History of Prose Fiction, Volume 2G. Bell and sons, 1888 |
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... resemblances may be traced still more numerous and complete . But though it be true that these works had an influence on the tales which appeared in Europe at the first dawn of literature , the ultimate origin of this species of ...
... resemblances may be traced still more numerous and complete . But though it be true that these works had an influence on the tales which appeared in Europe at the first dawn of literature , the ultimate origin of this species of ...
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... resemblance can be traced . They are mostly fables in the style of Æsop , and have but few traces of the ingenious gallantry , savage atrocity , or lively repartee , which are the characteristics of Italian tales . Besides , as the work ...
... resemblance can be traced . They are mostly fables in the style of Æsop , and have but few traces of the ingenious gallantry , savage atrocity , or lively repartee , which are the characteristics of Italian tales . Besides , as the work ...
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... resemblance in manner , but in which the particular inci- dents , as shall be afterwards shown , are the same with those in the Cento Novelle Antiche , and the Decameron of Boccaccio . Perhaps neither the author of the Cento Novelle ...
... resemblance in manner , but in which the particular inci- dents , as shall be afterwards shown , are the same with those in the Cento Novelle Antiche , and the Decameron of Boccaccio . Perhaps neither the author of the Cento Novelle ...
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... resemblance to the Italian novels of gallantry . In one of these , by Raimond Vidal [ iii . p . 296 ] , we are told that a lord of Arragon , who was a jealous husband , pretended to take his departure on a journey , but suddenly ...
... resemblance to the Italian novels of gallantry . In one of these , by Raimond Vidal [ iii . p . 296 ] , we are told that a lord of Arragon , who was a jealous husband , pretended to take his departure on a journey , but suddenly ...
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... resemblance to the Italian novels . 2 Fauchet , in his history of French poetry , was the first to renew a recollection of the Trouveurs and their writings , but his notices and extracts were not calculated to awaken curiosity . About ...
... resemblance to the Italian novels . 2 Fauchet , in his history of French poetry , was the first to renew a recollection of the Trouveurs and their writings , but his notices and extracts were not calculated to awaken curiosity . About ...
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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.