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 xxxviii
... fell a great rain , and greatly spoiled my apparel . And anon the knight said , Sir , ye have done foolishly , for that ye brought not with you your house , Then said the emperor , What cloathing had the knight on ? A cloak , quoth the ...
... fell a great rain , and greatly spoiled my apparel . And anon the knight said , Sir , ye have done foolishly , for that ye brought not with you your house , Then said the emperor , What cloathing had the knight on ? A cloak , quoth the ...
Page xlii
... fell into the hands of the lively and entertaining French minstrels , who have treated it in various ways , as may be seen in Le Grand , Fableaux et Contes , tom . iv . , where it is related five times . The several imitations of it ...
... fell into the hands of the lively and entertaining French minstrels , who have treated it in various ways , as may be seen in Le Grand , Fableaux et Contes , tom . iv . , where it is related five times . The several imitations of it ...
Page xliii
... fell lifeless to the ground . On examination of the cradle the infant was found alive and unhurt , and the dead serpent lying by him . The knight now perceived what had happened , lamented bitterly over his faithful dog , and blamed ...
... fell lifeless to the ground . On examination of the cradle the infant was found alive and unhurt , and the dead serpent lying by him . The knight now perceived what had happened , lamented bitterly over his faithful dog , and blamed ...
Page xliv
... fell down on both his knees before the emperor , and said , O my reverend lord , I most humbly intreat you , that I may dye for my father . Then said the emperor , It pleaseth me well so that one dye for the offence . Then said the ...
... fell down on both his knees before the emperor , and said , O my reverend lord , I most humbly intreat you , that I may dye for my father . Then said the emperor , It pleaseth me well so that one dye for the offence . Then said the ...
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... fell off . And then he arose and touched the doors of the prison , and they opened , and he escaped , and ran fast to the emperor's palace . When the keeper of the prison perceived this , he blew his horn thrice , and raised up all the ...
... fell off . And then he arose and touched the doors of the prison , and they opened , and he escaped , and ran fast to the emperor's palace . When the keeper of the prison perceived this , he blew his horn thrice , and raised up all the ...
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