History of Prose Fiction, Volume 2G. Bell and sons, 1906 |
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... probably the work which , in this respect , had the strongest influence . The tales it comprehends were extremely popular ; they gave rise to early and numerous imitations , and were of a nature the best calculated to check the cur ...
... probably the work which , in this respect , had the strongest influence . The tales it comprehends were extremely popular ; they gave rise to early and numerous imitations , and were of a nature the best calculated to check the cur ...
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... ; the other stories were probably borrowed by the Arab or Turkish compiler from older sources . Loiseleur Des longchamps ' Fabl . Ind . , " p . 173 . · country to another . ' The leading incident of a CH . VII . ] 11 SEVEN WISE MASTERS .
... ; the other stories were probably borrowed by the Arab or Turkish compiler from older sources . Loiseleur Des longchamps ' Fabl . Ind . , " p . 173 . · country to another . ' The leading incident of a CH . VII . ] 11 SEVEN WISE MASTERS .
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... Warnke , mit vergleichenden Anmerkungen von Reinhold Köhler , Halle , 1885 , and M. G. Paris ' critique thereon in Romania , Nos . 55 , 6 . from each other ; they more probably borrowed from the CH . VII . ] 29 CONTES ET FABLIAUX . 29.
... Warnke , mit vergleichenden Anmerkungen von Reinhold Köhler , Halle , 1885 , and M. G. Paris ' critique thereon in Romania , Nos . 55 , 6 . from each other ; they more probably borrowed from the CH . VII . ] 29 CONTES ET FABLIAUX . 29.
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John Colin Dunlop. from each other ; they more probably borrowed from the same sources of fable . Like the stories in the Gesta , a great number of the Fabliaux seem to have been of eastern origin . Many of them are evidently taken from ...
John Colin Dunlop. from each other ; they more probably borrowed from the same sources of fable . Like the stories in the Gesta , a great number of the Fabliaux seem to have been of eastern origin . Many of them are evidently taken from ...
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... probably be long absent . But what was her dismay when she found them all three suffocated ! Lamentation , however , was useless . The main object now was to get rid of the dead bodies , and she had not a moment to lose . She ran then ...
... probably be long absent . But what was her dismay when she found them all three suffocated ! Lamentation , however , was useless . The main object now was to get rid of the dead bodies , and she had not a moment to lose . She ran then ...
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