History of Prose Fiction, Volume 2G. Bell and sons, 1906 |
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... nature of love . It was in the Tensons , or pleas before the celebrated tribunals in which amatory questions were agitated , that they chiefly attempted to signalize them- selves . These tensons were dialogues in alternate couplets , in ...
... nature of love . It was in the Tensons , or pleas before the celebrated tribunals in which amatory questions were agitated , that they chiefly attempted to signalize them- selves . These tensons were dialogues in alternate couplets , in ...
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... nature . This is denied by Mr. Tyrwhitt , who defines the lay , I think pretty accurately , to be a light narrative poem of moderate length , simple style , and easy measure , neither extended in incidents , as the romance , nor ...
... nature . This is denied by Mr. Tyrwhitt , who defines the lay , I think pretty accurately , to be a light narrative poem of moderate length , simple style , and easy measure , neither extended in incidents , as the romance , nor ...
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... nature or form from those termed Fabliaux . The retention of the name in the case of Lais shows them to have been formerly sung ( in the form of strophes ) , i.e. , that they drew their origin from folk songs , whilst the Fabliaux were ...
... nature or form from those termed Fabliaux . The retention of the name in the case of Lais shows them to have been formerly sung ( in the form of strophes ) , i.e. , that they drew their origin from folk songs , whilst the Fabliaux were ...
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... nature , they represent the ordinary actions of private life , and exhibit the nation , according to the expression of Legrand , in an undress . 66 Opinions , " continues that author , " prejudices , superstitions , tone of conversation ...
... nature , they represent the ordinary actions of private life , and exhibit the nation , according to the expression of Legrand , in an undress . 66 Opinions , " continues that author , " prejudices , superstitions , tone of conversation ...
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... Nature had exhausted her ingenuity in the formation of his whimsical figure . In place of understanding she had given him an immense head , which nevertheless was lost between his two shoulders , he had thick hair , a short neck , and a ...
... Nature had exhausted her ingenuity in the formation of his whimsical figure . In place of understanding she had given him an immense head , which nevertheless was lost between his two shoulders , he had thick hair , a short neck , and a ...
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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.