| 单词 | La Fontaine |
| 例句 | Fragonard also illustrated popular literature, including the “Tales” of Jean de La Fontaine and the epic poem “Orlando Furioso.” Rococo Bad Boy Rebels in ‘Fragonard: Drawing Triumphant’ 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z Two friends were driving along the quiet country roads of La Fontaine, Indiana, after a fishing trip one evening in 1975. 11 strange stories from the national UFO reporting center 2021-04-19T04:00:00Z The story and title derive from one of Jean de La Fontaine’s 17th-century fables. Review: ‘The Two Pigeons,’ Frederick Ashton’s Look at Love 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z He teaches the fables of La Fontaine, and in an inspired stroke invites the students to invent their own. Movie Review: ?Monsieur Lazhar,? Oscar Nominee From Philippe Falardeau 2012-04-12T21:50:36Z During his lifetime, La Fontaine was considered licentious by some of his readers. Paris Sirens 2015-01-11T05:00:00Z Which explains how the Mayfair peeress who asked me for cocktails one day has a villa packed with Vieux Paris silver-plate and Louis XVI armchairs covered in needlepoint scenes from La Fontaine’s “Fables.” T Magazine: The Last Casbah 2011-05-20T14:00:57Z La Fontaine was the French Aesop, and published his first fables in 1668. Paris Sirens 2015-01-11T05:00:00Z Passing them is to breathe the air drawn by Racine, Molière and La Fontaine. My Paris: Seduced by the Past 2017-02-01T05:00:00Z And I thought of La Fontaine’s fables, which Malroux and I love. Paris Sirens 2015-01-11T05:00:00Z But eventually I spotted a sign for the goal I was seeking: La Fontaine Froide, it said, was somewhere up ahead. On the Absinthe Trail 2014-07-04T04:00:00Z La Fontaine was sometimes considered irreligious, too, and went to live in Paris, where he stayed for forty years. Paris Sirens 2015-01-11T05:00:00Z In a 1967 piece based on a Jean de La Fontaine fable, language piles up in silent layers as photographed words are projected over others printed on a screen. ‘Marcel Broodthaers,’ a Knot of Riddles in a MoMA Retrospective 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z She was holding a cardboard sign on which she had written a fable inspired by the 17th-century poet La Fontaine, denouncing inflation. Tens of Thousands March in Paris to Protest Rising Living Costs 2022-10-16T04:00:00Z Western writers — anyone from Jean de La Fontaine to James Joyce — could cull from the past without accusations of plagiarism because the Western canon was considered part of their heritage. After Mocking France’s Literary Elite, a Fraught Invite Into the Club 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z The subversive genre incorporated motifs and tropes from classical myth, the codes of medieval chivalry, the fables of La Fontaine and novels by the early feminist French writers Mademoiselle de Scudéry and Madame la Fayette. The first fairytales were feminist critiques of patriarchy. We need to revive their legacy | Melissa Ashley 2019-11-10T05:00:00Z The almost 300 alumni and guests gathered at La Fontaine Bleue in Lanham to celebrate their alma mater, one of five D.C. high schools open to black students before the U.S. Alumni of D.C.’s historically black vocational school gather 2019-04-14T04:00:00Z Born in tiny La Fontaine, Ind., he grew up a baseball fanatic until his parents took him to a minor league hockey game in 1960. Mike ‘Doc’ Emrick, the voice of the Stanley Cup finals, delivers hockey poetry 2018-05-27T04:00:00Z But to the outside world China has tried to promote Xi as a more international figure; an urbane, globe-trotting statesman whose shelves are packed with the works of Chekhov, Flaubert, Shelley and La Fontaine. How Xi Jinping's global ambitions could thrive as Trump turns inward 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z Jean La Fontaine of the London School of Economics says Pentecostal pastors sometimes identify children as witches, which leads directly to abuse. Toil and trouble 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z “This is very much a mixed neighborhood,” Frank Mokrycki, a bartender at La Fontaine, a dimly lit bar on the street. Blocks From Charlie Hebdo, Area Known for Bonhomie Is Shaken Again 2015-11-15T05:00:00Z From Byron to Balzac, Walt Whitman to La Fontaine, China’s bibliophile leader has repeatedly used overseas speeches to show off the depth of his literary knowledge. Publishers under pressure as China's censors reach for red pen 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z La Fontaine founded his fable of Le Psautier on Boccaccio’s version. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z And Sainte-Beuve was indirectly justifying his own method when he pointed to the example of Voltaire, Molière, La Fontaine, and Rabelais and Villon, the great ancestors. Shelburne Essays, Third Series 2012-04-16T02:00:02.027Z The collection expanded to 16 million cards, and Mr. Otlet and Mr. La Fontaine envisioned a “city of knowledge,” complete with museum exhibits and other archival material. Google to Announce Venture With Belgian Museum 2012-03-12T17:20:12Z Dora would fain have said to the French Government, much as good old La Fontaine's cobbler said to the financier, "Give me back my songs and take again your lucre." Woman and Artist 2012-01-10T03:00:14.960Z Nothing could be more ridiculous than to see you attempt the lighter vein, which does very well for the little dog of La Fontaine, but which is disgusting in more solid animals. Beaumarchais and the War of American Independence 2011-11-11T03:00:25.690Z He published editions of Montaigne and La Fontaine; he wrote a life of Condé. The Anglo-French Entente in the Seventeenth Century 2011-11-04T02:00:24.773Z This was even that world which gave up to the happy La Fontaine the types of his animal characters. The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine 2011-09-21T02:00:27.670Z La Fontaine has treated the same subject in three of his fables. Louis XIV and La Grande Mademoiselle 1652-1693 2011-09-14T02:00:48.383Z The P�re Lachaise," he exclaimed, "possesses the tombs of Musset, Balzac, Chopin, La Fontaine, Bizet, of your 'friends' Cuvier and Thiers, and others, but it is too fashionable, too showy.... My Memoirs 2011-09-13T02:00:28.713Z The fables, for which he took La Fontaine as his model, are simple and didactic. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" 2011-09-02T02:00:20.450Z Had Cowper not gone mad in his thirty-second year, and been frightened out of the world of trifles, we should have had another Prior, a wittier Gay, an earlier Praed, an English La Fontaine. Res Judicat? Papers and Essays 2011-08-24T02:00:18.157Z There is a fable about that—which I have read somewhere—in Perrault or La Fontaine. A Tatter of Scarlet Adventurous Episodes of the Commune in the Midi 1871 2011-08-04T02:00:19.957Z La Fontaine had, however, given no new information about the confidence inspired. Louis XIV and La Grande Mademoiselle 1652-1693 2011-09-14T02:00:48.383Z When the War of 1914 broke out, the rich and ancient city was still as La Fontaine had described it: "No town is dearer to me than Rheims, The Honour and Glory of our France." Rheims and the Battles for its Possession Illustrated Michelin Guides to the Battle-Fields (1914-1918) 2011-07-31T02:00:09.963Z Not only were there numerous adaptations of Aesop, known as Ysopets, but Marie de France in the 13th century composed many original fables, some rivalling La Fontaine’s in simplicity and gracefulness. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" 2011-07-16T02:00:16.387Z Of all fabulists, ancient and modern, does any one, even the ingenious, the pure, the elegant Phædrus, approach our La Fontaine? Lectures on the true, the beautiful and the good 2011-05-25T02:00:17.943Z There is perhaps no other literary name whatever among the French by long proof more secure than is La Fontaine’s, of universal and of immortal renown. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z Louis XIV. and Philip IV. in spite of La Fontaine, were in the right in attaching capital importance to the placing their feet upon the right carpets. Louis XIV and La Grande Mademoiselle 1652-1693 2011-09-14T02:00:48.383Z Yet the wife was a woman of virtue, beauty, and intelligence; and La Fontaine himself was a man of otherwise irreproachable character. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:14.897Z As La Fontaine puts it, an apologue is composed of two parts, body and soul. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" 2011-07-16T02:00:16.387Z And she had been softly rocking herself in the day-dreams recorded above, when they were interrupted as suddenly, if not as fatally, as those of La Fontaine's milkmaid. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 3 2011-04-26T02:00:25.180Z Indeed, that significant, almost untranslatable, French word might have been coined to fit La Fontaine’s case. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z I believe that La Fontaine had Mademoiselle in his mind when writing La Fille. Louis XIV and La Grande Mademoiselle 1652-1693 2011-09-14T02:00:48.383Z Once a year La Fontaine paid her a visit, in the month of September. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:14.897Z In English, Prior transplanted from France some of La Fontaine’s ease of narration and artful artlessness, while Gay took as his model the Contes rather than the Fables. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" 2011-07-16T02:00:16.387Z The first place, however, amongst modern fabulists belongs to the French writer La Fontaine. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar 2011-04-14T02:00:59.373Z There was truth as well as humor implied in what she said one day: “I have sent away all my domestics; I have kept only my dog, my cat, and La Fontaine.” French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z For La Fontaine, the Luxembourg was the palace in which there was no place for lovers. Louis XIV and La Grande Mademoiselle 1652-1693 2011-09-14T02:00:48.383Z Boileau and Racine both tried to bring the married pair together, but without success; and, in course of time La Fontaine almost forgot that he was married. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:14.897Z The unique character of his work has given a new word to the French language: other writers of fables are called fabulistes, La Fontaine is named le fablier. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" 2011-07-16T02:00:16.387Z I could never clearly comprehend the fable of Jupiter and Thunder, in La Fontaine—b. viii, fable 20. A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 10 (of 10) From "The Works of Voltaire - A Contemporary Version" 2011-03-31T02:00:21.443Z Catching, however, at the name, La Fontaine, as he came to himself for a moment, betrayed the secret of his absent thought by asking, “Do you think St. Augustine had as much wit as Rabelais?” French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z It is a tourist of the time who so speaks, La Fontaine, who visited Blois in 1663, and described it to his wife in a letter half prose, half verse. Louis XIV and La Grande Mademoiselle 1652-1693 2011-09-14T02:00:48.383Z And, now, my pet, what do you say to an hour with La Fontaine, while I attend to some correspondence? The Revellers 2011-02-26T03:00:50.133Z Among the successors of La Fontaine the most distinguished is Florian. