History of Prose Fiction, Volume 2G. Bell and sons, 1888 |
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... Paris , 1822 , the author has borrowed little more than the framework of his narrative and a few tales from Sendabad ; the other stories were probably borrowed by the Arab or Turkish compiler from older sources . Loiseleur Des ...
... Paris , 1822 , the author has borrowed little more than the framework of his narrative and a few tales from Sendabad ; the other stories were probably borrowed by the Arab or Turkish compiler from older sources . Loiseleur Des ...
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... Paris adopts this orthography ; as for Fabliau in the singular , he declares this a barbarism in old as well as in modern French . of which were called Romaine , or Romance , from CH . VII . ] 23 CONTES ET FABLIAUX ,
... Paris adopts this orthography ; as for Fabliau in the singular , he declares this a barbarism in old as well as in modern French . of which were called Romaine , or Romance , from CH . VII . ] 23 CONTES ET FABLIAUX ,
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... Warnke , mit vergleichenden Anmerkungen von Reinhold Köhler , Halle , 1885 , and M. G. Paris ' critique thereon in Romania , Nos . 55 , 6 . from each other ; they more probably borrowed from the CH . VII . ] 29 CONTES ET FABLIAUX .
... Warnke , mit vergleichenden Anmerkungen von Reinhold Köhler , Halle , 1885 , and M. G. Paris ' critique thereon in Romania , Nos . 55 , 6 . from each other ; they more probably borrowed from the CH . VII . ] 29 CONTES ET FABLIAUX .
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... not ' More recently a collection has been edited by M. A. Montaiglon : Recueil général et Complet des Fabliaux . Paris , 1872 , etc. the species of their productions . Hence their delineations and II . D CH . VII . ] 33 CONTES ET FABLIAUX .
... not ' More recently a collection has been edited by M. A. Montaiglon : Recueil général et Complet des Fabliaux . Paris , 1872 , etc. the species of their productions . Hence their delineations and II . D CH . VII . ] 33 CONTES ET FABLIAUX .
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... Paris ) to Compiègne , met on the way three blind men seeking alms . Here , said he , pretend- ing to give them something , is a besant ; you will take care to divide it equally , it is intended for you all three . Though no one got the ...
... Paris ) to Compiègne , met on the way three blind men seeking alms . Here , said he , pretend- ing to give them something , is a besant ; you will take care to divide it equally , it is intended for you all three . Though no one got the ...
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Page 292 - As I walked through the wilderness of this world, I lighted on a certain place where was a den,* and laid me down in that place to sleep ; and as I slept, I dreamed a dream. I dreamed, and behold, I saw a man clothed with rags standing in a certain place, with his face from his own house, a book in his hand, and a great burden upon his back, Isa.