History of Prose Fiction, Volume 2G. Bell and sons, 1888 |
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... afterwards called Philip the Hardy . Of this version there is a MS . copy in the national library at Paris.2 1 Ellis's " Early Metrical Romances , " vol . iii . See also Comparetti , Ricerche intorno al libro di Sindibad , Milano , 1869 ...
... afterwards called Philip the Hardy . Of this version there is a MS . copy in the national library at Paris.2 1 Ellis's " Early Metrical Romances , " vol . iii . See also Comparetti , Ricerche intorno al libro di Sindibad , Milano , 1869 ...
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... afterwards find , there is a close imitation in the 16th of the Cent Nouvelles Nou- velles , the sixth of the tales of the queen of Navarre , and the twenty - third of the first part of Bandello . The ninth story of Petrus Alphonsus is ...
... afterwards find , there is a close imitation in the 16th of the Cent Nouvelles Nou- velles , the sixth of the tales of the queen of Navarre , and the twenty - third of the first part of Bandello . The ninth story of Petrus Alphonsus is ...
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... afterwards shown , are the same with those in the Cento Novelle Antiche , and the Decameron of Boccaccio . Perhaps neither the author of the Cento Novelle Antiche , nor the subsequent Italian novelists , derived stories directly from ...
... afterwards shown , are the same with those in the Cento Novelle Antiche , and the Decameron of Boccaccio . Perhaps neither the author of the Cento Novelle Antiche , nor the subsequent Italian novelists , derived stories directly from ...
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... afterwards killed by a champion of Pompey's court . She is subsequently reconciled to her father , and betrothed to a nobleman . On this occasion she receives from Pompey an embroidered robe , and crown of gold - from the cham- pion who ...
... afterwards killed by a champion of Pompey's court . She is subsequently reconciled to her father , and betrothed to a nobleman . On this occasion she receives from Pompey an embroidered robe , and crown of gold - from the cham- pion who ...
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... afterwards ingeniously finds means to defraud the land- lord.1 In the Italian novels there are frequently related strata- gems to procure provisions , and pork seems always to have been held in the highest estimation . In like manner ...
... afterwards ingeniously finds means to defraud the land- lord.1 In the Italian novels there are frequently related strata- gems to procure provisions , and pork seems always to have been held in the highest estimation . In like manner ...
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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.