Gesta Romanorum: Entertaining Moral Stories ; Invented by the Monks as a Fireside Recreation, and Commonly Applied in Their Discourses from the Pulpit, Whence the Most Celebrated of Our Own Poets and Others, from the Earliest Times, Have Extracted Their PlotsWynnard Hooper G. Bell & sons, 1905 - 425 pages |
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Page xxiv
... beheld a lofty palace its roofs were covered with golden shields , like a new roof . Thus Diodolfius speaks of it : The Asiatics , more skilful , made the roof of shining gold , and its walls of stone ; the foundations of the hall were ...
... beheld a lofty palace its roofs were covered with golden shields , like a new roof . Thus Diodolfius speaks of it : The Asiatics , more skilful , made the roof of shining gold , and its walls of stone ; the foundations of the hall were ...
Page xlvii
... beheld the first vessel of gold , which was engraven royally , and read the super- scription : Whoso chuseth me , shall find that he deserveth ; saying thus , Though this vessel be full precious , and made of pure gold , nevertheless I ...
... beheld the first vessel of gold , which was engraven royally , and read the super- scription : Whoso chuseth me , shall find that he deserveth ; saying thus , Though this vessel be full precious , and made of pure gold , nevertheless I ...
Page lv
... behold ; wherefore he said unto her in this manner- wise : O woman , who art thou ? and of what country ? and wherefore hangest thou here in this manner ? The empress that was not yet fully dead , but at point ready to die , answered ...
... behold ; wherefore he said unto her in this manner- wise : O woman , who art thou ? and of what country ? and wherefore hangest thou here in this manner ? The empress that was not yet fully dead , but at point ready to die , answered ...
Page lvi
... behold in yonder lady's hand a wonder- ful thing . " The earl awaked , and looked toward the empresses bed ; and saw the bloody knife , as the countess had said : wherefore he was greatly moved , and cried to her , and said , Awake ...
... behold in yonder lady's hand a wonder- ful thing . " The earl awaked , and looked toward the empresses bed ; and saw the bloody knife , as the countess had said : wherefore he was greatly moved , and cried to her , and said , Awake ...
Page lxv
... behold thy face , And thine own realms in lond of Faery , And in this antique image thy great ancestry . " " It was not , however , solely from an unmeaning and a wanton spirit of refinement that the fashion of resolving everything into ...
... behold thy face , And thine own realms in lond of Faery , And in this antique image thy great ancestry . " " It was not , however , solely from an unmeaning and a wanton spirit of refinement that the fashion of resolving everything into ...
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Abibas answered Apollonius apologue APPLICATION arms beautiful beheld beloved bird black crows body brother called castle child Christ Christian command Confessio Amantis daughter death devil Dionysias Douce emperor empress entered exclaimed eyes fable father fell flesh Fulgentius gave Gervase of Tilbury Gesta Romanorum gold golden GOLDEN LEGENDE Guido hand happened hastened hath heard hearing heart heaven Holy Land honour horse husband Jovinian judge king kingdom knight lady leprosy lived lord married master mother never noble observed palace perceived Pericles pilgrim poor possessed pray prince prince of Tyre queen quoth received reign replied returned rich ring romance Rome sayd seneschal serpent servant shalt soldiers soul story TALE tears tell Tharsia thee things thou art thou hast took unto Vincent of Beauvais Vulgate Warton wherefore whosoever wife wise woman wound youth