History of Prose Fiction, Volume 2G. Bell and sons, 1906 |
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... adventures not merely to Gower , and Lydgate , and Chaucer , but to their most recent successors . Parnell , in his Hermit , has only embellished the eightieth chapter by poetical colouring , and a happier arrangement of incidents . It ...
... adventures not merely to Gower , and Lydgate , and Chaucer , but to their most recent successors . Parnell , in his Hermit , has only embellished the eightieth chapter by poetical colouring , and a happier arrangement of incidents . It ...
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... adventures that fell while , And some of bourdes and ribauldry , And many there beth of Faery ; Of all things that men seth , Most of love , forsooth , there beth : In Bretanie , of old time , These lays were wrought , so seth this ...
... adventures that fell while , And some of bourdes and ribauldry , And many there beth of Faery ; Of all things that men seth , Most of love , forsooth , there beth : In Bretanie , of old time , These lays were wrought , so seth this ...
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... adventure which once happened in a castle , which stood on the bank of a river , near a bridge , and at a short distance from a town , of which I forget the name , but which we may suppose to be Douai . The master of this castle was ...
... adventure which once happened in a castle , which stood on the bank of a river , near a bridge , and at a short distance from a town , of which I forget the name , but which we may suppose to be Douai . The master of this castle was ...
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... adventures , and the pains which he had taken to please the fair sex . In his vindication , he relates a story to show that the admiration of female beauty is implanted in the mind by the hand of nature , and cannot be eradi- cated by ...
... adventures , and the pains which he had taken to please the fair sex . In his vindication , he relates a story to show that the admiration of female beauty is implanted in the mind by the hand of nature , and cannot be eradi- cated by ...
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... adventures , which , after unfortunate vicissitudes , come to a happy conclusion . " 1. In the island of Cyprus lived a rich man , called Aris- tippus , to whom fortune had been in every respect favour- 1 Istor . de la Volgar Poes ...
... adventures , which , after unfortunate vicissitudes , come to a happy conclusion . " 1. In the island of Cyprus lived a rich man , called Aris- tippus , to whom fortune had been in every respect favour- 1 Istor . de la Volgar Poes ...
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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.