History of Prose Fiction, Volume 2G. Bell and sons, 1906 |
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... Moral Philosophy of Doni , out of Italian , by Sir Thomas North , 4to , 1570 and 1601. From the Latin of John of Capua , there also appeared a French edi- tion in 1698. It was from a Turkish model , however , written in the time of ...
... Moral Philosophy of Doni , out of Italian , by Sir Thomas North , 4to , 1570 and 1601. From the Latin of John of Capua , there also appeared a French edi- tion in 1698. It was from a Turkish model , however , written in the time of ...
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... moral , narratives taken from Roman history , or rather pas- sages out of Roman authors , as they had already long been gathered to- gether for homiletic use , were also collected merely to be moralized , and earlier or later designated ...
... moral , narratives taken from Roman history , or rather pas- sages out of Roman authors , as they had already long been gathered to- gether for homiletic use , were also collected merely to be moralized , and earlier or later designated ...
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... moral is added , in which some precept is deduced from the incidents , an example which has been followed by Boccaccio , and many of his imitators . The time in which the Gesta appeared was an age of mys- tery , and everything was ...
... moral is added , in which some precept is deduced from the incidents , an example which has been followed by Boccaccio , and many of his imitators . The time in which the Gesta appeared was an age of mys- tery , and everything was ...
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... morality and religion . ' She Almost every tale in the Gesta Romanorum is of impor- tance in illustrating the genealogy of fiction , and the in- corporation of eastern fable and Gothic institutions with classical story . There are few ...
... morality and religion . ' She Almost every tale in the Gesta Romanorum is of impor- tance in illustrating the genealogy of fiction , and the in- corporation of eastern fable and Gothic institutions with classical story . There are few ...
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... moral songs versified from the works of Boethius , and insipid pas- torals . But they were principally occupied with amo- rous compositions , and abstruse speculations on the nature of love . It was in the Tensons , or pleas before the ...
... moral songs versified from the works of Boethius , and insipid pas- torals . But they were principally occupied with amo- rous compositions , and abstruse speculations on the nature of love . It was in the Tensons , or pleas before 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.