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Jean de La Fontaine J. W. M. Gibbs. CHISWICK PRESS : -C . WHITTINGHAM AND CO . , TOOKS COURT , CHANCERY LANE . PQ 1811 E3 PREFACE TO THE PRESENT EDITION , шь.
Jean de La Fontaine J. W. M. Gibbs. CHISWICK PRESS : -C . WHITTINGHAM AND CO . , TOOKS COURT , CHANCERY LANE . PQ 1811 E3 PREFACE TO THE PRESENT EDITION , шь.
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... present publishers have thought that a reprint in a readable yet popular form would be generally acceptable . The translator has remarked , in the " Advertisement " to his original edition ( which follows these pages ) , on the singular ...
... present publishers have thought that a reprint in a readable yet popular form would be generally acceptable . The translator has remarked , in the " Advertisement " to his original edition ( which follows these pages ) , on the singular ...
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... present reprint , besides having undergone careful revision , embodies the corrections ( but not the expurgations ) ... Present for the Young . " This , as appears from the title , was a book for children , and though the substance of ...
... present reprint , besides having undergone careful revision , embodies the corrections ( but not the expurgations ) ... Present for the Young . " This , as appears from the title , was a book for children , and though the substance of ...
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... As a specimen of Mr. Wright's powers at once as an original poet and an original fabulist , we here print ( for the first time in b England , we believe ) the substituted fables of his PREFACE TO THE PRESENT EDITION . vii.
... As a specimen of Mr. Wright's powers at once as an original poet and an original fabulist , we here print ( for the first time in b England , we believe ) the substituted fables of his PREFACE TO THE PRESENT EDITION . vii.
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... present edition : -The Bitch and her Friend , The Mountain in Labour , The Young Widow , The Women and the Secret , and , The Husband , the Wife , and the Thief . It should also be borne in mind that these original fables were inserted ...
... present edition : -The Bitch and her Friend , The Mountain in Labour , The Young Widow , The Women and the Secret , and , The Husband , the Wife , and the Thief . It should also be borne in mind that these original fables were inserted ...
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