History of Prose Fiction, Volume 2G. Bell and sons, 1906 |
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... mistress Geraldine . She was represented as indisposed , and reclined on a couch , reading her lover's verses by the light of a waxen taper . In Spenser's " Fairy Queen " [ bk . iii . , cant . 3 ] , Merlin is feigned to have been the ...
... mistress Geraldine . She was represented as indisposed , and reclined on a couch , reading her lover's verses by the light of a waxen taper . In Spenser's " Fairy Queen " [ bk . iii . , cant . 3 ] , Merlin is feigned to have been the ...
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... mistress dead or married to another . Such questions being often decided by the poet contrary to the opinion of his audience , were referred to the Court of Love , a tribunal which certainly existed in the north of France , though it ...
... mistress dead or married to another . Such questions being often decided by the poet contrary to the opinion of his audience , were referred to the Court of Love , a tribunal which certainly existed in the north of France , though it ...
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... mistress of ceremonies , was appointed for the succeeding one . DAY II . contains stories of those who , after experiencing a variety of troubles , at length meet with success , contrary to all hope and expectation . " The merit of the ...
... mistress of ceremonies , was appointed for the succeeding one . DAY II . contains stories of those who , after experiencing a variety of troubles , at length meet with success , contrary to all hope and expectation . " The merit of the ...
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John Colin Dunlop. A widow , who was now the mistress of Azzo , marquis of Ferrara , possessed a house near the ramparts . She had been sitting up expecting her lover , for whom she had pre- pared the bath , and provided an elegant ...
John Colin Dunlop. A widow , who was now the mistress of Azzo , marquis of Ferrara , possessed a house near the ramparts . She had been sitting up expecting her lover , for whom she had pre- pared the bath , and provided an elegant ...
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... mistresses . Masetto , so far from being discouraged by this account , resolves to obtain the situation . That he might not be rejected on account of his youth and good person , he feigns that he is dumb , and is readily engaged by the ...
... mistresses . Masetto , so far from being discouraged by this account , resolves to obtain the situation . That he might not be rejected on account of his youth and good person , he feigns that he is dumb , and is readily engaged by the ...
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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.