498844 The Priest and the Corpse, illustration for \'Fables\' of La Fontaine, published by H. Fournier Aine, 1838 (engraving) by Grandville (Jean Ignace Isidore Gerard) (1803-47); Private Collection; (add.info.: Le Cur矇 et le Mort; Fable from Book VII, no. 11 of La Fontaine\'s fables, first published in 1668; Jean de la Fontaine (1621-95) French author, poet and moralist; a priest accompanies the body of a dead person to a funeral and as he travels in the carriage with the corpse, thinks only of the money and rewards he will receive for his work; the carriage overturns and the priest himself is killed; the moral of this tale is that greed is punished; it is also a satire on the cupidity of the clergy;); French, out of copyright.
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