History of Prose Fiction, Volume 2G. Bell and sons, 1888 |
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... period still more remote , in whom we meet with innumerable allusions to incidents related in the tales of chivalry . Dante represents the perusal of the story of Lancelot , as conducting Paolo and Francesca al doloroso passo ( Inf . c ...
... period still more remote , in whom we meet with innumerable allusions to incidents related in the tales of chivalry . Dante represents the perusal of the story of Lancelot , as conducting Paolo and Francesca al doloroso passo ( Inf . c ...
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... 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 from the Greek original , and was translated , with the alterations it had ...
... 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 from the Greek original , and was translated , with the alterations it had ...
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... period , and are well deserving of attention , whether we consider their intrinsic merit , or their general influence on fiction . Of these tales , some have been called Lais , and others Fabliaux ; terms which are often used so ...
... period , and are well deserving of attention , whether we consider their intrinsic merit , or their general influence on fiction . Of these tales , some have been called Lais , and others Fabliaux ; terms which are often used so ...
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... period of the appearance of their works extends through the last half of the twelfth , the whole of the thirteenth , and part of the fourteenth century , but the greatest number were written during the reign of St. Louis . Thus the era ...
... period of the appearance of their works extends through the last half of the twelfth , the whole of the thirteenth , and part of the fourteenth century , but the greatest number were written during the reign of St. Louis . Thus the era ...
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... period a constant devotional , as well as commercial , intercourse had subsisted between Europe and the Saracen dominions . In Christendom , indeed , the Mahometans were ever detested , but it was not always the same in Asia . During ...
... period a constant devotional , as well as commercial , intercourse had subsisted between Europe and the Saracen dominions . In Christendom , indeed , the Mahometans were ever detested , but it was not always the same in Asia . During ...
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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.