History of Prose Fiction, Volume 2G. Bell and sons, 1906 |
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... course of the following night , an old man appeared to him in a dream , and , as a reward of his generosity , informed him where he would find a treasure . - 66 Next morning the king proceeded to the spot to which HISTORY OF FICTION ...
... course of the following night , an old man appeared to him in a dream , and , as a reward of his generosity , informed him where he would find a treasure . - 66 Next morning the king proceeded to the spot to which HISTORY OF FICTION ...
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... course , not be determined . It is , however , certain that at an early date extracts chiefly from the later Roman writers as well as collections of extracts received the name of Historia or Gesta , Romana or Romanorum , and that the ...
... course , not be determined . It is , however , certain that at an early date extracts chiefly from the later Roman writers as well as collections of extracts received the name of Historia or Gesta , Romana or Romanorum , and that the ...
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... course , moralized ; the palace is the world - the figure with the bow is mortality - and the carbuncle human life . William of Malmesbury1 is the first writer by whom this story was recorded he relates a similar tale of Pope Gerbert ...
... course , moralized ; the palace is the world - the figure with the bow is mortality - and the carbuncle human life . William of Malmesbury1 is the first writer by whom this story was recorded he relates a similar tale of Pope Gerbert ...
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... course , thought of collecting notices of their lives at the only time when it could have been effected . The names , however of a great number of them have been mentioned in their tales , and the appellation at the same time frequently ...
... course , thought of collecting notices of their lives at the only time when it could have been effected . The names , however of a great number of them have been mentioned in their tales , and the appellation at the same time frequently ...
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... course of his labours , Legrand frequently found that pieces with the same title differed . in particular incidents , and sometimes in the whole story . Sometimes again the story was the same and the language different , which shows ...
... course of his labours , Legrand frequently found that pieces with the same title differed . in particular incidents , and sometimes in the whole story . Sometimes again the story was the same and the language different , which shows ...
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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.