History of Prose Fiction, Volume 2G. Bell and Sons, 1896 - 1205 pages |
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... written for the in- struction of that monarch's son , Philip , afterwards called Philip the Hardy . Of this version there is a MS . copy in the national library at Paris.2 1 Ellis's " Early Metrical Romances , " vol . iii . See also ...
... written for the in- struction of that monarch's son , Philip , afterwards called Philip the Hardy . Of this version there is a MS . copy in the national library at Paris.2 1 Ellis's " Early Metrical Romances , " vol . iii . See also ...
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... written soon after that of Hebers , but differs from it essentially , both in the frame and in the stories introduced . This work gave rise to many subsequent imitations in French prose , and to the English metrical romance , entitled ...
... written soon after that of Hebers , but differs from it essentially , both in the frame and in the stories introduced . This work gave rise to many subsequent imitations in French prose , and to the English metrical romance , entitled ...
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... written in Latin , on the continent . It was not translated into English till 1703 , but has been repeatedly printed , though no MS . of it has yet been brought to light . The second work , in its earliest shape , is also in the Latin ...
... written in Latin , on the continent . It was not translated into English till 1703 , but has been repeatedly printed , though no MS . of it has yet been brought to light . The second work , in its earliest shape , is also in the Latin ...
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... written by Berchorius . Glassius , whose informa- tion is derived from Salmeron , says " hoc in studio excel- luit quidam Petrus Berchorius Pictaviensis , ordinis D. Benedicti , qui peculiari libro Gesta Romanorum , nec non legendas ...
... written by Berchorius . Glassius , whose informa- tion is derived from Salmeron , says " hoc in studio excel- luit quidam Petrus Berchorius Pictaviensis , ordinis D. Benedicti , qui peculiari libro Gesta Romanorum , nec non legendas ...
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... written about the year 1340 , and thus had time to become a fashionable work before 1358 , the year in which Boccaccio is supposed to have completed his Decameron . The earliest edition , though without date , is known to have been ...
... written about the year 1340 , and thus had time to become a fashionable work before 1358 , the year in which Boccaccio is supposed to have completed his Decameron . The earliest edition , though without date , is known to have been ...
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Page 294 - ... grown so crazy and stiff in his joints, that he can now do little more than sit in his cave's mouth, grinning at pilgrims as they go by, and biting his nails because he cannot come at them.
Page 295 - There were also that met them with harps and crowns, and gave them to them; the harps to praise withal, and the crowns in token of honour. Then I heard in my dream that all the bells in the City rang again for joy; and that it was said unto them, Enter ye into the joy of your Lord.