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" 2011-07-16T02:00:16.387Z Was the subject of this fable, which La Fontaine put into bad verse so different from his general style, given to him? A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 10 (of 10) From "The Works of Voltaire - A Contemporary Version" 2011-03-31T02:00:21.443Z “The public says you visit my house for my wife’s sake, not for mine,” said La Fontaine. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z La Fontaine gaily retook his route towards Amboise; he saw the smile of France, and he was made to enjoy it. Louis XIV and La Grande Mademoiselle 1652-1693 2011-09-14T02:00:48.383Z As La Fontaine made animals teachers of wisdom to men, it is very appropriate that the three chief hotels in his native town should be "The Elephant," "The Giraffe," and "The Swan." The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 2 (of 10) From the Battle of Mons to the Fall of Antwerp. 2011-02-19T03:01:10.063Z He asks a sage whether a fabulist writing after La Fontaine would not be wise to consign his work to the flames. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" 2011-07-16T02:00:16.387Z In his operas, La Fontaine composed in the style of his fables; and Benserade, in his translation of Ovid's "Metamorphoses," exhibited the same kind of pleasantry which rendered his madrigals successful. A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 10 (of 10) From "The Works of Voltaire - A Contemporary Version" 2011-03-31T02:00:21.443Z “Far from it,” responds La Fontaine, seizing his friend’s hand. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z French criticism gives the name to such adieux to the public, at the close of a non-dramatic work, as are reserved by La Fontaine for certain critical points in the “Fables.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z LA FONTAINE, Jean de.—Tales and Novels in verse of J. de La Fontaine illustrated with the eighty fives original plates by Eisen . . . A Catalogue of Books in English Later than 1700 (Vol 2 of 3) Forming a portion of the library of Robert Hoe 2011-02-16T03:00:34.387Z “With La Fontaine himself,” says Lessing, “I have no quarrel, but against the imitators of La Fontaine I enter my protest.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" 2011-07-16T02:00:16.387Z Two of the politest Authors in Europe, of the last Age, St. Evremont and La Fontaine, had such an Esteem for Mr. Waller, that it is strange he meets with no better Quarter at Home. An Essay on Criticism 2011-02-06T03:00:52.167Z A trait or two more and there will have been enough of the man La Fontaine. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z It is said Perrault wrote them down as he heard them with the intention of writing them over in verse after the manner of the fables done by La Fontaine. Literature for Children 2011-02-02T03:00:21.560Z "We put no trust in this lump of flour," the peasants thought, like La Fontaine's mice. Six Women and the Invasion 2011-01-18T03:00:13.193Z Gellert’s fables were closely modelled after La Fontaine’s, and were a vehicle for lively railings against the fair sex, and hits at contemporary follies. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" 2011-07-16T02:00:16.387Z But it is as the friend and protectress of La Fontaine and as the object of Boileau's satire that she is best known. Woman in Science With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind 2011-01-12T03:00:29.853Z “I was on the way there,” La Fontaine characteristically replied. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z But in neither is the drawing quite so charming as is that of Boutet de Monvel for the French fables of La Fontaine. Literature for Children 2011-02-02T03:00:21.560Z In particular the Fables of La Fontaine, perhaps the most graceful, concise, and witty ever written, do not respond well to the ferocious manner of Dennis. Aesop Dress'd Or a collection of Fables All the elaborations and refinements of later authors, from Phaedrus to La Fontaine, are perversions of this original. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" 2011-07-16T02:00:16.387Z Like the crow in La Fontaine's fable, Jonathan registered a vow ... but a little late. Friend Mac Donald At seventy, La Fontaine went through a process of “conversion,” so called, in which he professed repentance of his sins. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z But you are acting the part of La Fontaine's schoolmaster, who moralized with the pupil when he had fallen into the water.” A Treatise on Etching For the corresponding fables in La Fontaine see the notes to the text of the present edition. Aesop Dress'd Or a collection of Fables On the quay stands a marble statue erected to the memory of La Fontaine, who was born in the town in 1621; his house is still preserved in the street that bears his name. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 8 "Chariot" to "Chatelaine" La Fontaine was the latest of the French poets to attempt the chant royal, until it was resuscitated in modern times. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" On the genuineness of this inward experience of La Fontaine, it is not for a fellow-creature of his, especially at this distance of time, to pronounce. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z La Fontaine, some of whose fables you have read, belongs to the same period, which is the greatest in French literature. Zigzag Journeys in Europe Vacation Rambles in Historic Lands Mandeville retains the outlines of the original but treats the details perfunctorily, as though he had given up trying to re-create the comic terror of La Fontaine's little masterpiece. Aesop Dress'd Or a collection of Fables An amusing fable by La Fontaine relates how a stag, gazing at his reflection in the water, deplores the awkwardness of his legs, and admires the beauty of his antlers. Landseer A collection of fifteen pictures and a portrait of the painter with introduction and interpretation This objection, indeed, applies to almost all writers after 1660, except Molière, and La Fontaine, and La Rochefoucauld. A Short History of French Literature La Fontaine’s earliest works were “Contes,” so styled; that is, tales, or romances. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z I do not know whether each one of them had come in three boats, like the monkey of La Fontaine, but the three certainly displayed themselves over the space of twelve chairs. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 15 Dennis translating La Fontaine resembles a bull in a china shop. Aesop Dress'd Or a collection of Fables His early fables were translations from La Fontaine. An Outline of Russian Literature The fable of La Fontaine was cultivated vigorously, in particular by Florian, a favourite pupil of Voltaire, who will reappear in these pages. A Short History of French Literature We need concern ourselves only with the Fables, for it is on 69 these that La Fontaine’s fame securely rests. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z She has studied the distinction between a curtsey which precedes the recital of a fable of La Fontaine and a poem of Francis Jammes. Interpreters When Mandeville's invention is working well, as it does in "The Wolf and Dog," it provides, in its colloquial heartiness, an adequate substitute for La Fontaine's refinement of tone and subtlety of detail. Aesop Dress'd Or a collection of Fables They imitate La Fontaine’s free versification and they are written in iambics of varying length. An Outline of Russian Literature The example of La Fontaine's tales was followed by many writers of more talent than scruple, but their literary value is not sufficient to entitle them to a place here. A Short History of French Literature Still, it is chiefly the consummate artful artlessness of the form that constitutes the individual merit of La Fontaine’s productions. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z She adores La Fontaine, reads Balzac with a kind of artist scowl, and will not let Greek alone. International Short Stories American For each of Mandeville's fables except "The Carp" and "The Nightingale and Owl," which are originals, I have indicated below the original in La Fontaine's Fables by title, book, and number. Aesop Dress'd Or a collection of Fables This is just one of those terse effects such as La Fontaine delights in. An Outline of Russian Literature La Fontaine, indeed, was a writer of the greatest genius, but, though the form which his work takes is metrical, the highest merits of poetry proper are absent. A Short History of French Literature In this one case let us try representing La Fontaine’s compression by our English form. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z C La Fontaine's fight for, 97; Lord Elgin's good work for, 98. The Makers of Canada: Index and Dictionary of Canadian History The added length is partly explained by meter: Mandeville's octosyllabic line is less capacious, as a rule, than La Fontaine's flexible one. Aesop Dress'd Or a collection of Fables Gilbert, as elegant as La Fontaine, as clear as an icicle, and as clean as the thrust of a sword. An Outline of Russian Literature La Fontaine, too, was himself, though an admirer of Malherbe, a rebel to the Malherbe tradition, and delighted both in reading and imitating the work of the Renaissance and the middle ages. A Short History of French Literature Mr. Wright here expands La Fontaine’s thirty-two verses to it forty-four. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z C On the union of 1841, 14-15; his high-handedness, 17; his political schemes, 18; constitutional battle with La Fontaine as to meaning of ministerial responsibility, 97. The Makers of Canada: Index and Dictionary of Canadian History More often, Mandeville's translations are longer than their originals because Mandeville is not able to match La Fontaine's wit and point. Aesop Dress'd Or a collection of Fables The trouble is that Krylov has written six lines which are as untranslatable as La Fontaine’s four; and he has made them as profoundly Russian as La Fontaine’s are French. An Outline of Russian Literature The measure is almost always an irregular mixture of lines of different lengths, rhyming sometimes in couplets, sometimes in interlaced stanzas, which La Fontaine established as the vehicle of serio-comic narration. A Short History of French Literature As the world goes, La Fontaine was a “good fellow,” never lacking friends. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z Marie's fables cannot compete with those of her great French successor, La Fontaine; and yet one is always insensibly comparing them with his. Women of Mediæval France Woman: in all ages and in all countries Vol. 5 (of 10) Perhaps it is Mandeville's plainspokenness, his determination to say all that must be said, which causes him to state explicitly things that La Fontaine left implicit. Aesop Dress'd Or a collection of Fables He re-creates the situation, expanding La Fontaine’s first line into six lines, makes it his own, and stamps on it the impress of his personality and his nationality. An Outline of Russian Literature There is no greater mistake than the supposition that La Fontaine's verse-writing is mere facile improvisation. A Short History of French Literature It would be easy to repeat many stories illustrative of this personal quality in La Fontaine, while to tell a single story illustrative of any lofty trait in his character would be perhaps impossible. