History of Prose Fiction, Volume 1G. Bell and Sons, 1896 - 1205 pages |
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... arrived with a person of the name of Ceryllus at the tomb of the Syrens , and afterwards at a city in Spain , where the people saw during the night , a privilege which was neutralized by total blindness during day . - Dercyllis further ...
... arrived with a person of the name of Ceryllus at the tomb of the Syrens , and afterwards at a city in Spain , where the people saw during the night , a privilege which was neutralized by total blindness during day . - Dercyllis further ...
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... arrive at that dignity till after the composition of his romance , he must have found , in the course of his studies , that Sarah and Abram passed , and for similar reasons , for brother and sister while in Egypt [ 1 Mos . xii . 13 , xx ...
... arrive at that dignity till after the composition of his romance , he must have found , in the course of his studies , that Sarah and Abram passed , and for similar reasons , for brother and sister while in Egypt [ 1 Mos . xii . 13 , xx ...
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... arriving at Memphis , they find that , with his usual good luck , he had again fallen into the power of Thyamis , and was besieging that capital [ vii . 1 ] along with the robber . A treaty of peace , however , is speedily concluded ...
... arriving at Memphis , they find that , with his usual good luck , he had again fallen into the power of Thyamis , and was besieging that capital [ vii . 1 ] along with the robber . A treaty of peace , however , is speedily concluded ...
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... arrival of Charicles , priest of Delphos , who was wandering through the world in search of Chariclea . After some demur on the part of the Gymnosophists , Chariclea obtains her own release and that of Theagenes , is united to him in ...
... arrival of Charicles , priest of Delphos , who was wandering through the world in search of Chariclea . After some demur on the part of the Gymnosophists , Chariclea obtains her own release and that of Theagenes , is united to him in ...
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... arrived at her tomb , but was prevented from executing his purpose by the sudden appearance of his servant Satyrus , and of Menelaus , a young man who had sailed with him in the vessel from Berytus . These two persons had also escaped ...
... arrived at her tomb , but was prevented from executing his purpose by the sudden appearance of his servant Satyrus , and of Menelaus , a young man who had sailed with him in the vessel from Berytus . These two persons had also escaped ...
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