History of Prose Fiction, Volume 2G. Bell and sons, 1906 |
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... death , to which the lady objects , suggesting that it will be better to detain him till daybreak , and then deliver him into the hands of the magistrate , offering at the same time to watch him during night . By this means , while her ...
... death , to which the lady objects , suggesting that it will be better to detain him till daybreak , and then deliver him into the hands of the magistrate , offering at the same time to watch him during night . By this means , while her ...
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... death . See Gower's Confessio Amantis " ( lib . 5 ) . 66 30. Story of the Sheep passing a River , from the 11th tale of Petrus Alphonsus . This stupid story has been in- troduced in Don Quixote , where it is related by Sancho to his ...
... death . See Gower's Confessio Amantis " ( lib . 5 ) . 66 30. Story of the Sheep passing a River , from the 11th tale of Petrus Alphonsus . This stupid story has been in- troduced in Don Quixote , where it is related by Sancho to his ...
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... death of the author , and though the office of an editor might be sufficiently perilous , he would not , even if discovered , have undergone the severity of punishment which would perhaps have been inflicted on the author . The Italian ...
... death of the author , and though the office of an editor might be sufficiently perilous , he would not , even if discovered , have undergone the severity of punishment which would perhaps have been inflicted on the author . The Italian ...
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... death only urges to the speediness of enjoyment : " Falle diem ; mediis mors venit atra jocis . " Sannaz Ep . " The Athenians , " ( says Thucydides in his celebrated de- scription of the Pestilence , ) " seeing the strange mutability of ...
... death only urges to the speediness of enjoyment : " Falle diem ; mediis mors venit atra jocis . " Sannaz Ep . " The Athenians , " ( says Thucydides in his celebrated de- scription of the Pestilence , ) " seeing the strange mutability of ...
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... death of Ciappelletto , which hap- pened soon after , his confessor having called a chapter , in- forms his brethren of his holy life . The brotherhood watch that night in the place where the corse lay , and next morn- ing , dressed in ...
... death of Ciappelletto , which hap- pened soon after , his confessor having called a chapter , in- forms his brethren of his holy life . The brotherhood watch that night in the place where the corse lay , and next morn- ing , dressed in ...
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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.