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Byelinsky, like the Inquisitive Man in Krylov's fable, did not notice the elephant in the museum of curiosities, but concentrated his whole attention on the French Socialist beetles; he did not get beyond them. And yet perhaps he was cleverer than any of you.
She is a passionate Little Russian patriot. She has built a school on the estate at her own expense, and teaches the children Krylov's fables translated into Little Russian. She goes to Shevtchenko's grave as a Turk goes to Mecca. She does not cut her hair, wears stays and a bustle, looks after the housekeeping, is fond of laughing and singing.
I shall be mad, no doubt I shall be, but I'm not so yet. Madam, a friend of mine a most honourable man has written a Krylov's fable, called 'The Cockroach. May I read it?" "You want to read some fable of Krylov's?" "No, it's not a fable of Krylov's I want to read. It's my fable, my own composition.
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