Gesta Romanorum, Or, Entertaining Moral Stories: Invented by the Monks as a Fire-side Reacreation and Commonly Applied in Their Discourses from the Pulpit Whence the Most Celebrated of Our Own Poets and Others, from the Earliest Times, Have Extracted Their Plots, Volume 2

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C. and J. Rivington, 1824

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Page 440 - Two honest tradesmen meeting in the Strand, One took the other briskly by the hand ; " Hark ye," said he, " 'tis an odd story this About the crows !" " I don't know what it is,
Page 441 - Though, in regard to number, not exact; It was not two black crows — 'twas only one; The truth 'of that you may depend upon; The gentleman himself told me the case." "Where may I find him?" "Why, in such a place." Away goes he, and, having found him out, " Sir, be so good as to resolve a doubt.
Page 423 - Struck with so amazing a phenomenon as this, there remained hardly any life in him, so that he sunk down in the arm-chair in which he sat, and continued, he knew not how long, insensible.
Page 528 - And in another isle be folk of foul fashion and shape that have the lip above the mouth so great, that when they sleep in the sun they cover all the face with that lip.
Page 93 - ... never lost sight of. A place like this, he thought, no one could suspect ; but it happened, that while all his household slept, the sea overflowed its boundaries, broke down that side of the building where the log was situated, and carried it away. It floated many miles...
Page 467 - No light, no fire : the unfriendly elements Forgot thee utterly ; nor have I time To give thee hallow'd to thy grave, but straight Must cast thee, scarcely coffin'd, in the ooze ; Where, for a monument upon thy bones, And aye-remaining lamps, the belching whale And humming water must o'erwhelm thy corpse, Lying with simple shells.
Page 440 - Change, This week, in short, as all the alley knows, Taking a puke, has thrown up three black crows !' ' Impossible !' ' Nay, but indeed 'tis true ; I had it from good hands, and so may you.
Page 529 - In Ethiope such men as have but one foot, and they go so fast that it is a great marvel ; and that is a large foot, for the shadow thereof covereth the body from sun, or rain, when they lie upon their backs...
Page 489 - that when a company was assembled, if a jugler or minstrel were not pres«nt, it was the custom of our ancestors to entertain themselves by relating or hearing a series of adventures. Thus the general plan of the CANTERBURY TALES, which at first sight seems to be merely an ingenious invention of the poet to serve a particular occasion, is in...
Page 540 - A TOUR through the UPPER PROVINCES of HINDOSTAN ; comprising a Period between the Years 1804 and 1814; with Remarks and authentic Anecdotes. To which is annexed, a Guide up the River Ganges. By ED With a Map of the River Ganges. 8vo. 9$. " This volume is full of amusement, and we can recommend it in perfect sincerity, as being at once unpretending and interestmg." — Literary Museum. Works published by. C. and J. Rivington. 4. WILLOUGHBY, or REFORMATION. The Influence of Religious Principles. By...

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