History of Prose Fiction, Volume 2G. Bell and sons, 1888 |
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... believed to be more ancient than the Turkish version ; but the story of Bidpai , which the king expresses a curiosity to hear , is supposed to be as old as the earliest Persian translation , and is of the follow- ing tenor ...
... believed to be more ancient than the Turkish version ; but the story of Bidpai , which the king expresses a curiosity to hear , is supposed to be as old as the earliest Persian translation , and is of the follow- ing tenor ...
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... believed to have been the book of the Seven counsellors , or Parables of Sandabar . This Sandabar is said , by an Arabian writer , to have been an Indian philosopher , who lived about an hundred years before the Christian era ; but it ...
... believed to have been the book of the Seven counsellors , or Parables of Sandabar . This Sandabar is said , by an Arabian writer , to have been an Indian philosopher , who lived about an hundred years before the Christian era ; but it ...
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... believed to be a principal storehouse of the Italian - novelists . This composition , in the disguise of romantic fiction , presents us with classical stories , Arabian apologues , and monkish legends . Mr. Douce has shown that there ...
... believed to be a principal storehouse of the Italian - novelists . This composition , in the disguise of romantic fiction , presents us with classical stories , Arabian apologues , and monkish legends . Mr. Douce has shown that there ...
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... believed unless he carried something back with him as evidence . He there- fore took from the principal table a golden cup and a golden knife , and placed them in his bosom . On this the image , which stood in the corner with the bow ...
... believed unless he carried something back with him as evidence . He there- fore took from the principal table a golden cup and a golden knife , and placed them in his bosom . On this the image , which stood in the corner with the bow ...
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... believed , however , that no professed work of fiction appeared in the Romance language previous to the middle of the twelfth century . I shall not here resume what has been formerly said on the origin of romances of chivalry , of which ...
... believed , however , that no professed work of fiction appeared in the Romance language previous to the middle of the twelfth century . I shall not here resume what has been formerly said on the origin of romances of chivalry , of which ...
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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.