History of Prose Fiction, Volume 2G. Bell and sons, 1906 |
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... , the lover is much embarrassed to devise any mode of procuring an interview . The bird hits on an expedient , which is to set fire to her castle , in hopes that the lady might escape to CH . VII . ] 25 CONTES ET FABLIAUX . 25.
... , the lover is much embarrassed to devise any mode of procuring an interview . The bird hits on an expedient , which is to set fire to her castle , in hopes that the lady might escape to CH . VII . ] 25 CONTES ET FABLIAUX . 25.
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... 1861 , p . 65-6 . Cf. also the episode of Samson and the three hundred foxes . See German appendix , Geschichte der Schildbürger . corresponding to the tensons of the Troubadours , as whether CH . VII . ] 27 CONTES ET FABLIAUX .
... 1861 , p . 65-6 . Cf. also the episode of Samson and the three hundred foxes . See German appendix , Geschichte der Schildbürger . corresponding to the tensons of the Troubadours , as whether CH . VII . ] 27 CONTES ET FABLIAUX .
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... Fabliaux . These stories are almost the exclusive property of the provinces which lie north from the Loire ; they are the chief boast of the literature of France during this remote period , and are well deserving of attention , whether ...
... Fabliaux . These stories are almost the exclusive property of the provinces which lie north from the Loire ; they are the chief boast of the literature of France during this remote period , and are well deserving of attention , whether ...
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... Fabliaux are all metrical , and are , for the most part , in couplets of eight syllables.2 These compositions were written by persons styling them- selves Trouveurs ( Trouvères ) , a term expressive of genius and invention ...
... Fabliaux are all metrical , and are , for the most part , in couplets of eight syllables.2 These compositions were written by persons styling them- selves Trouveurs ( Trouvères ) , a term expressive of genius and invention ...
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... Fabliaux seem to have been of eastern origin . Many of them are evidently taken from Petrus Alphonsus , who was merely a collector of Arabian tales of instruction ; and others are apparently derived from the same nation , as they ...
... Fabliaux seem to have been of eastern origin . Many of them are evidently taken from Petrus Alphonsus , who was merely a collector of Arabian tales of instruction ; and others are apparently derived from the same nation , as they ...
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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.