History of Prose Fiction, Volume 2G. Bell and sons, 1906 |
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... soon and intimately acquainted with the works of the latter description produced among the neighbouring nations . Nor does this knowledge appear merely from the poems of Pulci and Boiardo , but from the authors of a period still more ...
... soon and intimately acquainted with the works of the latter description produced among the neighbouring nations . Nor does this knowledge appear merely from the poems of Pulci and Boiardo , but from the authors of a period still more ...
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... soon after translated into Syriac , ' and oftener than once into more modern Persic . In the eighth century there appeared an Arabic version , under the title , Kalilah ve Dimnah ( the dullard and the cunning one ) , the appellation by ...
... soon after translated into Syriac , ' and oftener than once into more modern Persic . In the eighth century there appeared an Arabic version , under the title , Kalilah ve Dimnah ( the dullard and the cunning one ) , the appellation by ...
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... soon after that of Hebers , but differs from it essentially , both in the frame and in the stories introduced . This work gave rise to many subsequent imitations in French prose , and to the English metrical romance , entitled the ...
... soon after that of Hebers , but differs from it essentially , both in the frame and in the stories introduced . This work gave rise to many subsequent imitations in French prose , and to the English metrical romance , entitled the ...
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... soon suffered a miserable death . All this is , of course , moralized ; the palace is the world - the figure with the bow is mortality - and the carbuncle human life . William of Malmesbury ' is the first writer by whom this story was ...
... soon suffered a miserable death . All this is , of course , moralized ; the palace is the world - the figure with the bow is mortality - and the carbuncle human life . William of Malmesbury ' is the first writer by whom this story was ...
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... soon after their composition , and have but lately become a sub- ject of attention . While the Troubadours obtained a last- ing reputation by the gratitude of the early Italian poets , and were believed great geniuses because celebrated ...
... soon after their composition , and have but lately become a sub- ject of attention . While the Troubadours obtained a last- ing reputation by the gratitude of the early Italian poets , and were believed great geniuses because celebrated ...
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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.