History of Prose Fiction, Volume 2G. Bell and sons, 1888 |
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... course of the following night , an old man appeared to him in a dream , and , as a reward of his generosity , informed him where he would find a treasure . 66 Next morning the king proceeded to the spot to which 6 [ CH . VII . HISTORY ...
... course of the following night , an old man appeared to him in a dream , and , as a reward of his generosity , informed him where he would find a treasure . 66 Next morning the king proceeded to the spot to which 6 [ CH . VII . HISTORY ...
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... course , not be determined . It is , however , certain that at an early dat extracts chiefly from the later Roman writers as well as collections o extracts received the name of Historia or Gesta , Romana or Romanorum and that the ...
... course , not be determined . It is , however , certain that at an early dat extracts chiefly from the later Roman writers as well as collections o extracts received the name of Historia or Gesta , Romana or Romanorum and that the ...
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... course , moralized ; the palace is the world - the figure with the bow is mortality - and the carbuncle human life . William of Malmesbury1 is the first writer by whom this story was recorded he relates a similar tale of Pope Gerbert ...
... course , moralized ; the palace is the world - the figure with the bow is mortality - and the carbuncle human life . William of Malmesbury1 is the first writer by whom this story was recorded he relates a similar tale of Pope Gerbert ...
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... course , thought of collecting notices of their lives at the only time when it could have been effected . The names , however of a great number of them have been mentioned in their tales , and the appellation at the same time frequently ...
... course , thought of collecting notices of their lives at the only time when it could have been effected . The names , however of a great number of them have been mentioned in their tales , and the appellation at the same time frequently ...
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... course of his labours , Legrand frequently found that pieces with the same title differed in particular incidents , and sometimes in the whole story . Sometimes again the story was the same and the language different , which shows that ...
... course of his labours , Legrand frequently found that pieces with the same title differed in particular incidents , and sometimes in the whole story . Sometimes again the story was the same and the language different , which shows that ...
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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.