History of Prose Fiction, Volume 2G. Bell and sons, 1888 - Fiction |
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... 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 also to be found in 1 See ...
... 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 also to be found in 1 See ...
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... daughter whose chamber is guarded by five armed knights and a dog . Being on one occasion allowed to attend a public spectacle , she is seduced by a duke , who is afterwards killed by a champion of Pompey's court . She is subsequently ...
... daughter whose chamber is guarded by five armed knights and a dog . Being on one occasion allowed to attend a public spectacle , she is seduced by a duke , who is afterwards killed by a champion of Pompey's court . She is subsequently ...
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... 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 , languished and died ...
... 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 , languished and died ...
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... daughter , who was the fairest princess of the east . In recompense of some emi- nent services rendered by the king of Algarva , she is sent by her father to be espoused by that monarch . A tempest arises during the voyage , and the ...
... daughter , who was the fairest princess of the east . In recompense of some emi- nent services rendered by the king of Algarva , she is sent by her father to be espoused by that monarch . A tempest arises during the voyage , and the ...
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... daughter falls in love with him , feigns illness , sends for a Franciscan to confess her , and transmits through the friar to the student a trinket which she alleges he had sent her . He , entering into the stratagem , likewise requests ...
... daughter falls in love with him , feigns illness , sends for a Franciscan to confess her , and transmits through the friar to the student a trinket which she alleges he had sent her . He , entering into the stratagem , likewise requests ...
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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.