History of Prose Fiction, Volume 1G. Bell and Sons, 1896 - 1205 pages |
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... says Lord Bacon , " is inferior to the rational soul , so Fiction gives to mankind what history denies , and , in some measure , satisfies the mind with shadows when it cannot enjoy the substance : For , upon a narrow inspection ...
... says Lord Bacon , " is inferior to the rational soul , so Fiction gives to mankind what history denies , and , in some measure , satisfies the mind with shadows when it cannot enjoy the substance : For , upon a narrow inspection ...
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... says Borromeo , ( in the preface to the Notizia de ' Novellieri Italiani , ) we should remark the light that novels spread on the history of the times . He who doubts of this may read the Eulogium of Bandello , and he will be satisfied ...
... says Borromeo , ( in the preface to the Notizia de ' Novellieri Italiani , ) we should remark the light that novels spread on the history of the times . He who doubts of this may read the Eulogium of Bandello , and he will be satisfied ...
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... says that it was composed for his use , to furnish him with materials for elegies and other poems . " narration and expression [ Lucian , Amores , § 1 , and Apuleius , in the introduction to his Metamorphoses . ] - Liebrecht . The tales ...
... says that it was composed for his use , to furnish him with materials for elegies and other poems . " narration and expression [ Lucian , Amores , § 1 , and Apuleius , in the introduction to his Metamorphoses . ] - Liebrecht . The tales ...
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... says that they saw better at night , a circum- stance which has reference to the nocturnal solar phenomena in very northern latitudes . her brother Mantinia , by the intrigues of Paapis , CH . I. ] ANTONIUS DIOGENES - DINIAS AND ...
... says that they saw better at night , a circum- stance which has reference to the nocturnal solar phenomena in very northern latitudes . her brother Mantinia , by the intrigues of Paapis , CH . I. ] ANTONIUS DIOGENES - DINIAS AND ...
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... says the darkness continued sometimes a month , sometimes six months , but at certain places for a whole year ; and the length of the day was proportioned to that of the night . At last , awakening one morning , he finds himself at Tyre ...
... says the darkness continued sometimes a month , sometimes six months , but at certain places for a whole year ; and the length of the day was proportioned to that of the night . At last , awakening one morning , he finds himself at Tyre ...
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