History of Prose Fiction, Volume 2G. Bell and sons, 1906 |
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... queens undertakes to dis- cover the cause of this silence , but , during an interview with the prince , seizes the opportunity of attempting to thirteenth century , and was subsequently versified by Hebert , Ueber die Quelle des ...
... queens undertakes to dis- cover the cause of this silence , but , during an interview with the prince , seizes the opportunity of attempting to thirteenth century , and was subsequently versified by Hebert , Ueber die Quelle des ...
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... queen of Navarre , and the twenty - third of the first part of Bandello . The ninth story of Petrus Alphonsus is that of an artful old woman , who conceals her daughter's gallant from the husband , by spreading a sheet before his eyes ...
... queen of Navarre , and the twenty - third of the first part of Bandello . The ninth story of Petrus Alphonsus is that of an artful old woman , who conceals her daughter's gallant from the husband , by spreading a sheet before his eyes ...
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... Queen of Navarre , in Gower's " Confessio Amantis , " and in the German ballad of Count Stolberg . Such atrocious fictions , however , were not peculiar to the Ma foi ( says the queen of Navarre ) si toutes celles a qui pareille chose ...
... Queen of Navarre , in Gower's " Confessio Amantis , " and in the German ballad of Count Stolberg . Such atrocious fictions , however , were not peculiar to the Ma foi ( says the queen of Navarre ) si toutes celles a qui pareille chose ...
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... Queen " [ bk . iii . , cant . 3 ] , Merlin is feigned to have been the artificer of an enchanted mirror , in which a damsel viewed the shadow of her lover . * There is also a magical story in chapter 107 , entitled " De Imagine cum ...
... Queen " [ bk . iii . , cant . 3 ] , Merlin is feigned to have been the artificer of an enchanted mirror , in which a damsel viewed the shadow of her lover . * There is also a magical story in chapter 107 , entitled " De Imagine cum ...
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... queen sitting at table , surrounded by their nobles and a multi- tude of people , all clothed in rich garments - but no person spoke . He looked towards one corner , where he saw an immense carbuncle , ' which illuminated the whole ...
... queen sitting at table , surrounded by their nobles and a multi- tude of people , all clothed in rich garments - but no person spoke . He looked towards one corner , where he saw an immense carbuncle , ' which illuminated the whole ...
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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.