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z One might almost paraphrase the accusation of the wolf against the lamb in La Fontaine's fable. An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections La Fontaine's lion remains dignified and restrained throughout. Aesop Dress'd Or a collection of Fables La Fontaine, at the age of twenty-two, had not taken any profession or devoted himself to any pursuit. Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 He very early made attempts in literature, and when he was a man of seven- or eight-and-twenty, he joined La Fontaine, Racine, and Molière in the celebrated society of four. A Short History of French Literature With La Fontaine the man, it is the sadly familiar French story of debauchee manners in life and in literary production. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z Descartes, the famous mathematician and philosopher; La Fontaine, celebrated for his witty fables; Buffon, the great naturalist, were all singularly deficient in the powers of conversation. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 4 June 1906 "The Frog" is notable chiefly because Mandeville lengthened La Fontaine's moral of four lines to fourteen in order to glance at the social and economic implications of pride: So full of Pride is every Age! Aesop Dress'd Or a collection of Fables Moreover, as this volume was limited to narratives in prose, devil’s tales in verse by Chaucer, Hans Sachs and La Fontaine could not be considered, either. Devil Stories An Anthology La Fontaine himself was a dramatist, though his dramas do not approach his other work in excellence. A Short History of French Literature In the fable of the “Rat Retired from the World,” La Fontaine rallies the monks. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z La Fontaine has a fable to the point, but I cannot call it up. Elizabeth Gilbert and Her Work for the Blind The inclusion of La Fontaine and his friends in the ministry had proved the bona fides of the governor, and the French, being, as Elgin said, "quiet sort of people," stood fast by their friend. British Supremacy & Canadian Self-Government, 1839-1854 It is to the Marcus Aurelius of Guevara that La Fontaine alludes in his "Paysan du Danube"; the story of the peasant was one of the most popular of the "Golden Boke." The English Novel in the Time of Shakespeare What he contributed was an admirable and peculiar narrative style, due, as seems very probable, in great part to the example of La Fontaine, but distinguished therefrom by all the difference of verse and prose. A Short History of French Literature On the whole, however, the masterpiece among the fables of La Fontaine is that of “The Animals Sick of the Plague.” French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z Rabelais and Marot were the perpetual favourites of La Fontaine; from one he borrowed his humour, and from the other his style. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 The happy accident of the dual leadership of La Fontaine and Baldwin furnished a precedent for successive ministries, each of which took its name from a similar partnership of French and English. British Supremacy & Canadian Self-Government, 1839-1854 La Fontaine had written a few indifferent verses; Molière was almost unknown. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 92, June, 1865 Marot has sometimes been regarded as the father of modern French poetry, which, unless modern French poetry is limited to La Fontaine and the poets of the eighteenth century, is absolutely false. A Short History of French Literature We give this famous fable as our closing specimen of La Fontaine: French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z Voltaire assures us that he, like La Fontaine, composed verses frequently in his sleep, which he remembered on awaking. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 2, No. 12, May, 1851. Between the extremes, however, there existed a group of moderate politicians, represented, in the Upper Province by Baldwin, in the Lower by La Fontaine, and among British statesmen apparently by both Sydenham and Elgin. British Supremacy & Canadian Self-Government, 1839-1854 They were unquestionably happier and better off there than La Fontaine’s rat in his Dutch cheese. My Private Menagerie from The Works of Theophile Gautier Volume 19 During the later years of his life La Fontaine was a confirmed Parisian. A Short History of French Literature “The Two Doves,” is another of La Fontaine’s more tender inspirations. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z Milton and La Fontaine did not write in the bask of court favour. Calamities and Quarrels of Authors The French remained as solidly as ever a unit, and under La Fontaine they were certain to continue to place their solidarity at the disposal of the Upper Canada reformers. British Supremacy & Canadian Self-Government, 1839-1854 "Le chêne et le Roseau," that most beautiful of La Fontaine's fables, had been recited, well recited, by the tutor, and the pupil had animatedly availed herself of the lesson. Shirley When Colbert died, La Fontaine and Boileau were the two candidates; an awkward accident, considering their friendship, and the fact that the court was as decidedly for Boileau as the Academy itself for La Fontaine. A Short History of French Literature Here is that fable of La Fontaine’s graced by the hand of Bryant upon it as translator. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z La Fontaine’s fables gave some of the prettiest and gayest designs, and were generally the centres of splendid arabesques. Needlework As Art The joint ministry of La Fontaine and Baldwin was, in a sense, the most satisfactory answer that could be made to the difficulty. British Supremacy & Canadian Self-Government, 1839-1854 Franklin, after a moment’s thought, remarked, that many new fables could be invented, as instructive as any of those of Esop, Gay, or La Fontaine. Benjamin Franklin A Picture of the Struggles of Our Infant Nation One Hundred Years Ago American Pioneers and Patriots Series La Fontaine's work is considerable, including many miscellaneous poems, the romance of Psyche, and various dramatic attempts which were more or less failures. A Short History of French Literature It is suitable to add, in conclusion, that La Fontaine is a crucial author for disclosing the irreconcilable difference that exists, at bottom, between the Englishman’s and the Frenchman’s idea of poetry. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z Here he took delight in assembling under his roof the most eminent geniuses of the age; especially Chapelle, Racine, Molière, and La Fontaine. Books and Authors Curious Facts and Characteristic Sketches He did not at first understand that La Fontaine, not Papineau, was the French leader, and that the latter represented only himself and a few Rouges of violent but unsubstantial revolutionary opinions. British Supremacy & Canadian Self-Government, 1839-1854 But with La Fontaine's stories it is never so. A Captain in the Ranks A Romance of Affairs The two books are complementary to each other, and La Fontaine's genius cannot be judged by either alone. A Short History of French Literature No English-speaker, heir of Shakespeare and Milton, will ever be able to satisfy a Frenchman with admiration such as he can conscientiously profess for the poetry of La Fontaine. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z It was through a mere alley in humanity that his car drove to La Fontaine Park, and at the park there was an astonishing gathering. Westward with the Prince of Wales In the cities, the national self-consciousness of the French was most conspicuously present; and leaders like Papineau, La Fontaine, and Cartier proved the reality of French culture and political skill. British Supremacy & Canadian Self-Government, 1839-1854 It should be illuminated with those qualities which La Fontaine applauded in the dialogue of Plato, namely vivacity, fidelity of tone, and accuracy in the opposition of opinions. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 3 "Destructors" to "Diameter" The spirit of the Fabliaux had been dead, or at any rate dormant, since Marot and Rabelais; La Fontaine revived it. A Short History of French Literature He broke down faction by bon-mots; he extinguished conspiracy by passing compliments; he administered the sternest law with the most polished smile; and cut down rebellion by quotations from La Fontaine, and calembourgs from Scarron. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 57, No. 351, January 1845 La Fontaine had made a fashion of this sort of exercise. The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault La Fontaine was definitely approached on the tenth, and, seemingly, Bagot was not quite prepared for the greatness of his claims—"four places in the Council, with the admission of Mr. Baldwin into it." British Supremacy & Canadian Self-Government, 1839-1854 He was master of that infantine simplicity which the French call naïveté, which never fails to charm, in Phædrus and La Fontaine, from the cradle to the grave. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. IX (of X) - America - I La Fontaine, instead of in the smallest degree degrading the beast-fable, has, on the contrary, exalted it to almost the highest point of which it is capable. A Short History of French Literature There was Elizur Wright whose name is a household word in many homes as translator of La Fontaine's fables for the children. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III If I had to give up all books but two," she was fond of saying, "I would choose the Gospels and La Fontaine's Fables. As I Remember Recollections of American Society during the Nineteenth Century The French solidarity had begun to break up, and La Fontaine had found in Viger a rival in the affections of his adherents. British Supremacy & Canadian Self-Government, 1839-1854 At the end of the rue Mozart, where the rues La Fontaine, Poussin, des Perchamps meet, he had quitted the tram with real satisfaction. Messengers of Evil Being a Further Account of the Lures and Devices of Fantômas La Fontaine, like Goldsmith, was with his pen in his hand as shrewd and as deeply learned in human nature as without it he was simple and naïf. A Short History of French Literature Honor was again paid to the prose of Pascal and Massillon, and to the verse of Racine and La Fontaine. Critical and Historical Essays, Volume III (of 3) See also La Fontaine's tale of "La Mandragore," founded upon the above comedy. Aphrodisiacs and Anti-aphrodisiacs: Three Essays on the Powers of Reproduction Mr. La Fontaine said, 'Your attempts to carry on the government on principles of conciliation must fail. British Supremacy & Canadian Self-Government, 1839-1854 Other writers have sought,—for instance, our great classical authors, Pascal, Bossuet and perhaps Corneille,—to influence the thought of their time; some, like Molière, La Fontaine, and La Bruyère, to correct customs. Madame Bovary A Tale of Provincial Life Probably the fables of La Fontaine, which are very closely allied to the style, may have given the required impulse. A Short History of French Literature Landor said, as he considered the names of his two visitors, that he felt like La Fontaine with all the better company of the beasts about him. Stories of Authors, British and American Various unfortunate undertakings, such as the publication of new editions of "La Fontaine" and "Molière," plunged him into debt. A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) Its charms actually soothed the savage breast of Boileau, and it is not surprising that La Fontaine loved it. