History of Prose Fiction, Volume 2G. Bell and sons, 1906 |
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Page 39
... young woman , the daughter of a poor but respectable burgess of Douai . He sought her in marriage ; and as he was the richest person in the district , the poor girl was delivered up to him . After learning of what she had partaken ...
... young woman , the daughter of a poor but respectable burgess of Douai . He sought her in marriage ; and as he was the richest person in the district , the poor girl was delivered up to him . After learning of what she had partaken ...
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... young man enjoys with the king . As a friend , he bids the youth hold back his head while serving this prince , who , he says , was disgusted with his bad breath , and then acquaints his master that the page did so , from being offended ...
... young man enjoys with the king . As a friend , he bids the youth hold back his head while serving this prince , who , he says , was disgusted with his bad breath , and then acquaints his master that the page did so , from being offended ...
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... young ladies accidentally met in the church of St. Mary . At the suggestion of Pampinea , the eldest of their number , they resolved on leaving the city which was thus terribly afflicted . Having joined to their company three young men ...
... young ladies accidentally met in the church of St. Mary . At the suggestion of Pampinea , the eldest of their number , they resolved on leaving the city which was thus terribly afflicted . Having joined to their company three young men ...
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... young men swear , or saw them haunt taverns , follow vanities , and affect the follies of the world . Similar answers are received by the confessor to all the questions he puts to his penitent , who , when now about to receive abso ...
... young men swear , or saw them haunt taverns , follow vanities , and affect the follies of the world . Similar answers are received by the confessor to all the questions he puts to his penitent , who , when now about to receive abso ...
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... young monk , belonging to a monastery in the neighbourhood of Florence , prevails on a peasant girl , whom he meets on his walks , to accompany him to his cell . While there he is overheard by the abbot , who ap- proaches the door to ...
... young monk , belonging to a monastery in the neighbourhood of Florence , prevails on a peasant girl , whom he meets on his walks , to accompany him to his cell . While there he is overheard by the abbot , who ap- proaches the door to ...
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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.