History of Prose Fiction, Volume 2G. Bell and sons, 1906 |
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... BOCCACCIO . IT T seems not a little remarkable that Italy , which pro- duced the earliest and finest specimens of romantic poetry , should scarcely have furnished a single prose romance of chivalry . This is the more remarkable , as the ...
... BOCCACCIO . IT T seems not a little remarkable that Italy , which pro- duced the earliest and finest specimens of romantic poetry , should scarcely have furnished a single prose romance of chivalry . This is the more remarkable , as the ...
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... Boccaccio was probably the work which , in this respect , had the strongest influence . The tales it comprehends were extremely popular ; they gave rise to early and numerous imitations , and were of a nature the best calculated to ...
... Boccaccio was probably the work which , in this respect , had the strongest influence . The tales it comprehends were extremely popular ; they gave rise to early and numerous imitations , and were of a nature the best calculated to ...
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... Boccaccio . Thus , a lady , while engaged with a gallant , suddenly hears her hus- band approaching ; she instantly ties the hands of her lover , and delivers him thus bound to her spouse as a thief she had just seized . The husband ...
... Boccaccio . Thus , a lady , while engaged with a gallant , suddenly hears her hus- band approaching ; she instantly ties the hands of her lover , and delivers him thus bound to her spouse as a thief she had just seized . The husband ...
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... Boccaccio is supposed to have completed his Decameron . The earliest edition , though without date , is known to have been prior to 1473 . It consists of a hundred and fifty - two chapters , and is thus announced , " Incipiunt Historiae ...
... Boccaccio is supposed to have completed his Decameron . The earliest edition , though without date , is known to have been prior to 1473 . It consists of a hundred and fifty - two chapters , and is thus announced , " Incipiunt Historiae ...
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... Boccaccio , and which is carried to such extravagance by Cinthio , and subsequent Italian novelists . A merchant is magnificently entertained in a nobleman's castle . During supper the guest is placed next the hostess , and is much ...
... Boccaccio , and which is carried to such extravagance by Cinthio , and subsequent Italian novelists . A merchant is magnificently entertained in a nobleman's castle . During supper the guest is placed next the hostess , and is much ...
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Page 288 - ... 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 286 - As I walked through the wilderness of this world, I lighted on a certain place where was a den,* and laid me down in that place to sleep ; and as I slept, I dreamed a dream. I dreamed, and behold, I saw a man clothed with rags standing in a certain place, with his face from his own house, a book in his hand, and a great burden upon his back, Isa.
Page 699 - English Translation on opposite pages, Notes, Introduction, and Glossary, by Rev. S. Fox, MA To which is added the Anglo-Saxon Version of the METRES OF BOETHIUS, with a free Translation by Martin F.
Page 703 - DANTE. The Inferno. A Literal Prose Translation, with the Text of the Original printed on the same page.
Page 289 - 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.
Page 171 - Look, where he comes ! Not poppy, nor mandragora, Nor all the drowsy syrups of the world, Shall ever medicine thee to that sweet sleep Which thou ow'dst yesterday.