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 That is the answer to La Fontaine's octogenarian, planting his trees, despite the gibes of the little beardless boys whom, as is inevitable in such cases, he survived. Hortus Vitae Essays on the Gardening of Life His work displays the same defects in a greater and the same merits in a lesser degree, but his fables in the style of La Fontaine are not unhappy. A Short History of French Literature La Fontaine's description of the floating sticks might be aptly applied to Bekaneer. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century It is for the same reason that La Fontaine is held in such high esteem among the French. Pearls of Thought At any rate, as compared with La Fontaine or Prior, he hardly counts. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 A bow," La Fontaine says, "is a note drawn at sight. How To Behave: A Pocket Manual Of Republican Etiquette, And Guide To Correct Personal Habits Embracing An Exposition Of The Principles Of Good Manners; Useful Hints On The Care Of The Person, Eating, Drinking, Exercise, Habits, Dress, Self-Culture, And Behavior At Home; The Etiquette Of Salutations, Introductions, Receptions, Visits, Dinners, Evening Parties, Conversation, Letters, Presents, Weddings, Funerals, The Street, The Church, Places Of Amusement, Traveling, Etc., With Illustrative Anecdotes, a Chapter on Love and Courtship, and Rules of Order for Debating Societies Even purists, like his friend Boileau, admitted a certain archaism in lighter poetry, and La Fontaine would in all probability have troubled himself very little if they had not. A Short History of French Literature La Fontaine described heresy as now "reduced to the last gasp." The Huguenots in France Scenes from Don Quixote, however, and the pictured fables of La Fontaine which we see on old chairs, seem to need age to ripen them. The Tapestry Book It came to Europe before the Arabian Nights and became popular in La Fontaine's fable of Perrette who counted her chickens before they were hatched, as the popular phrase puts it. Europa's Fairy Book The chosen piece was La Fontaine's Coupe Enchantée, a pretty thing, and even decorous enough for the hearing of Johanna Elizabetha; new too in Stuttgart, though Paris had already forgotten it. A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg His verse tales exceed in licentiousness his models in La Fontaine, but fall far short of them in elegance and humour. A Short History of French Literature The next is Wright's translation of La Fontaine's famous fable on the day-dreaming theme. Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes La Fontaine stole one of Grattelard's dialogues bodily, and converted it into the celebrated fable of The Acorn and the Pumpkin. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 26, August, 1880 of Popular Literature and Science We found the place a little way from Flers, a church and a few houses, called distinctively La Lande-patry, as distinguished from a neighbouring village called by some such name as La Fontaine de Patry. Sketches of Travel in Normandy and Maine For many years he was cared for and caressed by the amiable and cultivated Mme. de Sabli�re, and when she dismissed other acquaintances she still kept "her dog, her cat, and her La Fontaine." A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. The fables of Æsop are almost universally known, and the fables of La Fontaine exhibit a high degree of artistic merit. Elementary Guide to Literary Criticism For a clear and helpful account of the French writers of fables, the most important modern group, read Collins, La Fontaine and Other French Fabulists. Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes Is it not the duty of parents to make their children acquainted with La Fontaine? A Hundred Anecdotes of Animals Here in Germany Perrette does not poise her milk upon her head or weigh it in a balance, in order to afford by its overthrow a fable to La Fontaine. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 12, No. 32, November, 1873 La Fontaine, the bonhomme, who escaped from the toil of conversation which did not interest him in shy or indolent taciturnity, could be a charming talker with companions of his choice. A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. La Fontaine composed the most entertaining Fables ever written in any language, and made them a model of literary perfection; yet our translators and compilers have somehow neglected him. Fables in Rhyme for Little Folks From the French of La Fontaine Notice that La Fontaine has changed the goose to a hen. Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes Times.—“It is pleasant to turn to a taking edition of La Fontaine’s Fables, with Mr. Billinghurst’s exceedingly clever drawings; he throws a world of expression into the faces of his beasts.” A Hundred Anecdotes of Animals A book of short poems—the Odes of Horace, the Fables of La Fontaine, the Sonnets of Shakespeare or Wordsworth—is much more to the purpose. Dr. Johnson and His Circle The company of ladies of the Marais Theatre and that of La Fontaine might not tend to edification. A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. Later in life, when La Fontaine at last was graciously recognized by the grand monarch, he appeared before the royal presence to receive his due. Fables in Rhyme for Little Folks From the French of La Fontaine The following is Wright's translation of the first fable in La Fontaine's collection. Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes There is some excellent drawing in the handsome volume of One Hundred Fables of La Fontaine, for which Mr. Percy Billinghurst has done the pictures. A Hundred Anecdotes of Animals Virgil's tale of Troy is not Homer's: Chaucer gives us one Troilus and Cressida, and Shakespeare another: the fable of the Fox and the Goat takes prose from Phaedrus and poetry from La Fontaine. Dr. Johnson and His Circle The genius of France is united in La Fontaine's writings with the genius of Greece. A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. For these offenses, La Fontaine--who forgave everyone--is bound to forgive me. Fables in Rhyme for Little Folks From the French of La Fontaine La Fontaine is responsible for the story's popularity in modern times. Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes His most remarkable production is "Doushenka," "The Darling," a composition somewhat in the style of La Fontaine's "Psyche." Eugene Oneguine [Onegin] A Romance of Russian Life in Verse In 1841 the French magnetizer, La Fontaine, gave some public exhibitions in Manchester which attracted the attention of a physician by the name of James Braid. Three Thousand Years of Mental Healing They were the delight of Mme. de S�vign� and of La Fontaine; even in the eighteenth century they were the companions of Cr�billon, and were not forgotten by Rousseau. A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. But if La Fontaine's fame endures, it is not alone that he was the greatest lyric poet of a great literary period. Fables in Rhyme for Little Folks From the French of La Fontaine The translation of the following fable is that of W. Lucas Collins, in his La Fontaine and Other French Fabulists. Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes "Far from it," responds La Fontaine, seizing his friend's hand. Classic French Course in English We are not all possessed of that mental abstraction which La Fontaine succeeded in carrying with him throughout life, forming a buffer from which all idle talk rebounded. The Book-Hunter at Home The fables of La Fontaine will serve as a criticism of the errors of the passions. A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. In 1761 the Council of State continued to a grandson of La Fontaine the privilege that his grandfather possessed, on condition, however, that he should not assign it to a bookseller. International Copyright Considered in some of its Relations to Ethics and Political Economy A few fables from La Fontaine, a few from Krylov, one or two each from Gay, Cowper, Yriarte, and Lessing may be used to good advantage with children. Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes "I was on the way there," La Fontaine characteristically replied. Classic French Course in English Thoroughly bored, La Fontaine ate much and said little, and rising very early from the table said that he had to go to the Academy. The Book-Hunter at Home "The philosophy of Horace in the language of La Fontaine, this," writes a critic, "is what we find from time to time in Voltaire." A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. Among these the rarest and most admired are La Fontaine, Madame de Maintenon, Rubens and Vandyck. The Best Portraits in Engraving In comparison to the work of La Fontaine they are the merest journalism. Views and Reviews Essays in appreciation At seventy, La Fontaine went through a process of "conversion," so called, in which he professed repentance of his sins. Classic French Course in English Books of fables, whether by Æsop, Bidpai, La Fontaine, Gay, or Kriloff, would form an interesting collection by themselves, and it would be amusing to trace the pedigree of some of the tales. The Book-Hunter at Home All that is best in the genius of La Fontaine may be found in his Fables. A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. In the century following theirs came Sir Thomas Browne, and immediately after him La Fontaine. The Best of the World's Classics, Vol. V (of X) - Great Britain and Ireland III Any one who remembers the infinite variety of La Fontaine will feel that Gay the fabulist is a writer whose work the world has let die very willingly indeed. Views and Reviews Essays in appreciation La Fontaine's earliest works were Contes, so styled; that is, stories, tales, or romances. Classic French Course in English The people will bow down to him as he passes; it is a dream of bliss, La Fontaine's story of the "Pot au Lait." A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance All the furniture was in tapestry, the subjects of the designs being taken from La Fontaine's fables. The works of Guy de Maupassant, Vol. 5 Une Vie and Other Stories Go on, M. La Fontaine! pray go on. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection To this Morality we perhaps owe the panegyric of Folly by Erasmus, and the Love and Folly of La Fontaine. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 We need concern ourselves only with the Fables, for it is on these that La Fontaine's fame securely rests. Classic French Course in English He was right, too, as to the outlook at Château Thierry, the charming birthplace of La Fontaine, on the road to Epernay. France and the Republic A Record of Things Seen and Learned in the French Provinces During the 'Centennial' Year 1889 This subject Bogdanóvitch borrowed from La Fontaine's novel, "The Loves of Psyche and Cupid," which, in turn, was borrowed from Apuleius. A Survey of Russian Literature, with Selections Rabelais and La Fontaine are recorded by their countrymen to have been rêveurs. