History of Prose Fiction, Volume 2G. Bell and sons, 1888 |
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... celebrated tale of Luigi da Porto , from which Shakespeare took his Romeo and Juliet , and many of the apologues in Josaphat and Barlaam correspond with chapters in the Gesta Roma- norum , and through that performance with stories in ...
... celebrated tale of Luigi da Porto , from which Shakespeare took his Romeo and Juliet , and many of the apologues in Josaphat and Barlaam correspond with chapters in the Gesta Roma- norum , and through that performance with stories in ...
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... celebrated Welsh tradition concerning Llewellyn the Great and his greyhound Gellert : the only difference is that in the former produc- tion the dog preserves his master's child by killing a serpent , while , according to the Welsh ...
... celebrated Welsh tradition concerning Llewellyn the Great and his greyhound Gellert : the only difference is that in the former produc- tion the dog preserves his master's child by killing a serpent , while , according to the Welsh ...
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... celebrated tribunals in which amatory questions were agitated , that they chiefly attempted to signalize them- selves . These tensons were dialogues in alternate couplets , in which they sustained their various speculative opinions . In ...
... celebrated tribunals in which amatory questions were agitated , that they chiefly attempted to signalize them- selves . These tensons were dialogues in alternate couplets , in which they sustained their various speculative opinions . In ...
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... celebrated was the Chanson de Rolland , the subject of so much controversy . There were also a few satirical and encomiastic songs , and during the twelfth century a good number of an amatory description , filled with tire- some ...
... celebrated was the Chanson de Rolland , the subject of so much controversy . There were also a few satirical and encomiastic songs , and during the twelfth century a good number of an amatory description , filled with tire- some ...
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... celebrated tales known by the name of Fabliaux . These stories are almost the exclusive property of the provinces which lie north from the Loire ; they are the chief boast of the literature of France during this remote period , and are ...
... celebrated tales known by the name of Fabliaux . These stories are almost the exclusive property of the provinces which lie north from the Loire ; they are the chief boast of the literature of France during this remote period , and are ...
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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.