History of Prose Fiction, Volume 2G. Bell and sons, 1906 |
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... whole nation would have been interested or flattered , as England must have been by the relation of the achievements of Arthur , or France by the history of Charlemagne . The fame of Belisarius was indeed illustrious , but as an enemy ...
... whole nation would have been interested or flattered , as England must have been by the relation of the achievements of Arthur , or France by the history of Charlemagne . The fame of Belisarius was indeed illustrious , but as an enemy ...
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... whole apartment . In the opposite corner he perceived the figure of a man , with a bended bow , and an arrow in his hand , prepared to shoot ; on his forehead was written , “ I am who I am ; nothing can escape my dart , not even yonder ...
... whole apartment . In the opposite corner he perceived the figure of a man , with a bended bow , and an arrow in his hand , prepared to shoot ; on his forehead was written , “ I am who I am ; nothing can escape my dart , not even yonder ...
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... whole of the thirteenth century . " 64 1 The works of the Trouveurs and minstrels , however 1 " Les trouvères , " writes M. Leroux de Lincy , " sont principalement designés comme étant les veritables inventeurs de toutes les poesies ...
... whole of the thirteenth century . " 64 1 The works of the Trouveurs and minstrels , however 1 " Les trouvères , " writes M. Leroux de Lincy , " sont principalement designés comme étant les veritables inventeurs de toutes les poesies ...
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... whole story . Sometimes again the story was the same and the language different , which shows that the Fabliaux were altered at pleasure , either by the minstrel , when given him to set to music by the Trouveurs , or by the transcribers ...
... whole story . Sometimes again the story was the same and the language different , which shows that the Fabliaux were altered at pleasure , either by the minstrel , when given him to set to music by the Trouveurs , or by the transcribers ...
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... whole Italian novels , so good a story of this description as that of LES TROIS Bossus , embodied in two fabliaux , one by the Trouveur Durand , and the other by the Trouveur Piaucèle , who entitles it Destormi . ' Gentlemen , says the ...
... whole Italian novels , so good a story of this description as that of LES TROIS Bossus , embodied in two fabliaux , one by the Trouveur Durand , and the other by the Trouveur Piaucèle , who entitles it Destormi . ' Gentlemen , says 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.
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.
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