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... remains be adulterated with a mixture of senti- ments and manners of modern growth , the composition is heterogeneous and uninstructive . ( Rose's " Amadis de Gaul . " ) Abstracts of romances omitted in the Bibliothèque des Romans have ...
... remains be adulterated with a mixture of senti- ments and manners of modern growth , the composition is heterogeneous and uninstructive . ( Rose's " Amadis de Gaul . " ) Abstracts of romances omitted in the Bibliothèque des Romans have ...
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... remains to prosecute what forms the proper object of this undertaking , -the origin and progress of prose works of fiction , with the analysis and criticism of the most celebrated which have been succes- sively presented to the world ...
... remains to prosecute what forms the proper object of this undertaking , -the origin and progress of prose works of fiction , with the analysis and criticism of the most celebrated which have been succes- sively presented to the world ...
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... remain with safety in her present habitation , prepares for departure [ c . 13 ] . Rhodanes , before setting out ... remains of this unfortunate woman , and mistaking the dead body for that of his daughter , he gives it interment , and ...
... remain with safety in her present habitation , prepares for departure [ c . 13 ] . Rhodanes , before setting out ... remains of this unfortunate woman , and mistaking the dead body for that of his daughter , he gives it interment , and ...
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... is named Chariclea , and remains for seven years with 1 Αἰθιωπικῶν βιβλία δέκα . 2 Cf. the similar incident in Tasso's Gerus . Lib . XII . 23 , etc. her reputed father . At the end of this period 24 [ CH . I. HISTORY OF FICTION .
... is named Chariclea , and remains for seven years with 1 Αἰθιωπικῶν βιβλία δέκα . 2 Cf. the similar incident in Tasso's Gerus . Lib . XII . 23 , etc. her reputed father . At the end of this period 24 [ CH . I. HISTORY OF FICTION .
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... remain'd Alone her damsels and myself contain❜d ; To me , who loved her with a faithful mind , Her infant charge she unbaptiz'd consign'd , With tears and sighs she gave thee to my care , Remote from thence the precious pledge to bear ...
... remain'd Alone her damsels and myself contain❜d ; To me , who loved her with a faithful mind , Her infant charge she unbaptiz'd consign'd , With tears and sighs she gave thee to my care , Remote from thence the precious pledge to bear ...
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