History of Prose Fiction, Volume 2G. Bell and sons, 1906 |
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... Paris . 1 Ellis's " Early Metrical Romances , ” vol . iii . See also Comparetti , Ricerche intorno al libro di Sindibad , Milano , 1869. At the end of Landau's " Quellen des Decamerone " will be found a tabular statement of the stories ...
... Paris . 1 Ellis's " Early Metrical Romances , ” vol . iii . See also Comparetti , Ricerche intorno al libro di Sindibad , Milano , 1869. At the end of Landau's " Quellen des Decamerone " will be found a tabular statement of the stories ...
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... Paris , and died in 1362. The composition of the Gesta has been assigned by Warton to this monk , on the autho- rity of Salomon Glassius , a theologist of Saxe Gotha , who points him out as the author in his Philologiae Sacrae , and ...
... Paris , and died in 1362. The composition of the Gesta has been assigned by Warton to this monk , on the autho- rity of Salomon Glassius , a theologist of Saxe Gotha , who points him out as the author in his Philologiae Sacrae , and ...
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... Paris adopts this orthography ; as for Fabliau in the singular , he declares this a barbarism in old as well as in modern French . of which were called Romaine , or Romance , from CH . VII . ] 23 CONTES ET FABLIAUX .
... Paris adopts this orthography ; as for Fabliau in the singular , he declares this a barbarism in old as well as in modern French . of which were called Romaine , or Romance , from CH . VII . ] 23 CONTES ET FABLIAUX .
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... Paris . Par George L'Anglois , 1614 . At the end of the account follows : " Extrait des Registres du Parle ment de Bordeaux . Veu par la Cour , le procez criminal , pendant entre Damoiselle Cecile Palliet , accusée de cruauté matricide ...
... Paris . Par George L'Anglois , 1614 . At the end of the account follows : " Extrait des Registres du Parle ment de Bordeaux . Veu par la Cour , le procez criminal , pendant entre Damoiselle Cecile Palliet , accusée de cruauté matricide ...
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... Paris Estafette ( newspaper ) , three priests being substituted for the three hunchbacked minstrels , to suit the anti - clerical complexion of the journal , and many of these old tales are con- stantly served up in an altered dress to ...
... Paris Estafette ( newspaper ) , three priests being substituted for the three hunchbacked minstrels , to suit the anti - clerical complexion of the journal , and many of these old tales are con- stantly served up in an altered dress to ...
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