History of Prose Fiction, Volume 2G. Bell and sons, 1888 - Fiction |
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... appeared in Europe at the first dawn of literature , the ultimate origin of this species of composition must unques- tionably be referred to a source more ancient and oriental . The earliest work of this nature that can be mentioned ...
... appeared in Europe at the first dawn of literature , the ultimate origin of this species of composition must unques- tionably be referred to a source more ancient and oriental . The earliest work of this nature that can be mentioned ...
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... appeared an Arabic version , under the title , Kalilah ve Dimnah ( the dullard and the cunning one ) , the appellation by which the work is now generally known , and which is derived from the names assigned to two foxes or jackals , who ...
... appeared an Arabic version , under the title , Kalilah ve Dimnah ( the dullard and the cunning one ) , the appellation by which the work is now generally known , and which is derived from the names assigned to two foxes or jackals , who ...
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... appeared a French edi- tion in 1698. It was from a Turkish model , however , written in the time of Solyman the Magnificent , that the well - known French work , Contes et Fables Indiennes de Bidpai et Lockman , 1724 , was commenced by ...
... appeared a French edi- tion in 1698. It was from a Turkish model , however , written in the time of Solyman the Magnificent , that the well - known French work , Contes et Fables Indiennes de Bidpai et Lockman , 1724 , was commenced by ...
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... appeared in Greek , under the title of Syn- tipas , of which many MSS . are still extant . Some of these profess to ... appearance was in Latin , a work which is only known through the French metrical version of it , entitled Dolopatos ...
... appeared in Greek , under the title of Syn- tipas , of which many MSS . are still extant . Some of these profess to ... appearance was in Latin , a work which is only known through the French metrical version of it , entitled Dolopatos ...
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... appeared in 1595. There are extant , however , a number of MS . copies in Latin , which Mr. Douce says led Warton to imagine that the two Gestas were the same , and to remark , that there is a great variation in the printed and MS ...
... appeared in 1595. There are extant , however , a number of MS . copies in Latin , which Mr. Douce says led Warton to imagine that the two Gestas were the same , and to remark , that there is a great variation in the printed and MS ...
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