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... illustrated by a number of notes , which have been generally added to the more recent impressions . There have been numerous translations of the work ; an English version , by A. Hodges , was printed at Oxford in 1638 , and there is ...
... illustrated by a number of notes , which have been generally added to the more recent impressions . There have been numerous translations of the work ; an English version , by A. Hodges , was printed at Oxford in 1638 , and there is ...
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... Illustrations of Shakspeare , has pointed out the resemblance between this adventure and the lead- ing incident of the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet . The Ephesiaca , he acknowledges , was not published at the time when Luigi da Porto ...
... Illustrations of Shakspeare , has pointed out the resemblance between this adventure and the lead- ing incident of the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet . The Ephesiaca , he acknowledges , was not published at the time when Luigi da Porto ...
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... illustrated . Josaphat yields im- plicit assent to the doctrines of Barlaam , and is admitted to a knowledge of all the questions which agitated the church in these early periods . An The consideration of the seclusion of the monks ...
... illustrated . Josaphat yields im- plicit assent to the doctrines of Barlaam , and is admitted to a knowledge of all the questions which agitated the church in these early periods . An The consideration of the seclusion of the monks ...
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... illustration of the story ; the guides and boatmen will point out to the tourist O'Donoghue's horse , O'Donoghue's prison , his stable , his library , his pigeon - house , his table , his cellar , his honeycombs , his pulpit , his broom ...
... illustration of the story ; the guides and boatmen will point out to the tourist O'Donoghue's horse , O'Donoghue's prison , his stable , his library , his pigeon - house , his table , his cellar , his honeycombs , his pulpit , his broom ...
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... illustrations and proofs of the manners of the times , and institutions of chivalry . It is strange that Perceforest , which sets all chronology , geography , and probability at defiance , more boldly than almost any other romance ...
... illustrations and proofs of the manners of the times , and institutions of chivalry . It is strange that Perceforest , which sets all chronology , geography , and probability at defiance , more boldly than almost any other romance ...
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