History of Prose Fiction, Volume 2G. Bell and sons, 1906 |
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... entitled Dolopatos . This was the first modern shape it assumed , after having passed through all the ancient languages . Dolopatos was brought to light by Fauchet , who , in his account of the early French poets , ascribes it to Hebers ...
... entitled Dolopatos . This was the first modern shape it assumed , after having passed through all the ancient languages . Dolopatos was brought to light by Fauchet , who , in his account of the early French poets , ascribes it to Hebers ...
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... entitled the Process of the Seven Sages , which is preserved among the MSS . of the Cotton library , and of which an account has been given by Mr. Ellis , who supposes it to have been written about the year 1330 . Not long after the ...
... entitled the Process of the Seven Sages , which is preserved among the MSS . of the Cotton library , and of which an account has been given by Mr. Ellis , who supposes it to have been written about the year 1330 . Not long after the ...
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... entitled , Histoire de la Sultane de Perse et des Visirs , and from the stories subsequently translated by M. Ed . Gautier , and inserted in the first volume of his edition of the Mille et Une Nuits , Paris , 1822 . the author has ...
... entitled , Histoire de la Sultane de Perse et des Visirs , and from the stories subsequently translated by M. Ed . Gautier , and inserted in the first volume of his edition of the Mille et Une Nuits , Paris , 1822 . the author has ...
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... entitled ' Aλálwv . ( See Act . ii . Sc . i . v . 8 . ) - LIEB . 3 Quart d'heure , 101 , etc. See also Keller , Romans des 7 sages , p . ccxxvii . , etc. , and Diokl . Leben . p . 61 , etc Sercambi , nov . 13 , Dolo . patos , Loiseleur ...
... entitled ' Aλálwv . ( See Act . ii . Sc . i . v . 8 . ) - LIEB . 3 Quart d'heure , 101 , etc. See also Keller , Romans des 7 sages , p . ccxxvii . , etc. , and Diokl . Leben . p . 61 , etc Sercambi , nov . 13 , Dolo . patos , Loiseleur ...
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... entitled Alphonsus de Clericali Disciplina . But the Latin copy only supplies twenty - six stories . The remainder are to be found in two metrical French versions , one entitled Proverbes de Peres Anforse ; and the other Le Romaunz de ...
... entitled Alphonsus de Clericali Disciplina . But the Latin copy only supplies twenty - six stories . The remainder are to be found in two metrical French versions , one entitled Proverbes de Peres Anforse ; and the other Le Romaunz de ...
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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.