History of Prose Fiction, Volume 2G. Bell and sons, 1888 |
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... father , but for which he had no farther use . Among other articles , the king received a precious casket , containing a piece of silk , woven with certain characters , which , however , had the inconvenience of being unintelligible ...
... father , but for which he had no farther use . Among other articles , the king received a precious casket , containing a piece of silk , woven with certain characters , which , however , had the inconvenience of being unintelligible ...
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... father , and betrothed to a nobleman . On this occasion she receives from Pompey an embroidered robe , and crown of gold - from the cham- pion who had slain her seducer a gold ring — a similar present from the wise man who had pacified ...
... father , and betrothed to a nobleman . On this occasion she receives from Pompey an embroidered robe , and crown of gold - from the cham- pion who had slain her seducer a gold ring — a similar present from the wise man who had pacified ...
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... father in instructions to his daughters . With such excellencies and defects , it is not surprising that the Fabliaux were often imitated in their own country . Some of them have been frequently modernised in French verse , and have ...
... father in instructions to his daughters . With such excellencies and defects , it is not surprising that the Fabliaux were often imitated in their own country . Some of them have been frequently modernised in French verse , and have ...
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... father of the Italian language : - " L ' autor di quest ' opera è incerto ; è pero autore di lengua . " At first the Cento Novelle Antiche amounted only to ninety - six , but four were afterwards added to make up the hundred . The ...
... father of the Italian language : - " L ' autor di quest ' opera è incerto ; è pero autore di lengua . " At first the Cento Novelle Antiche amounted only to ninety - six , but four were afterwards added to make up the hundred . The ...
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... father who is in Heaven . " I believe the Schebet Judah was not written till near a century after the appearance of ... father's death the sons began to quarrel about the genuineness of their rings , and to ascertain this they begin to ...
... father who is in Heaven . " I believe the Schebet Judah was not written till near a century after the appearance of ... father's death the sons began to quarrel about the genuineness of their rings , and to ascertain this they begin to ...
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Page 292 - 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.