History of Prose Fiction, Volume 2G. Bell and sons, 1906 |
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... beautiful in the Decameron [ ix . 9 ] , and also that of the magician who raises up a blooming garden in the depth of winter , are of this description . Now a great proportion of the stories in the Gesta Romanorum are of this nature ...
... beautiful in the Decameron [ ix . 9 ] , and also that of the magician who raises up a blooming garden in the depth of winter , are of this description . Now a great proportion of the stories in the Gesta Romanorum are of this nature ...
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... beautiful women working at the loom : but all was silence . He then went into a stable full of the most excel- lent horses , richly caparisoned : but those he touched were instantly turned into stone . Next he surveyed all the ...
... beautiful women working at the loom : but all was silence . He then went into a stable full of the most excel- lent horses , richly caparisoned : but those he touched were instantly turned into stone . Next he surveyed all the ...
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... beautiful young woman , the daughter of a poor but respectable burgess of Douai . He sought her in marriage ; and as he was the richest person in the district , the poor girl was delivered up to him . After learning of what she had ...
... beautiful young woman , the daughter of a poor but respectable burgess of Douai . He sought her in marriage ; and as he was the richest person in the district , the poor girl was delivered up to him . After learning of what she had ...
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... beautiful and appropriate manner in which he has intro- duced his stories , which are so much in unison with the gaiety of the scenes by which the narrators are surrounded . In the beginning of the first day he informs us , that , in ...
... beautiful and appropriate manner in which he has intro- duced his stories , which are so much in unison with the gaiety of the scenes by which the narrators are surrounded . In the beginning of the first day he informs us , that , in ...
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... beautiful woman , who was the wife of a clothier in Florence , fell in love with a gentleman of the same city . In order to acquaint him with her passion , she sent for a friar who frequented his house , and , under pretence of con ...
... beautiful woman , who was the wife of a clothier in Florence , fell in love with a gentleman of the same city . In order to acquaint him with her passion , she sent for a friar who frequented his house , and , under pretence of con ...
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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.