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection La Fontaine is recorded to have been one of the most absent men; and Furetière relates a most singular instance of this absence of mind. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 Still, it is chiefly the consummate artful artlessness of the form that constitutes the individual merit of La Fontaine's productions. Classic French Course in English This is especially the case in the vicinity of Château-Thierry—the birthplace of La Fontaine—where the view is shut in on all sides by vine-clad slopes, which the spring frosts seldom spare. Facts About Champagne and Other Sparkling Wines In 1803 he offered his first three fables, partly translated, partly worked over from La Fontaine, and from the moment of their publication, his fame as a writer of fables began to grow. A Survey of Russian Literature, with Selections I saw, what seemed blazing in fire, the names of Henry Gabriel St. James and Therésa Josephine La Fontaine united in marriage by the usual formula of the church. Ernest Linwood or, The Inner Life of the Author La Fontaine attended the burial of one of his friends, and some time afterwards he called to visit him. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 In this one case, let us try representing La Fontaine's compression by our English form. Classic French Course in English How I wish that good La Fontaine might have seen his dumb friends under present circumstances. With Those Who Wait Dmítrieff's most prominent literary work was a translation of La Fontaine's Fables, and some satirical writings. A Survey of Russian Literature, with Selections It was at this time that he became acquainted with Therésa Josephine La Fontaine, and his worn and sated passions were quickened into new life. Ernest Linwood or, The Inner Life of the Author Near Boileau stood Racine, who seemed to beckon to La Fontaine to come forwards. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 Mr. Wright here expands La Fontaine's thirty-two verses to forty-four. Classic French Course in English Rousseau did the same till he was forty years old; La Fontaine—his whole life. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 97, November, 1865 "Well, what next?" said La Fontaine, much more interested in the apologue than its moral. The Vicomte de Bragelonne Or Ten Years Later being the completion of "The Three Musketeers" And "Twenty Years After" During my agitated interview with my unhappy father, I had forgotten Therésa La Fontaine, and the boy whose birthright I had unconsciously usurped. Ernest Linwood or, The Inner Life of the Author After Ariosto, La Fontaine, and Prior, let us hear of it no more; yet this has been done, in a manner, however, which here cannot be told. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 In the fable of the "Rat retired from the World," La Fontaine rallies the monks. Classic French Course in English His plea or pretence, that he was sheltered by the superior grossness of Ariosto and La Fontaine, of Prior and of Fielding, is nihil ad rem, if it is not insincere. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 6 La Fontaine forgot his Gorgny wine and allowed Vatel to reconcile him to the wines of the Rhone and those from the shores of Spain. The Vicomte de Bragelonne Or Ten Years Later being the completion of "The Three Musketeers" And "Twenty Years After" La Fontaine, who in most of his fables charms us with his exquisite fineness of observation, has here been ill-inspired. Social Life in the Insect World La Fontaine, at the age of twenty-two, had not taken any profession, or devoted himself to any pursuit. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 "The Two Doves" is another of La Fontaine's more tender inspirations. Classic French Course in English In 1352 a royal silversmith of France, Etienne La Fontaine, made a "fauteuil of silver and crystal decorated with precious stones," for the king. Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance La Fontaine, sauntering about from one to the other, a wandering, absent, boring, unbearable shade, who kept buzzing and humming at everybody's shoulder a thousand poetic abstractions. The Vicomte de Bragelonne Or Ten Years Later being the completion of "The Three Musketeers" And "Twenty Years After" This, although somewhat more arid, is precisely La Fontaine's story, and is contrary to the facts. Social Life in the Insect World Ephesian Matron, versified by La Fontaine, was borrowed from the Italians; it is to be found in Petronius, and Petronius had it from the Greeks. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 On the whole, however, the masterpiece among the fables of La Fontaine is that of "The Animals Sick of the Plague." Classic French Course in English Some of Prior’s tales have the spirit of La Fontaine’s with more judgment, but not, I think, with such an amiable and graceful simplicity. Dialogues of the Dead "I do think it indispensable, and I am going—" "Stay," exclaimed La Fontaine, "I want your advice." The Vicomte de Bragelonne Or Ten Years Later being the completion of "The Three Musketeers" And "Twenty Years After" La Fontaine had never seen nor heard her. Social Life in the Insect World A happy art in the relation of a story is, doubtless, a very agreeable talent; it has obtained La Fontaine all the applause which his charming naïveté deserves. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 It is suitable to add, in conclusion, that La Fontaine is a crucial author for disclosing the irreconcilable difference that exists, at bottom, between the Englishman's and the Frenchman's idea of poetry. Classic French Course in English But did you never reprove your witty friend, La Fontaine, for the vicious levity that appears in many of his tales? Dialogues of the Dead "Ah, you see," resumed La Fontaine, "the fact is, I left it on the floor in my room, and my cat—" "Well; your cat—" "She kittened upon it, which has rather altered its color." The Vicomte de Bragelonne Or Ten Years Later being the completion of "The Three Musketeers" And "Twenty Years After" But La Fontaine, in this abbreviated history, is only the echo of another fabulist. Social Life in the Insect World La Fontaine, says La Bruyère, appeared coarse, heavy, and stupid; he could not speak or describe what he had just seen; but when he wrote he was a model of poetry. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 No English-speaker, heir of Shakspeare and Milton, will ever be able to satisfy a Frenchman with admiration such as he can conscientiously profess for the poetry of La Fontaine. Classic French Course in English Pope.—Prior’s harp had more strings than La Fontaine’s. Dialogues of the Dead "I have forgotten them; but I am delighted to read the verses of others, when those others are known by the names of Moliere, Pellisson, La Fontaine, etc." The Vicomte de Bragelonne Or Ten Years Later being the completion of "The Three Musketeers" And "Twenty Years After" Less excusably than La Fontaine, the Greek fabulist wrote of the Cigale of the books, instead of interrogating the living Cigale, whose cymbals were resounding on every side; careless of the real, he followed tradition. Social Life in the Insect World It laughs with the liberties of La Fontaine. Great Pictures, As Seen and Described by Famous Writers There is perhaps no other literary name whatever among the French, by long proof more secure, than is La Fontaine's, of universal and of immortal renown. Classic French Course in English He was a fine poet in many different ways: La Fontaine but in one. Dialogues of the Dead "Oh! oh!" said La Fontaine, with a little air of pride, "you must not suppose that I have only brought this idea and the eighty pistoles to the surintendant." The Vicomte de Bragelonne Or Ten Years Later being the completion of "The Three Musketeers" And "Twenty Years After" It is much harder for a Frenchman to sound the depths of Shakespeare than for an Englishman to feel the delicacy and originality of La Fontaine or Moli�re. Great Italian and French Composers La Fontaine, the fabulist, was buried by the side of Moliere, who died long before him. Paris: With Pen and Pencil Its People and Literature, Its Life and Business Jean de La Fontaine was humbly born, at Château-Thierry in Champagne. Classic French Course in English Who more judgment and wisdom than Racine, Boileau, La Fontaine, Molière, all of them poets full of genius? Critical Miscellanies (Vol 2 of 3) Essay 1: Vauvenargues "Take care," said Pellisson in La Fontaine's ear; "you have had a most brilliant success up to the present moment, so do not go too far." The Vicomte de Bragelonne Or Ten Years Later being the completion of "The Three Musketeers" And "Twenty Years After" Yet 'Plato is a great philosopher,' said La Fontaine. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 4 While young, La Fontaine gave no promise of his after distinction. Paris: With Pen and Pencil Its People and Literature, Its Life and Business With La Fontaine the man, it is the sadly familiar French story of debauched manners in life and in literary production. Classic French Course in English From this moment I abandoned the classes of the central school, where I was taught to admire Corneille, Racine, La Fontaine, Molière, and attended only the mathematical course. Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men "Then I will never write anything again but in prose," said La Fontaine, who had taken up Pellisson's reproach in earnest. The Vicomte de Bragelonne Or Ten Years Later being the completion of "The Three Musketeers" And "Twenty Years After" La Fontaine, one of the most individual of French poets, devised only a few—and not the best—of the delightful fables he related with unfailing felicity. Inquiries and Opinions Chancing to read some lines of La Fontaine, she sent for him, and at once saw his genius, and suggested that he should write tales and fables. Paris: With Pen and Pencil Its People and Literature, Its Life and Business As the world goes, La Fontaine was a "good fellow," never lacking friends. Classic French Course in English On my word it is worthy almost of La Fontaine himself. Carette of Sark "And like a black swan, is he not!" added La Fontaine; "well, then, the bird in question, black and very rare, is already found." The Vicomte de Bragelonne Or Ten Years Later being the completion of "The Three Musketeers" And "Twenty Years After" From an Arabic translation, these passed into European languages and were used by La Fontaine, the French fabulist. Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson When Foquet was banished, La Fontaine solicited his pardon, but the king was incapable of forgiving an enemy, and changed the sentence to solitary confinement for life. Paris: With Pen and Pencil Its People and Literature, Its Life and Business It would be easy to repeat many stories illustrative of this personal quality in La Fontaine, while to tell a single story illustrative of any lofty trait in his character would he perhaps impossible. Classic French Course in English But some may look upon that as mere foolishness, and may quote against me M. La Fontaine's fable about the fox and the grapes. Carette of Sark "My dénouement," cried La Fontaine, "is, that Vanel, that determined blackbird, knowing that I was coming to Saint-Mandé, implored me to bring him with me, and, if possible, to present him to M. Fouquet." The Vicomte de Bragelonne Or Ten Years Later being the completion of "The Three Musketeers" And "Twenty Years After" She is sure, as La Fontaine says in his satire, reversing the case, "to take the journey alone." Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 337, November, 1843 The succeeding minister took away La Fontaine's pension, as might have been expected. Paris: With Pen and Pencil Its People and Literature, Its Life and Business There was truth as well as humor implied in what she said one day: "I have sent away all my domestics; I have kept only my dog, my cat, and La Fontaine." Classic French Course in English As the good La Fontaine said: “Man is like ice toward truth; He is like fire to untruth.” Musical Memories Presently Loret and La Fontaine would enter from the garden, engaged in a dispute upon the facility of making verses. The Vicomte de Bragelonne Or Ten Years Later being the completion of "The Three Musketeers" And "Twenty Years After" Our story is located near the beautiful Lake Wenner, in a valley which much resembles that described by La Fontaine. The Home in the Valley In 1664 La Fontaine published his first collection of fables, and it gave him immediately the very highest rank as a fabulist. Paris: With Pen and Pencil Its People and Literature, Its Life and Business "The public says you visit my house for my wife's sake, not for mine," said La Fontaine. Classic French Course in English He would then fall back on old-time songs or La Fontaine’s fables in which he excelled. Musical Memories "It would have been too long and not amusing enough," replied La Fontaine, tranquilly; "my eight hundred livres are in this little bag, and I beg to offer them as my contribution." The Vicomte de Bragelonne Or Ten Years Later being the completion of "The Three Musketeers" And "Twenty Years After" I do not think La Fontaine has one original story. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 07 (of 12) The duchess of Bouillon was now in England, and she invited La Fontaine to join her there; but he was now too old, and could not undertake such a journey. Paris: With Pen and Pencil Its People and Literature, Its Life and Business A trait or two more, and there will have been enough of the man La Fontaine. Classic French Course in English This new La Fontaine asking everybody, “Avez-vous lu Kuenen?” is a lesson more humbling to the pride of literature than almost any that can be found. Matthew Arnold "A million and a half," Pellisson grumbled out; "now I happen to know an Indian fable—" "Tell it me," said La Fontaine; "I ought to know it, too." The Vicomte de Bragelonne Or Ten Years Later being the completion of "The Three Musketeers" And "Twenty Years After" La Fontaine had frequently met him in the salons of the cultured ladies of France. The Original Fables of La Fontaine Rendered into English Prose by Fredk. Colin Tilney But though Madame La Fontaine was guiltless in this affair, her character was by no means above reproach. Paris: With Pen and Pencil Its People and Literature, Its Life and Business The old woman had said to her: "Whenever you need advice or assistance, do not forget my address: Rue La Fontaine, Auteuil." His Excellency the Minister To him his friend La Fontaine wrote a full description of the day, and of the effect Vaux had produced upon the fashionable world. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 78, April, 1864 "How! doesn't rhyme!" cried La Fontaine, in surprise. The Vicomte de Bragelonne Or Ten Years Later being the completion of "The Three Musketeers" And "Twenty Years After" But this little book may escape such censure on the ground of its being but a selection from the complete Fables of La Fontaine. The Original Fables of La Fontaine Rendered into English Prose by Fredk. Colin Tilney She gave parties which the most distinguished men in France attended, and La Fontaine was very happy while in her house. Paris: With Pen and Pencil Its People and Literature, Its Life and Business An Appropriate Successor.—Clerambault, who was deformed, was elected to succeed La Fontaine in the French Academy. The Book of Three Hundred Anecdotes Historical, Literary, and Humorous—A New Selection The King's Council conferred upon the descendants of La Fontaine the exclusive privilege of publishing their ancestor's works. Diderot and the Encyclopædists (Vol 1 of 2) A hundred thousand!" cried La Fontaine, "four times as many as La Pucelle, which M. Chaplain is meditating. The Vicomte de Bragelonne Or Ten Years Later being the completion of "The Three Musketeers" And "Twenty Years After" All in this book are of La Fontaine's own invention, although several have since appeared in collections of Æsop's fables without the acknowledgment that is La Fontaine's due. The Original Fables of La Fontaine Rendered into English Prose by Fredk. Colin Tilney La Fontaine made no objection, though we have no evidence that he loved the girl. Paris: With Pen and Pencil Its People and Literature, Its Life and Business On that occasion it was said that "La Fontaine was very properly succeeded by Esop." The Book of Three Hundred Anecdotes Historical, Literary, and Humorous—A New Selection That is to say, the Council took away without compensation from La Fontaine's publishers a copyright for which they had paid in hard cash. Diderot and the Encyclopædists (Vol 1 of 2) "It is certain," continued La Fontaine, "that légume, for instance, rhymes with posthume." The Vicomte de Bragelonne Or Ten Years Later being the completion of "The Three Musketeers" And "Twenty Years After" If deep wisdom, gentle satire, polite cynicism, and, above all, irresistible humour are qualities which make a book attractive then La Fontaine's Fables should be in the hands of all. The Original Fables of La Fontaine Rendered into English Prose by Fredk. Colin Tilney The fabulist and his wife were so extravagant and careless in their habits, that in a very short time the property of La Fontaine was wasted away. Paris: With Pen and Pencil Its People and Literature, Its Life and Business Some of the old tales of the Blackfeet, Piegans, and Chippewas, are as charming as those of La Fontaine. The Log School-House on the Columbia Above all things, Diderot is vehemently in favour of the recognition of literary property, and against such infringement of it as had been ventured upon in the case of La Fontaine. Diderot and the Encyclopædists (Vol 1 of 2) "But ornières and lumières in the plural, my dear Pellisson," said La Fontaine, clapping his hand on the shoulder of his friend, whose insult he had quite forgotten, "and they will rhyme." The Vicomte de Bragelonne Or Ten Years Later being the completion of "The Three Musketeers" And "Twenty Years After" Notwithstanding the fact that the spell of La Fontaine's verse necessarily disappears when another tongue is employed, his English translators, both Elizur Wright and Walter Thornbury, have courageously attempted to do him justice in prosody. The Original Fables of La Fontaine Rendered into English Prose by Fredk. Colin Tilney After twenty years of easy existence, La Fontaine was suddenly deprived of his home. Paris: With Pen and Pencil Its People and Literature, Its Life and Business One of the first garden decorations undertaken was the Grotto of Thetis, a green alcove beautified by exquisite marbles and a fountain that stirred the muse of La Fontaine to sing. The Story of Versailles Like La Fontaine's huntsman, he had been insatiable, and his greediness brought its own punishment. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 341, March, 1844 "Well, if you can rhyme so well, La Fontaine," said Pellisson, "tell me now in what way you would begin my prologue?" The Vicomte de Bragelonne Or Ten Years Later being the completion of "The Three Musketeers" And "Twenty Years After" We have no fabulist like La Fontaine, no song-writer equal to Béranger; but then we do not think of citing our fables and songs as the highest examples of English humor. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 86, February, 1875 Le Brun painted the scenes, La Fontaine wrote verses for it, and Moliere prepared a ballet for the occasion. Paris: With Pen and Pencil Its People and Literature, Its Life and Business La Fontaine tells us this, and the Pope proves it to us. The Roman Question He gave La Fontaine in one way, Molière in another, Victor Hugo in another, some poor modern verse in yet another. Plays, Acting and Music A Book Of Theory They were at the bottom of the stairs, when La Fontaine opened the door and shouted out: "He has promised us some whitings, In return for all our writings." The Vicomte de Bragelonne Or Ten Years Later being the completion of "The Three Musketeers" And "Twenty Years After" La Fontaine in one of the prefaces to his French fables in verse expresses his gratitude to "Bilpay the Indian sage." The Talking Beasts When La Fontaine was twenty-two, a French officer visited him, who was a great admirer of poetry, and who brought the poems of Malherbe. Paris: With Pen and Pencil Its People and Literature, Its Life and Business One half of La Fontaine's Fables are of Indian sources. A Study of Fairy Tales Molière had much of this, as also had La Fontaine and Voltaire, and Béranger's wildest songs appear mild and innocent when compared with those of the Chat Noir. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 4 Pellisson bowed down to the ground, and La Fontaine knelt as people do in churches. The Vicomte de Bragelonne Or Ten Years Later being the completion of "The Three Musketeers" And "Twenty Years After" "Bonhomme La Fontaine," as he was called, chose his subjects from Aesop and Phaedrus and Horace, and, in the later volumes, from such Oriental sources as may have been within his reach. The Talking Beasts La Fontaine became excited by the poetry, or the passionate recitation, and for days did nothing but read and recite poetry. Paris: With Pen and Pencil Its People and Literature, Its Life and Business The father had told them to the son as he had gathered them up, intending to put them into verse after the manner of La Fontaine. A Study of Fairy Tales This is the state of mind La Fontaine has described so perfectly in his story of the "Cierge." Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 328, February, 1843 "And if necessary, we will go and discover a new world," added La Fontaine, intoxicated with projects and enthusiasm. The Vicomte de Bragelonne Or Ten Years Later being the completion of "The Three Musketeers" And "Twenty Years After" And, now we come to La Fontaine the French fabulist, who in 1668 published the first six books of his fables. The Talking Beasts La Fontaine remained for several years at Thierry, indolent, except in his reading, and neglecting his business and his family. Paris: With Pen and Pencil Its People and Literature, Its Life and Business There was a late Persian version, in 1494, and one in Paris in 1644, which was the source of La Fontaine. A Study of Fairy Tales The same thing is related of La Fontaine. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 358, February 28, 1829 Whenever he speaks of Montaigne or La Fontaine or Molière, his words flame with a tempered enthusiasm. Essays Æsthetical I believe that of all authors La Fontaine is the most universally read. The Talking Beasts When the duchess was allowed to return to Paris she took La Fontaine with her, and he was at once introduced into the most brilliant society. Paris: With Pen and Pencil Its People and Literature, Its Life and Business Like the French fabulist, La Fontaine, he was a child all his life, and often a spoiled child; yet he joined to childlike simplicity no small share of worldly wisdom. