History of Prose Fiction, Volume 2G. Bell and sons, 1906 |
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... nature the best calculated to check the cur- rent of romantic ideas . Since then , in the regions of Italian fiction , we shall no longer meet with fabulous histories , resembling those of which such numerous specimens have already been ...
... nature the best calculated to check the cur- rent of romantic ideas . Since then , in the regions of Italian fiction , we shall no longer meet with fabulous histories , resembling those of which such numerous specimens have already been ...
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... nature that can be mentioned , is the tales or fables attributed to Bidpai , or Pilpay , a com- position otherwise known by the name of KALILAH VE DIMNAH . This production , which , in its original form , is supposed to be upwards of ...
... nature that can be mentioned , is the tales or fables attributed to Bidpai , or Pilpay , a com- position otherwise known by the name of KALILAH VE DIMNAH . This production , which , in its original form , is supposed to be upwards of ...
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... nature with the stories in the continental Gesta , -an inoculation of feudal manners and eastern imagery , on the exploits of classical heroes : but the re- mainder are somewhat different . The stories in the Angli- can Gesta were well ...
... nature with the stories in the continental Gesta , -an inoculation of feudal manners and eastern imagery , on the exploits of classical heroes : but the re- mainder are somewhat different . The stories in the Angli- can Gesta were well ...
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... nature also . Thus chapter 102 contains the story of a knight who went to Palestine , and whose lady , meanwhile ... natural enough , and its origin need not be sought further than the wishes suggestive of the conception , which is of ...
... nature also . Thus chapter 102 contains the story of a knight who went to Palestine , and whose lady , meanwhile ... natural enough , and its origin need not be sought further than the wishes suggestive of the conception , which is of ...
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... nature must therefore chiefly be sought in the CONTES ET FABLIAUX . ' France , in a literary point of view , may be considered as divided into two parts during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries . Soon after Gaul had been subdued by ...
... nature must therefore chiefly be sought in the CONTES ET FABLIAUX . ' France , in a literary point of view , may be considered as divided into two parts during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries . Soon after Gaul had been subdued by ...
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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.