History of Prose Fiction, Volume 2G. Bell and sons, 1888 |
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... queens undertakes to dis- cover the cause of this silence , but , during an interview with the prince , seizes the opportunity of attempting to thirteenth century , and was subsequently versified by Hebert , Ueber die Quelle des al ...
... queens undertakes to dis- cover the cause of this silence , but , during an interview with the prince , seizes the opportunity of attempting to thirteenth century , and was subsequently versified by Hebert , Ueber die Quelle des al ...
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... queen of Navarre , and the twenty - third of the first part of Bandello . The ninth story of Petrus Alphonsus is that of an artful old woman , who conceals her daughter's gallant from the husband , by spreading a sheet before his eyes ...
... queen of Navarre , and the twenty - third of the first part of Bandello . The ninth story of Petrus Alphonsus is that of an artful old woman , who conceals her daughter's gallant from the husband , by spreading a sheet before his eyes ...
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... Queen of Navarre , in Gower's " Confessio Amantis , " and in the German ballad of Count Stolberg . Such atrocious fictions , however , were not peculiar to the Ma foi ( says the queen of Navarre ) si toutes celles a qui pareille hose ...
... Queen of Navarre , in Gower's " Confessio Amantis , " and in the German ballad of Count Stolberg . Such atrocious fictions , however , were not peculiar to the Ma foi ( says the queen of Navarre ) si toutes celles a qui pareille hose ...
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... Queen " [ bk . iii . , cant . 3 ] , Merlin is feigned to have been the artificer of an enchanted mirror , in which a damsel viewed the shadow of her lover . * There is also a magical story in chapter 107 , entitled " De Imagine cum ...
... Queen " [ bk . iii . , cant . 3 ] , Merlin is feigned to have been the artificer of an enchanted mirror , in which a damsel viewed the shadow of her lover . * There is also a magical story in chapter 107 , entitled " De Imagine cum ...
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... queen - mother on her being sent for , and compelled by threats to confess the truth . Being finally asked how he came to know all these things , the wise man replies , that the length of the horse's ears , and the heat of the gem , had ...
... queen - mother on her being sent for , and compelled by threats to confess the truth . Being finally asked how he came to know all these things , the wise man replies , that the length of the horse's ears , and the heat of the gem , had ...
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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.