History of Prose Fiction, Volume 2G. Bell and sons, 1906 |
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... lived as far back as the thirteenth century . This version was made from one in Hebrew , by Rabbi Joel , and was printed toward the end of the fifteenth 1 The Hitopadesa seems to be often confounded with the Panchatantra ; it is ...
... lived as far back as the thirteenth century . This version was made from one in Hebrew , by Rabbi Joel , and was printed toward the end of the fifteenth 1 The Hitopadesa seems to be often confounded with the Panchatantra ; it is ...
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... lived about an hundred years before the Christian era ; but it has been disputed whether he was the author , or only the chief character , of the work , which was inscribed with his name . He might have been both a character and an ...
... lived about an hundred years before the Christian era ; but it has been disputed whether he was the author , or only the chief character , of the work , which was inscribed with his name . He might have been both a character and an ...
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... lived during the reign of Lewis IX . , as he informs us that it was written for the in- struction of that monarch's son , Philip , afterwards called Philip the Hardy . Of this version there is a MS . copy in the national library at ...
... lived during the reign of Lewis IX . , as he informs us that it was written for the in- struction of that monarch's son , Philip , afterwards called Philip the Hardy . Of this version there is a MS . copy in the national library at ...
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... lived retired in their own fortresses , and only met at cer- tain times , and on solemn festivals : on these occasions part of the amusement of the company had been to listen to the recital of metrical romances . But these poems being ...
... lived retired in their own fortresses , and only met at cer- tain times , and on solemn festivals : on these occasions part of the amusement of the company had been to listen to the recital of metrical romances . But these poems being ...
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... lived , at that period , in a very splendid style in the south of Italy . The courtezan having per- To these must be added Hans Sachs ' version , " Sehr herrliche schone und warhaffte gedichts , " Nurnberg , 1558-1559 , t . i . p . 357 ...
... lived , at that period , in a very splendid style in the south of Italy . The courtezan having per- To these must be added Hans Sachs ' version , " Sehr herrliche schone und warhaffte gedichts , " Nurnberg , 1558-1559 , t . i . p . 357 ...
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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.