History of Prose Fiction, Volume 2G. Bell and sons, 1906 |
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... length or reputation in the romantic style of composition . This deficiency may be partly attri- buted to national manners and circumstances . Since the transference of the seat of the Roman empire to Constan- tinople , the Italians had ...
... length or reputation in the romantic style of composition . This deficiency may be partly attri- buted to national manners and circumstances . Since the transference of the seat of the Roman empire to Constan- tinople , the Italians had ...
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... length , however , ( as we are informed by Simeon Seth , in the preface to his Greek version of these stories , ) Chosroes , a Persian king , who reigned about the end of the sixth cen- tury , sent a learned physician into India , on ...
... length , however , ( as we are informed by Simeon Seth , in the preface to his Greek version of these stories , ) Chosroes , a Persian king , who reigned about the end of the sixth cen- tury , sent a learned physician into India , on ...
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... length interpreted by a philosopher , it was found to be a legacy from a prophetic predecessor of Dabchelim , and to contain fourteen pieces of instruction for monarchs . Each of these is declared to have reference to a surprising ...
... length interpreted by a philosopher , it was found to be a legacy from a prophetic predecessor of Dabchelim , and to contain fourteen pieces of instruction for monarchs . Each of these is declared to have reference to a surprising ...
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John Colin Dunlop. an At length a certain subtle clerk , who came to see this famous image , observed , while the sun shone against it at mid - day , the shadow of the inscribed finger on the ground at some distance . He immediately took ...
John Colin Dunlop. an At length a certain subtle clerk , who came to see this famous image , observed , while the sun shone against it at mid - day , the shadow of the inscribed finger on the ground at some distance . He immediately took ...
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... length recognised , and obtains pardon on vowing thenceforward unbounded confidence in his wife . The second story is by Arnauld de Carcasses [ ii . p . 390 ] . A knight dispatches his parrot to a lady with a declaration of his passion ...
... length recognised , and obtains pardon on vowing thenceforward unbounded confidence in his wife . The second story is by Arnauld de Carcasses [ ii . p . 390 ] . A knight dispatches his parrot to a lady with a declaration of his passion ...
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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.