id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt 7543 La Fontaine, Jean de Quotes and Images From The Tales and Novels of Jean de La Fontaine .txt text/plain 2745 253 91 The life of La Fontaine was, so to speak, only one of continual man, only permitted himself to be seen at intervals and by friends. From life, Navarre's fair queen the fact relates; The servant-girl collecting flow'rs around, Whose birth-day 'twas:--he soon began to laugh, 'Twas clearly I, howe'er, for her you took. THE AVARICIOUS WIFE AND TRICKING GALLANT 'Tis true, as I've already said, with such THE money artful Gulphar gave the dame, Here, said the spark, a hundred pounds receive, Said he the cash I've to your lady paid, Tis past our pow'r to live on love or air Tis past our pow'r to live on love or air Who only make friends in order to gain voices in their favour Who would wish to reduce Boccaccio to the same modesty as Virgil Wife beautiful, witty and chaste woman, who drove him to despair ./cache/7543.txt ./txt/7543.txt