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Page 165
... qu'il ne li agrée . One of the sinners , Moses , a hypocrite and everything else that is bad besides , begs to be let remain ; Joseph says nothing can prevent him if he is as good as he pretends to be - he endeavours to seat himself in ...
... qu'il ne li agrée . One of the sinners , Moses , a hypocrite and everything else that is bad besides , begs to be let remain ; Joseph says nothing can prevent him if he is as good as he pretends to be - he endeavours to seat himself in ...
Page 180
... qu'estoient dessus le lac , si voit son fils deslye hors du berceau , et une damoiselle qui le tient tout nud en son ... il est cheu en trop grand poureté et misere ; car il a perdu toutes joyes . Son pere est orendroit mort et sa terre ...
... qu'estoient dessus le lac , si voit son fils deslye hors du berceau , et une damoiselle qui le tient tout nud en son ... il est cheu en trop grand poureté et misere ; car il a perdu toutes joyes . Son pere est orendroit mort et sa terre ...
Page 183
... qu'il avoit engendre en sa sœur avant quelle fust mariée , car il ne scavoit pas quelle fut sa sœur lequel avoit nom Mordret , " etc. - Schmidt , Wien . Jahrb . xxix . p . 103 . Nor is the case of Arthur and Mordred the sole instance in ...
... qu'il avoit engendre en sa sœur avant quelle fust mariée , car il ne scavoit pas quelle fut sa sœur lequel avoit nom Mordret , " etc. - Schmidt , Wien . Jahrb . xxix . p . 103 . Nor is the case of Arthur and Mordred the sole instance in ...
Page 192
... qu'il ne feroit aucun mal a la reine pour chose qu'il eut vue . The king con- siders it prudent , however , to depart from court with his consort ; but on his way to Scotland he is overtaken by Meliadus , and the queen is carried off ...
... qu'il ne feroit aucun mal a la reine pour chose qu'il eut vue . The king con- siders it prudent , however , to depart from court with his consort ; but on his way to Scotland he is overtaken by Meliadus , and the queen is carried off ...
Page 223
... qu'il se retira avec Lancelot du Lac , dans un même hermitage , apres la terrible defaite ou peri- rent le Roy Artus , et la plus grande partie de ses chevaliers . La preuve que cette chronique ne fut terminée qu'après cette catastrophe ...
... qu'il se retira avec Lancelot du Lac , dans un même hermitage , apres la terrible defaite ou peri- rent le Roy Artus , et la plus grande partie de ses chevaliers . La preuve que cette chronique ne fut terminée qu'après cette catastrophe ...
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