History of Prose Fiction, Volume 2G. Bell and sons, 1888 |
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John Colin Dunlop. country to another . ' The leading incident of a disappointed woman , accusing the object of her passion of attempting the crime she had herself meditated , is as old as the story of Joseph , and may thence be traced ...
John Colin Dunlop. country to another . ' The leading incident of a disappointed woman , accusing the object of her passion of attempting the crime she had herself meditated , is as old as the story of Joseph , and may thence be traced ...
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... woman , who conceals her daughter's gallant from the husband , by spreading a sheet before his eyes , in such a manner as to give the lover an opportunity of escaping unseen : this is the 122nd chapter of the Gesta Romanorum , and is ...
... woman , who conceals her daughter's gallant from the husband , by spreading a sheet before his eyes , in such a manner as to give the lover an opportunity of escaping unseen : this is the 122nd chapter of the Gesta Romanorum , and is ...
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... woman's night - cap . In this dress he gets to his brother's house before him , meets him at the door , and , appearing as his wife , exclaims in a feigned voice , ' You have got the pig ! give it me , and run to the stable , for I fear ...
... woman's night - cap . In this dress he gets to his brother's house before him , meets him at the door , and , appearing as his wife , exclaims in a feigned voice , ' You have got the pig ! give it me , and run to the stable , for I fear ...
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... woman , detected out of doors at night , persuades her hus- band she had been recommended to walk three times round the walls of the church , in order to have children : see also La Robbe d'Ecarlate , ( Legrand , vol . ii . p . 328 ...
... woman , detected out of doors at night , persuades her hus- band she had been recommended to walk three times round the walls of the church , in order to have children : see also La Robbe d'Ecarlate , ( Legrand , vol . ii . p . 328 ...
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... woman , the daughter of a poor but respectable burgess of Douai . He sought her in marriage ; and as he was the richest person in the district , the poor girl was delivered up to him . After learning of what she had partaken ...
... woman , the daughter of a poor but respectable burgess of Douai . He sought her in marriage ; and as he was the richest person in the district , the poor girl was delivered up to him . After learning of what she had partaken ...
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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.