History of Prose Fiction, Volume 2G. Bell and sons, 1888 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 78
Page 241
... productions , they ap- pear in their turn to have suggested much to subsequent writers . The 8th tale ( Mesaventure de Bornet , qui se fait coca lui - même ) , which is from the fabliau of Le Meunier d'Aleus , ' and also occurs in the ...
... productions , they ap- pear in their turn to have suggested much to subsequent writers . The 8th tale ( Mesaventure de Bornet , qui se fait coca lui - même ) , which is from the fabliau of Le Meunier d'Aleus , ' and also occurs in the ...
Page 243
... production of the kind rom the Facetiae of Hierocles , ' to the last Encyclopædia f Wit . An honest man in Poictiers sent his two sons for aeir improvement to Paris . After some time they both all sick ; one died , and the survivor , in ...
... production of the kind rom the Facetiae of Hierocles , ' to the last Encyclopædia f Wit . An honest man in Poictiers sent his two sons for aeir improvement to Paris . After some time they both all sick ; one died , and the survivor , in ...
Page 245
... productions , as the Spanish 1 In Spain also short stories were more numerous and more successful laring the latter part of the sixteenth and the whole of the seventeenth enturies , than any other form of prose fiction , to a great ...
... productions , as the Spanish 1 In Spain also short stories were more numerous and more successful laring the latter part of the sixteenth and the whole of the seventeenth enturies , than any other form of prose fiction , to a great ...
Page 246
... productions of a countr which are consumed within itself , while tales , like th more delicate and precious articles of traffic , which ar exported from their native soil , have gladdened and delighte every land . They are the ...
... productions of a countr which are consumed within itself , while tales , like th more delicate and precious articles of traffic , which ar exported from their native soil , have gladdened and delighte every land . They are the ...
Page 256
... production of monks , who believed the absurdities they heard , or scrupled not to invent new ones , to raise the reputation of the relics pre- served in their convents . The most ancient collection of spiritual tales , is ascribed by ...
... production of monks , who believed the absurdities they heard , or scrupled not to invent new ones , to raise the reputation of the relics pre- served in their convents . The most ancient collection of spiritual tales , is ascribed by ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
adventures afterwards appeared arrival Artabanes Astrea Bandello Barbazan beautiful Boccaccio brother Celadon celebrated Cent Nouvelles Nouvelles Cento Novelle century character chiefly chivalry Cinthio composition Contes court daughter death Decameron Don Quixote duke edition enamoured English Euphues fables Fabliau Fabliaux fairy father fiction France French German Gesta Romanorum Greek hero heroic husband imitated incidents introduced Italian novelists king lady Latin legends Legrand length letters literature London lover manner Memoir mistress monk moral narrative nature night Notes original Paris passion person Petrus Alphonsus Philomela poem poet popular Portrait prince princess printed prose published queen Queen of Navarre resemblance romance Russian Saga satire says scene Scudéry Sethos Seven Wise Masters similar Skazka Spanish species story Straparola style Syntipas tale Tarass Boulba Timoneda tion Trans translated Trouveurs voyage wife writing written young
Popular passages
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 702 - Poems formerly attributed to him. With a Memoir, Introduction, Notes, and a Glossary, by R. Bell. Improved edition, with Preliminary Essay by Rev. WW Skeat, MA Portrait. 4 vols.
Page 707 - Organnm and Advancement of Learning. With Notes by J. Devey, MA BAX. A Handbook of the History of Philosophy, for the use of Students. By E. Belfort Bax, Editor of Kant's ' Prolegomena." COMTE'S Philosophy of the Sciences. An Exposition of the Principles of the Cours jt Pkilesothu Petitive. By GH Lewes, Author of
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 179 - 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.
Page 707 - EVELYN'S Diary and Corresponddence, with the Private Correspondence of Charles I. and Sir Edward Nicholas, and between Sir Edward Hyde (Earl of Clarendon) and Sir Richard Browne. Edited from the Original MSS. by W. Bray, FAS 4 vols. NS 45 Engravings (after Vandyke, Lely, Kneller, and Jamieson, &c.). NB — This edition contains 130 letters from Evelyn and his wife, contained in no other edition. PEPYS
Page 702 - Essays : On Decision of Character ; on a Man's writing Memoirs of Himself; on the epithet Romantic; on the aversion of Men of Taste to Evangelical Religion.