History of Prose Fiction, Volume 2G. Bell and sons, 1888 |
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... prince and his minister enter into a discourse on human life and government , a conversation which seems to have been suggested by a swarm of bees , which were at labour in the trunk of a neighbouring oak . During this discussion , the ...
... prince and his minister enter into a discourse on human life and government , a conversation which seems to have been suggested by a swarm of bees , which were at labour in the trunk of a neighbouring oak . During this discussion , the ...
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... Prince Erastus , 1565 , and the History of Prince Erastus , etc. , was also printed in English in 1674 . This romance , through most of its transmigrations , ex- hibits the story of a king who places his son under the charge of one or ...
... Prince Erastus , 1565 , and the History of Prince Erastus , etc. , was also printed in English in 1674 . This romance , through most of its transmigrations , ex- hibits the story of a king who places his son under the charge of one or ...
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... prince is called Lucinien , and Virgil is the philosopher to whose care he is entrusted . Vespa- sian , son of ... prince's name is changed into Erastus . In some of the eastern versions , the days , in place of seven , have been ...
... prince is called Lucinien , and Virgil is the philosopher to whose care he is entrusted . Vespa- sian , son of ... prince's name is changed into Erastus . In some of the eastern versions , the days , in place of seven , have been ...
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... prince Hamlet , in reply to the King of England , in Saxo Grammaticus , i . iii . and iv . p . 138 , etc. ed . Hafn . 1839. See als Simrock , " Quellen des Shakespeare , " i . 81-85 , 3 , 170 , etc. In Otte's " Heraclius , " edited by ...
... prince Hamlet , in reply to the King of England , in Saxo Grammaticus , i . iii . and iv . p . 138 , etc. ed . Hafn . 1839. See als Simrock , " Quellen des Shakespeare , " i . 81-85 , 3 , 170 , etc. In Otte's " Heraclius , " edited by ...
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... prince , who , he says , was disgusted with his bad breath , and then acquaints his master that the page did so , from being offended with his majesty's breath . The irascible monarch forthwith orders his kiln - man to throw the first ...
... prince , who , he says , was disgusted with his bad breath , and then acquaints his master that the page did so , from being offended with his majesty's breath . The irascible monarch forthwith orders his kiln - man to throw the first ...
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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.