ! ' cried the lady , ' there's a fly I never knew to tell a lie ; His coat , you see , is bottle - green viii PREFACE TO THE PRESENT EDITION.
Page xxviii
... papers , " rejoined the other . " Ah ! they are mine , " cried La Fontaine ; " they involve my whole estate . " And he eagerly reached to take them . E On another occasion he was equally at home . Stopping xxviii ON FABLE , THE FABULISTS ,
... papers , " rejoined the other . " Ah ! they are mine , " cried La Fontaine ; " they involve my whole estate . " And he eagerly reached to take them . E On another occasion he was equally at home . Stopping xxviii ON FABLE , THE FABULISTS ,
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... cried , ' Is this the lot they promised me ? My humble friend from danger free , While , weltering in my gore , I'm dying ? ' The silver of the tax . - An allusion to the French gabelle , or old salt tax , which , like all taxes levied ...
... cried , ' Is this the lot they promised me ? My humble friend from danger free , While , weltering in my gore , I'm dying ? ' The silver of the tax . - An allusion to the French gabelle , or old salt tax , which , like all taxes levied ...
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... cries . ' O , nothing but a speck . ' ' A speck ? ' ' Ay , ay ; ' tis not enough to pain me ; Perhaps the collar's mark by which they chain me . ' ' Chain ! chain you ! What ! run you not , then , Just where you please , and when ...
... cries . ' O , nothing but a speck . ' ' A speck ? ' ' Ay , ay ; ' tis not enough to pain me ; Perhaps the collar's mark by which they chain me . ' ' Chain ! chain you ! What ! run you not , then , Just where you please , and when ...
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... cried the cit , To finish there our feast . ' No , ' said the rustic rat ; 6 To - morrow dine with mc . I'm not offended at Your feast so grand and free , - ' For I've no fare resembling ; But then I eat at leisure , And would not swap ...
... cried the cit , To finish there our feast . ' No , ' said the rustic rat ; 6 To - morrow dine with mc . I'm not offended at Your feast so grand and free , - ' For I've no fare resembling ; But then I eat at leisure , And would not swap ...
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