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... whole work , the monks , especially the Cordeliers , are treated with much severity , and are represented as committing , and sometimes with impunity , even when discovered , the most cruel , deceitful , and im- moral actions . When we ...
... whole work , the monks , especially the Cordeliers , are treated with much severity , and are represented as committing , and sometimes with impunity , even when discovered , the most cruel , deceitful , and im- moral actions . When we ...
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... whole of the seventeenth enturies , than any other form of prose fiction , to a great degree inde- endent of tales of Oriental origin , which had been introduced two cen- uries previously by Juan Manuel , and little affected by ...
... whole of the seventeenth enturies , than any other form of prose fiction , to a great degree inde- endent of tales of Oriental origin , which had been introduced two cen- uries previously by Juan Manuel , and little affected by ...
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... whole calamity , were so much scandalized at his conduct , that they forsook the cavern . They returned , however , soon after , and dug a ditch the length of a human body . The repentant sinner , conceiving this to be the species of ...
... whole calamity , were so much scandalized at his conduct , that they forsook the cavern . They returned , however , soon after , and dug a ditch the length of a human body . The repentant sinner , conceiving this to be the species of ...
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... whole apartment . In the opposite corner he perceived the figure of a man , with a bended bow , and an arrow in his hand , prepared to shoot ; on his forehead was written , " I am who I am ; nothing can escape my dart , not even yonder ...
... whole apartment . In the opposite corner he perceived the figure of a man , with a bended bow , and an arrow in his hand , prepared to shoot ; on his forehead was written , " I am who I am ; nothing can escape my dart , not even yonder ...
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... whole of the thirteenth , and part of the fourteenth century , but the greatest number were written during the reign of St. Louis . Thus the æra of the com- position of the Gesta Romanorum is subsequent to that of a large proportion of ...
... whole of the thirteenth , and part of the fourteenth century , but the greatest number were written during the reign of St. Louis . Thus the æra of the com- position of the Gesta Romanorum is subsequent to that of a large proportion of ...
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Page 288 - ... grown so crazy and stiff in his joints, that he can now do little more than sit in his cave's mouth, grinning at pilgrims as they go by, and biting his nails because he cannot come at them.
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Page 289 - There were also that met them with harps and crowns, and gave them to them; the harps to praise withal, and the crowns in token of honour. Then I heard in my dream that all the bells in the City rang again for joy; and that it was said unto them, Enter ye into the joy of your Lord.
Page 179 - Look, where he comes ! Not poppy, nor mandragora, Nor all the drowsy syrups of the world, Shall ever medicine thee to that sweet sleep Which thou ow'dst yesterday.
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Page 702 - Essays : On Decision of Character ; on a Man's writing Memoirs of Himself; on the epithet Romantic; on the aversion of Men of Taste to Evangelical Religion.