History of Prose Fiction, Volume 2G. Bell and sons, 1906 |
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... ITALIAN TALES . -FABLES OF BIDPAI . -SEVEN WISE MASTERS . - GESTA ROMANORUM . -CONTES ET FA- BLIAUX . - CENTO NOVELLE ANTICHE . - DECAMERON OF BOCCACCIO . IT T seems not a little remarkable that Italy , which pro- duced the earliest and ...
... ITALIAN TALES . -FABLES OF BIDPAI . -SEVEN WISE MASTERS . - GESTA ROMANORUM . -CONTES ET FA- BLIAUX . - CENTO NOVELLE ANTICHE . - DECAMERON OF BOCCACCIO . IT T seems not a little remarkable that Italy , which pro- duced the earliest and ...
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... Italy was overrun by the incur- sions of enemies , or only successfully defended by strangers . Hence it was difficult to choose any set of heroes , by the celebration of whose deeds the whole nation would have been interested or ...
... Italy was overrun by the incur- sions of enemies , or only successfully defended by strangers . Hence it was difficult to choose any set of heroes , by the celebration of whose deeds the whole nation would have been interested or ...
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... Italy to classical literature introduced a correctness of taste and fondness for regularity , which was hostile to the wildness and extravagance of the tales of chivalry . At the same period , the three most distinguished and earliest ...
... Italy to classical literature introduced a correctness of taste and fondness for regularity , which was hostile to the wildness and extravagance of the tales of chivalry . At the same period , the three most distinguished and earliest ...
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... Italian . The Italian translation was the work of the novelist Firenzuola , and was called Discorsi Degli Animali , and published 1548. A version in the same tongue , by Doni , was translated into English , under the name of the Moral ...
... Italian . The Italian translation was the work of the novelist Firenzuola , and was called Discorsi Degli Animali , and published 1548. A version in the same tongue , by Doni , was translated into English , under the name of the Moral ...
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... Italian novelists . The tale of the thief who breaks his neck by catching at a ray of the moon , ' in the Gesta and the French Fabliaux . only one Italian novel , the incidents of which have been derived from this work , and it is but ...
... Italian novelists . The tale of the thief who breaks his neck by catching at a ray of the moon , ' in the Gesta and the French Fabliaux . only one Italian novel , the incidents of which have been derived from this work , and it is but ...
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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.