History of Prose Fiction, Volume 2G. Bell and sons, 1888 |
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... given which are attributed to Lockman . This work was trans- lated into English 1747 , and an English version , by J. G. N. Keith Falconer , from the Syriac text , has been published at Cambridge , 1885 . In all the versions the tales ...
... given which are attributed to Lockman . This work was trans- lated into English 1747 , and an English version , by J. G. N. Keith Falconer , from the Syriac text , has been published at Cambridge , 1885 . In all the versions the tales ...
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... given by Mr. Ellis , who supposes it to have been written about the year 1330 . Not long after the invention of printing , the Latin Historia Septem Sapientum , a different version from that on which the Dolopatos of Hebers is founded ...
... given by Mr. Ellis , who supposes it to have been written about the year 1330 . Not long after the invention of printing , the Latin Historia Septem Sapientum , a different version from that on which the Dolopatos of Hebers is founded ...
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... given in the original . See Warton . Ed . Hazlitt . The authorship , however , is really quite unknown . In none of the very numerous MSS . investigated by Oesterley is there any reference direct or indirect to the compiler Berchorius ...
... given in the original . See Warton . Ed . Hazlitt . The authorship , however , is really quite unknown . In none of the very numerous MSS . investigated by Oesterley is there any reference direct or indirect to the compiler Berchorius ...
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... given to folk - songs or artificial elabora- tions and imitations of them . The compositions called Lais were often distinguished by their designation alone , and not at all by their nature or form from those termed Fabliaux . The ...
... given to folk - songs or artificial elabora- tions and imitations of them . The compositions called Lais were often distinguished by their designation alone , and not at all by their nature or form from those termed Fabliaux . The ...
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... given him to set to music by the Trouveurs , or by the transcribers who col- lected them . These variations Legrand has frequently mingled , inserting in the version he principally followed any amusing incident , or instructive passage ...
... given him to set to music by the Trouveurs , or by the transcribers who col- lected them . These variations Legrand has frequently mingled , inserting in the version he principally followed any amusing incident , or instructive passage ...
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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.