History of Prose Fiction, Volume 2G. Bell and sons, 1888 |
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... wife in disguise of the knight whom he suspected as her lover . The lady recognises her husband , but pretends to be deceived , and , after shutting him up , goes to find her lover ; and , moved with indignation at the prying ...
... wife in disguise of the knight whom he suspected as her lover . The lady recognises her husband , but pretends to be deceived , and , after shutting him up , goes to find her lover ; and , moved with indignation at the prying ...
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... wife lay , and counterfeiting the voice of her husband , asks if she remem- bered where he had hung the pig . ' Don't you recollect , ' said she instantly , that we put it below the oven ? ' Having got this information , the thief ...
... wife lay , and counterfeiting the voice of her husband , asks if she remem- bered where he had hung the pig . ' Don't you recollect , ' said she instantly , that we put it below the oven ? ' Having got this information , the thief ...
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... wife , exclaims in a feigned voice , ' You have got the pig ! give it me , and run to the stable , for I fear they are breaking in . ' On his return , Travers discovers from his wife , still lamenting the loss of their pig , that he had ...
... wife , exclaims in a feigned voice , ' You have got the pig ! give it me , and run to the stable , for I fear they are breaking in . ' On his return , Travers discovers from his wife , still lamenting the loss of their pig , that he had ...
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... wife of a neighbouring seignour . De Coucy was wounded in the Holy Land , and expiring on his way home , commissioned a retainer to take his heart and deliver it with a letter he had already written to the lady of Faiel . Her consort ...
... wife of a neighbouring seignour . De Coucy was wounded in the Holy Land , and expiring on his way home , commissioned a retainer to take his heart and deliver it with a letter he had already written to the lady of Faiel . Her consort ...
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... Wife of A. Ramsay . We have , besides , a series of stories in the Fabliaux in which ludicrous incidents occur with dead bodies , which also became a favourite subject in Italy . There is not , how- ever , in the whole Italian novels ...
... Wife of A. Ramsay . We have , besides , a series of stories in the Fabliaux in which ludicrous incidents occur with dead bodies , which also became a favourite subject in Italy . There is not , how- ever , in the whole Italian novels ...
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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.