History of Prose Fiction, Volume 2G. Bell and sons, 1888 |
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... century there appeared an Arabic version , under the title , Kalilah ve Dimnah ( the dullard and the cunning one ) , the appellation by which the work is now generally known , and which is derived from the names assigned to two foxes or ...
... century there appeared an Arabic version , under the title , Kalilah ve Dimnah ( the dullard and the cunning one ) , the appellation by which the work is now generally known , and which is derived from the names assigned to two foxes or ...
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John Colin Dunlop. century , under the title , Directorium Humanæ Vitæ , vel Parabole Antiquorum Sapientum . Thence it passed into German , Spanish , and Italian . The Italian translation was the work of the novelist Firenzuola , and was ...
John Colin Dunlop. century , under the title , Directorium Humanæ Vitæ , vel Parabole Antiquorum Sapientum . Thence it passed into German , Spanish , and Italian . The Italian translation was the work of the novelist Firenzuola , and was ...
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... century , and in Scotch metre by John Rolland , of Dalkeith , about the same period . The last European translation belongs to the Italians , and was first printed at Mantua , in 1546 , under the title of Erastus . It is very different ...
... century , and in Scotch metre by John Rolland , of Dalkeith , about the same period . The last European translation belongs to the Italians , and was first printed at Mantua , in 1546 , under the title of Erastus . It is very different ...
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... century ) according to the tradition preserved in the Chronicle of Nestor , pretends to desire peace and tribute . " What dost thou desire from us ? " the Drevliani ask , " we will gladly pay tribute in honey and furs . " Olga answered ...
... century ) according to the tradition preserved in the Chronicle of Nestor , pretends to desire peace and tribute . " What dost thou desire from us ? " the Drevliani ask , " we will gladly pay tribute in honey and furs . " Olga answered ...
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... century . Its uniformity was early destroyed by the Norman invasion , which occasioned the division of the romance into a number of different idioms . To the conquerors , however , from whom it suffered corruption , it was also indebted ...
... century . Its uniformity was early destroyed by the Norman invasion , which occasioned the division of the romance into a number of different idioms . To the conquerors , however , from whom it suffered corruption , it was also indebted ...
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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.