History of Prose Fiction, Volume 2G. Bell and sons, 1906 |
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... introduced into Italy repressed a romantic spirit . It is evident from the Italian novelists , that the manners of the people had not caught one spark of the fire of chivalry , which kindled the surrounding nations : In the principal ...
... introduced into Italy repressed a romantic spirit . It is evident from the Italian novelists , that the manners of the people had not caught one spark of the fire of chivalry , which kindled the surrounding nations : In the principal ...
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... introduced a correctness of taste and fondness for regularity , which was hostile to the wildness and extravagance of the tales of chivalry . At the same period , the three most distinguished and earliest geniuses of Italy were employed ...
... introduced a correctness of taste and fondness for regularity , which was hostile to the wildness and extravagance of the tales of chivalry . At the same period , the three most distinguished and earliest geniuses of Italy were employed ...
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... introduced , attributed the relation of the stories to Bidpai . It was soon after translated into Syriac , ' and ... Introduction to which an account of the work and its diffusion will be found . See also Table at end of vol . i . 6 ...
... introduced , attributed the relation of the stories to Bidpai . It was soon after translated into Syriac , ' and ... Introduction to which an account of the work and its diffusion will be found . See also Table at end of vol . i . 6 ...
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... introduced . This work gave rise to many subsequent imitations in French prose , and to the English metrical romance , entitled the Process of the Seven Sages , which is preserved among the MSS . of the Cotton library , and of which an ...
... introduced . This work gave rise to many subsequent imitations in French prose , and to the English metrical romance , entitled the Process of the Seven Sages , which is preserved among the MSS . of the Cotton library , and of which an ...
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... space , but which the reader desirous of pursuing the subject will find in the introduction to his edition of the Gesta , Berlin , 1872 . tionibus eorundem . " A subsequent edition , containing a II . CH . VII . ] 17 GESTA ROMANORUM .
... space , but which the reader desirous of pursuing the subject will find in the introduction to his edition of the Gesta , Berlin , 1872 . tionibus eorundem . " A subsequent edition , containing a II . CH . VII . ] 17 GESTA ROMANORUM .
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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.