History of Prose Fiction, Volume 2G. Bell and sons, 1906 |
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... production , which , in its original form , is supposed to be upwards of two thousand years old , was first written in an Indian language , in which the work was called Hitopadesa ( wholesome instruction ) , and the sage who 1 related ...
... production , which , in its original form , is supposed to be upwards of two thousand years old , was first written in an Indian language , in which the work was called Hitopadesa ( wholesome instruction ) , and the sage who 1 related ...
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... productions : lives of the saints , with devotional and moral treatises in rhyme , are the first specimens of this tongue ; of the minor compositions , the earliest seem to have been military songs , of which the . most celebrated was ...
... productions : lives of the saints , with devotional and moral treatises in rhyme , are the first specimens of this tongue ; of the minor compositions , the earliest seem to have been military songs , of which the . most celebrated was ...
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... productions with the intention that they should be chaunted or declaimed . As the imperfection of measure required the assistance of song , and even of musical instruments , the minstrel , or histrion , added the charms of music to the ...
... productions with the intention that they should be chaunted or declaimed . As the imperfection of measure required the assistance of song , and even of musical instruments , the minstrel , or histrion , added the charms of music to the ...
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... More recently a collection has been edited by M. A. Montaiglon : Recueil général et Complet des Fabliaux . Paris , 1 72 , etc. the species of their productions . Hence their delineations and II . D CH . VII . ] 33 CONTES ET FABLIAUX .
... More recently a collection has been edited by M. A. Montaiglon : Recueil général et Complet des Fabliaux . Paris , 1 72 , etc. the species of their productions . Hence their delineations and II . D CH . VII . ] 33 CONTES ET FABLIAUX .
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John Colin Dunlop. the species of their productions . Hence their delineations and characters have little resemblance to each other , and there are none of those endless repetitions , nor relation of incidents , accessory to the ...
John Colin Dunlop. the species of their productions . Hence their delineations and characters have little resemblance to each other , and there are none of those endless repetitions , nor relation of incidents , accessory to 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.
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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.
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