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 2 The dreamer, La Fontaine, lived too in a world of his own creation. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 358, February 28, 1829 La Fontaine and Molière—we must not part them, we love them united.” Essays Æsthetical It is this world of shifting lights, of queer, elusive, delightful absurdities, that La Fontaine has made the scene of the greater number of his stories. Landmarks in French Literature The circles which La Fontaine frequented were amused by his great eccentricities. Paris: With Pen and Pencil Its People and Literature, Its Life and Business "A bow," says La Fontaine, "is a note drawn at sight." Routledge's Manual of Etiquette He was master of that infantine simplicity which the French call naiveté which never fails to charm in Phaedrus and La Fontaine, from the cradle to the grave. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 1 Bertrand and Raton, two personages in La Fontaine's fable of the Monkey and the Cat, of whom R. cracks the nut and B. eats it. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge And La Fontaine's art is of the latter sort. Landmarks in French Literature That La Fontaine finally made some kind of a confession, there is little doubt; but that he made the shameful confession which Catholic writers declare he did, no one now believes. Paris: With Pen and Pencil Its People and Literature, Its Life and Business He also supplied the place of song by the recitation of certain fables selected from La Fontaine. Delsarte System of Oratory Voltaire took Racine for model; La Mothe imagined that he could imitate La Fontaine. A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 6 In his admission speech he spoke in praise of the living, Bossuet, Fenelon, Racine, La Fontaine; it was not as yet the practice. A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 5 The process was a long one; La Fontaine was in his fifties when he wrote the greater number of his Fables—where his genius found its true expression for the first time. Landmarks in French Literature La Fontaine was unquestionably the greatest fabulist of his or any other time, and he has been exceedingly popular throughout France. Paris: With Pen and Pencil Its People and Literature, Its Life and Business Bossuet, Pascal, and Fenelon, Corneille, Racine, Boileau, Moliere, and La Fontaine, count for quite as much as his great warriors and his able administrators in regard to the splendor of the age of Louis XIV. A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 4 Let me add, that through the works of La Fontaine will be found scattered an infinite number of words in our ancient language, which are at this day unintelligible without a commentary. The Lay of Marie He entered the Academy on the 3d of July, 1684, immediately after La Fontaine. A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 5 La Fontaine's creatures partake both of the nature of real animals and of human beings, and it is precisely in this dual character of theirs that their fascination lies. Landmarks in French Literature La Fontaine had but one son, whom, at the age of 14, he placed in the hands of Harlay, archbishop of Paris, who promised to provide for him. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 562, Saturday, August 18, 1832. Its Garden Court and Fable Room, where La Fontaine's diverting inventions serve as the motifs for murals, attract the younger set for dancing and tea. Fascinating San Francisco He was interred in the burial-ground of Père la Chaise, between the tombs of Molière and La Fontaine, being attended to the grave by several members of the faculty. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 346, December 13, 1828 La Fontaine has been described as a solitary being, without wit, and without external charm of any kind. A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 5 Under the guise of an ingenuous, old-world manner, La Fontaine makes use of an immense range of technical powers. Landmarks in French Literature After a long absence, La Fontaine met this youth at the house of a friend, and being pleased with his conversation, was told that it was his own son. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 562, Saturday, August 18, 1832. Leaving the train at Auteuil, they walked down the Rue La Fontaine to a tavern near the Rue Mozart, where the old man left Cæsar in charge of the proprietor, a friend of his. Through the Wall Mr. Bentham is very much among philosophers what La Fontaine was among poets:—in general habits and in all but his professional pursuits, he is a mere child. The Spirit of the Age Contemporary Portraits The election of Boileau to the Academy appeased the king's humor, who preferred the other's intellect to that of La Fontaine. A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 5 It is indeed by an infinity of small touches that La Fontaine produces his effects. Landmarks in French Literature As age advanced he had acquired a taste for reading, his favourites being La Fontaine's Fables, Anquetil's History of France, and Voltaire's Dictionnaire Philosophique, "to get the hang of things," as he put it. The Aspirations of Jean Servien "Where are you going?" asked the detective, as the old man led the way toward the Rue La Fontaine. Through the Wall The latter classed Jasmin with Theocritus, Horace, and La Fontaine, and paid him the singular tribute, "that he had made Goodness as attractive as other French writers had made Badness." Jasmin: Barber, Poet, Philanthropist As D'Hervart was on his way to go and make the proposal to La Fontaine, he met him in the street. A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 5 La Fontaine was as unsentimental as Molière himself. Landmarks in French Literature The last-named, too, was another La Fontaine in simplicity, preparing for his grandest predications by sorrily rasping on an execrable fiddle. The Gaming Table: Its Votaries and Victims Volume II (of II) On the other hand, the French Academy was never more thoroughly representative of letters than when Boileau, Corneille, La Fontaine, Racine, and Quinault were all members. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 The two names had been forestalled by La Fontaine. Les Misérables The friends, of La Fontaine had but lately wanted to reconcile him to his wife. A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 5 For he is essentially a classic; with a purity, a restraint, a measured and accomplished art which would have delighted Boileau, and which brings him into close kinship with Racine and La Fontaine. Landmarks in French Literature More is to be learned from La Fontaine and Gautier than from Molière and Victor Hugo. De Libris: Prose and Verse Alas!" replied Madame de La Fontaine, "poor Mrs. Meath she this morning is quite unwell. The Inn at the Red Oak He was no longer unable to live without his wife, and he no longer thought with La Fontaine that absence was the greatest of evils. The Court of the Empress Josephine When La Fontaine died, on the 13th of April, 1695, of the four friends lately assembled at Versailles to read the tale of Psyche, Moliere alone had disappeared. A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 5 Among all the wonderful and beautiful examples of masterly craftsmanship in the poetry of France, the Fables of La Fontaine stand out as the models of what perfect art should be. Landmarks in French Literature He decided that the only beautiful epitaphs are single names—such as La Fontaine, Massena, Moliere, "which tell all, and make one dream." Honore de Balzac, His Life and Writings "The Inn at the Red Oak?" repeated Madame de La Fontaine, "and is that near by?" The Inn at the Red Oak In 1862 he illustrated an edition of La Fontaine, and in 1865 he obtained his first medal for a painting of dogs. Concerning Cats My Own and Some Others La Fontaine had admired at Vaux the young comic poet, who had just written the Facheux for the entertainment given by Fouquet to Louis XIV.:— A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 5 In the Middle Ages, La Fontaine would have been a mendicant friar, or a sainted hermit, or a monk, surreptitiously illuminating the margins of his manuscripts with the images of birds and beasts. Landmarks in French Literature Thus, half-an-hour's drive from our village still stands the château and birthplace of Florian, the Pollux of fabulists, La Fontaine being the Castor, no other stars of similar magnitude shining in their especial arc. In the Heart of the Vosges And Other Sketches by a "Devious Traveller" My luggage arrived last night," said Madame de La Fontaine, "upon the ship that is at anchor in the bay. The Inn at the Red Oak Although La Fontaine in his fables shows such a delicate appreciation of their character and ways, it is doubtful whether he honestly loved cats. Concerning Cats My Own and Some Others This patronage was repaid by La Fontaine giving, in one of his fables, "L'Homme et son Image," an elaborate defence of his patron. Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims One more instance of La Fontaine's inimitable conciseness may be given. Landmarks in French Literature Before you arrive at the hall of the Institute, you pass through a handsome antichamber, in which are the statues of Moli�re, Racine, Corneille, La Fontaine, and Montesquieu. Paris as It Was and as It Is The possible oddness of Madame de La Fontaine made less impression upon Dan than did her charm. The Inn at the Red Oak Each was like a fable by La Fontaine expanded to the proportions of an epic poem. Initiation into Literature One of the persons whom Rochefoucauld patronised and protected, was the great French fabulist, La Fontaine. Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims The tragedies of Racine are as closely knit as some lithe naked runner without an ounce of redundant flesh; the Fables of La Fontaine are airy miracles of compression. Landmarks in French Literature Lombroso cites, among his "Men of Genius," quite a list—Corneille, Descartes, Virgil, Addison, La Fontaine, Dryden, Manzoni, and Newton—of those who could not express themselves in public. Why Worry? Madame de La Fontaine drew her handkerchief from beneath her cloak and waved it toward the ship. The Inn at the Red Oak They were anecdotes, tales in verse for the most part dealing with adventures of citizens, analogous to the tales of La Fontaine. Initiation into Literature There is something Attic and aerial in them; they mingle grave and gay, fiction and truth, with a light grace of touch such as neither La Fontaine nor Alcibiades would have been ashamed of. Amiel's Journal With the great masters of the seventeenth century—Pascal, Racine, La Fontaine, La Bruyère—the two influences met, and achieved a perfect balance. Landmarks in French Literature Gleim no doubt sympathized deeply with the sufferer by this treason, for he too had been shocked at some disrespect for La Fontaine, as a disciple of whom he had announced himself. Among My Books First Series Madame de La Fontaine again waved a hand in the direction of the clipper. The Inn at the Red Oak Clement Marot was one of the most famous of early French poets, and the creator of the school of naïve poetry in which La Fontaine afterwards so remarkably excelled. Books Fatal to Their Authors The classical world and the Renaissance—that is to say, the horizon of La Fontaine—is his horizon. Amiel's Journal With the old fabulists the moral was the excuse for the fable; with La Fontaine it was the other way round. Landmarks in French Literature La Fontaine says: "A letter of introduction is a draft at sight, and you must cash it." Frost's Laws and By-Laws of American Society A condensed but thorough treatise on etiquette and its usages in America, containing plain and reliable directions for deportment in every situation in life. Within a few moments the little boat was beached, the officer sprang out, advanced to Madame de La Fontaine, and saluted. The Inn at the Red Oak La Fontaine himself was a mere child of nature, indolent, and led by the whim of the moment, rather than by any fixed principle. Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities La Fontaine gives you a picture of the poor peasant under the monarchy; Boileau shows you nothing but a man perspiring under a heavy load. Amiel's Journal Besides this, the traditional employment of animals as the personages in a fable served La Fontaine's turn in another way. Landmarks in French Literature They expurgated the classics of the seventeenth century, and did not allow the name of God to sully the Fables of La Fontaine. Jean Christophe: in Paris The Market-Place, Antoinette, the House "He understands no English," remarked Madame de La Fontaine. The Inn at the Red Oak These tales were the models of those of Boccaccio, La Fontaine, and others. Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities I went through my La Fontaine, and noticed the omissions in him. Amiel's Journal Molière spared nothing, La Fontaine laughed at everything. Jean-Christophe, Volume I And will not you, whose naive kindliness can only be compared with that of our own La Fontaine, be glad to know of this? The Jealousies of a Country Town It consists of translations, or, better, imitations of Aesop, La Fontaine, and Kryloff, together with fables drawn from the Midrash. The Renascence of Hebrew Literature (1743-1885) Nor did he relish the excessive simplicity of La Fontaine, or deem that his talent was a sufficient compensation for his slovenly manners and inaptitude for court life. Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities From La Fontaine it is possible to reconstruct the whole society of his epoch, and the old Champenois with his beasts remains the only Homer France has ever possessed. Amiel's Journal Well, your trees divide their discourse somewhat Ellesmerically: they do not talk with the simplicity La Fontaine’s would; but there is a good deal in them. Friends in Council — First Series La Fontaine polishes his own exquisite style upon his model; and Voltaire calls him "the best of preachers." Horace It was in his stories that La Fontaine excelled; and Madame de Sévigné expresses a wish to invent a fable which would impress upon him the folly of leaving his peculiar province. Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes France has produced numerous writers of fables since the time of La Fontaine, but none worthy of comparison with him. Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities He remains a great writer because, like Moli�re, La Bruy�re, and La Fontaine, he is always close to nature, disdaining all studied rhetorical effect and all literary verbosity. Une Vie, a Piece of String and Other Stories He had the honour of being hated by Boileau and La Fontaine, and of being first the friend and collaborator, and later the enemy, of Molière. The Love Affairs of Great Musicians, Volume 1 A 'Sermon on Painting,' which was preached before Sir Robert Walpole, in the gallery at Houghton, by his chaplain; 'Patapan, or the Little White Dog,' imitated from La Fontaine. The Wits and Beaux of Society Volume 2 La Fontaine, without any agency of his own affections, found himself married at the age of twenty-six, while yet as immature as most men are at sixteen. Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes While on her way to make the proposal, she met him in the street, and said, "La Fontaine, will you come and live in my house?" Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities The bumblebee emerges from the flower, shaking the yellow dust—A Hen comes on the scene as in La Fontaine's fable. Chantecler Play in Four Acts I know that you would like to see La Fontaine in England, he is so little regarded in Paris, his head is so feeble. Life, Letters, and Epicurean Philosophy of Ninon de L'Enclos The Celebrated Beauty of the Seventeenth Century "Why should we not try to believe, like La Fontaine," she questioned, "that sorrow and unhappiness are akin to disease, a mental instead of a physical scourge—that it must pass just as inevitably?" The Profiteers Whenever Poignant was not at his inn, he was at La Fontaine's, and consequently with his wife, when he himself was not at home. Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes It is as difficult for a Frenchman to understand Mark Twain as for a North American to admire La Fontaine. Mark Twain In the century following theirs, came Sir Thomas Brown, and immediately after him La Fontaine. Biographical Essays I doubt whether there is any love philter that could affect La Fontaine, he has never been a lover of women unless they were able to foot the bills. Life, Letters, and Epicurean Philosophy of Ninon de L'Enclos The Celebrated Beauty of the Seventeenth Century The fact probably may have been that La Fontaine was not liable to any absence at all: apparently this 'distraction' was assumed as a means of making a poor sort of sport for his friends. Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume 1 Some person took it in his head to ask La Fontaine why he suffered these constant visits. Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes Not a word is said of La Fontaine's fable. Stories by Foreign Authors: Italian After him, La Fontaine seemed the least classical: observe after two centuries what is the result for both. Literary and Philosophical Essays: French, German and Italian Madame de la Sablière and La Fontaine will also be guests. Life, Letters, and Epicurean Philosophy of Ninon de L'Enclos The Celebrated Beauty of the Seventeenth Century The former is contained in the Catechism and it is left there; the other is contained in La Fontaine's fables for children and his tales for mothers. Emile La Fontaine, plunged in one of his habitual reveries, listened without hearing. Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes Jean de La Fontaine was born on the 8th of July, 1621, at Chateau- Thierry, and his family held a respectable position there. Tales and Novels of J. de La Fontaine — Volume 01 There would La Fontaine forget himself, and becoming less volatile would wander no more. Literary and Philosophical Essays: French, German and Italian If it please you to be one of us, La Fontaine will regale you with two new stories, which, I am told, do not disparage his former ones. Life, Letters, and Epicurean Philosophy of Ninon de L'Enclos The Celebrated Beauty of the Seventeenth Century All children learn La Fontaine's fables, but not one of them understands them. Emile "La Fontaine is no more!" said Fénélon, in this composition; "he is no more! and with him have gone the playful jokes, the merry laugh, the artless graces, and the sweet Muses." Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes Rabelais and La Fontaine are recorded by their countrymen to have been reveurs. Complete Short Works of George Meredith However, with Moliere and La Fontaine among her classics of the great period, nothing could justly be refused to those who possessed courage and ability. Literary and Philosophical Essays: French, German and Italian What tender melancholy, what subtlety, what sagacity in the master-pieces of La Fontaine, although the subjects are so familiar, the titles so modest? Life of Chopin What is the sense of the four lines at the end of La Fontaine's fable of the frog who puffed herself up. Emile La Fontaine defends his art as a writer of fables also in Book III. Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes I have, therefore, withheld all criticism, and read to him some verses from La Fontaine, where the same fault is to be found. Berlin and Sans-Souci; or Frederick the Great and his friends "I!" exclaimed La Fontaine, rising to his feet. Prince Eugene and His Times These tales were the common property of the country at large, and are the source from which Boccaccio, La Fontaine, and others drew their inspiration. The Interdependence of Literature "I shall read to you one of La Fontaine's Fables, the first two lines of which eloquently express the whole history of your past." Louisa of Prussia and Her Times The first edition of this translation of La Fontaine's Fables appeared in Boston, U.S., in 1841. Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes "Your majesty sees before you now a German poet whom even the French have translated, and who call him the German La Fontaine." Frederick the Great and His Family La Fontaine was about to make some witty reply to this sportive reproach, when the Duke de Bouillon announced to the duchess that she must prepare herself to appear before her judges. Prince Eugene and His Times La Fontaine, called the "Prince of Fablists," appeared in the seventeenth century. The Interdependence of Literature He criticises La Fontaine, and questions the statements of Horus Apollo and Pliny. Fabre, Poet of Science Four years ago, I dropped into Charles de Behr's repository of foreign books, in Broadway, New York, and there, for the first time, saw La Fontaine's Fables. Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes You are then called the German La Fontaine? Frederick the Great and His Family The silence that ensued was broken by La Fontaine. Prince Eugene and His Times Two other French plays were based upon the story, one of which was written by La Fontaine under the title of "La Maitre en Droit." The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 12 [Supplement] It is the lover in Fabre that draws us to him; nothing quite like his work has been seen since the days of Jean de La Fontaine. Fabre, Poet of Science We give a sample of it, and select a fable which La Fontaine has served up as the twenty-seventh of his eighth book. Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes As a reward for my prowess, I was given La Fontaine's Fables, in a popular, cheap edition, crammed with pictures, small, I admit, and very inaccurate, but still delightful. The Life of the fly; with which are interspersed some chapters of autobiography The words of a certain French critic upon another writer of Champagne, La Fontaine, might be applied to Rashi, though a comparison between a poet and a commentator may not be pressed to the utmost. Rashi At this time, he took frequent walks through the cemetery of Pere-Lachaise around the graves of Moliere, La Fontaine and Racine. Women in the Life of Balzac Above all he has a particular affection for Virgil; one may say that he is steeped in his poetry; and he knows La Fontaine by heart. Fabre, Poet of Science La Fontaine himself uses the word Pilpay twice in his Fables, viz., in Fables XII. and XV., Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes |
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