History of Prose Fiction, Volume 2G. Bell and sons, 1888 |
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... tales of chivalry . At the same period , the three most distinguished and earliest geniuses of Italy were employed in giving stability to modes of composition at total variance with the ro- mantic . Those who were accustomed to regard ...
... tales of chivalry . At the same period , the three most distinguished and earliest geniuses of Italy were employed in giving stability to modes of composition at total variance with the ro- mantic . Those who were accustomed to regard ...
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... tales have been the amusement and learning of its rude and early ages . Of the variety of tales which are to be found ... tale of Luigi da Porto , from which Shakespeare took his Romeo and Juliet , and many of the apologues in Josaphat ...
... tales have been the amusement and learning of its rude and early ages . Of the variety of tales which are to be found ... tale of Luigi da Porto , from which Shakespeare took his Romeo and Juliet , and many of the apologues in Josaphat ...
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... tale in the modern Erastus , which occurs in the Greek Syntipas . The characters , too , in the frames , are always ... tales , published in France , under the title of L'Histoire de la Sultane de Perse et des quarante Visirs.1 Few works ...
... tale in the modern Erastus , which occurs in the Greek Syntipas . The characters , too , in the frames , are always ... tales , published in France , under the title of L'Histoire de la Sultane de Perse et des quarante Visirs.1 Few works ...
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... tales of Petrus Alphonsus , a converted Jew , who was god- son to Alphonsus I. , king of Arragon , and was baptized ... tale is that of a vine - dresser , who wounds one of his eyes while working in his vineyard . Meanwhile his wife was ...
... tales of Petrus Alphonsus , a converted Jew , who was god- son to Alphonsus I. , king of Arragon , and was baptized ... tale is that of a vine - dresser , who wounds one of his eyes while working in his vineyard . Meanwhile his wife was ...
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... tale of Pope Gerbert , or Sylvester the Second , who died in the year 1003 , and was the earliest European student of Arabic learning . : In their obvious meaning , it is probable that these magical tales , which are evidently borrowed ...
... tale of Pope Gerbert , or Sylvester the Second , who died in the year 1003 , and was the earliest European student of Arabic learning . : In their obvious meaning , it is probable that these magical tales , which are evidently borrowed ...
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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.