History of Prose Fiction, Volume 2G. Bell and sons, 1888 - Fiction |
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Page 22
... Entering another chamber , he beheld the most beautiful women working at the loom : but all was silence . He then went ... entered , he began to reflect how to retrace his steps . Then he very justly conjectured that his report of all ...
... Entering another chamber , he beheld the most beautiful women working at the loom : but all was silence . He then went ... entered , he began to reflect how to retrace his steps . Then he very justly conjectured that his report of all ...
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... entered the house along with them , saw that the mendicants had a plenteous dinner , of which they par- took , laughing , singing , drinking to each other's health , and cracking jokes on the simplicity of the good gentleman who had ...
... entered the house along with them , saw that the mendicants had a plenteous dinner , of which they par- took , laughing , singing , drinking to each other's health , and cracking jokes on the simplicity of the good gentleman who had ...
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... entering the room where the lady was seated . She answered that she had not : " yet you were not far from it , " replied he ; ' the sorcerer was already at the gate , but I have taken care of him — be at your ease he will not come back ...
... entering the room where the lady was seated . She answered that she had not : " yet you were not far from it , " replied he ; ' the sorcerer was already at the gate , but I have taken care of him — be at your ease he will not come back ...
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... entered the chapel during their deliberation , they retired to a villa two miles distant from Florence . A description of the beauty of the grounds , the splendour of the habitation , and agreeable employments of the guests , forms a ...
... entered the chapel during their deliberation , they retired to a villa two miles distant from Florence . A description of the beauty of the grounds , the splendour of the habitation , and agreeable employments of the guests , forms a ...
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... entered the garden , and attempted to break in at the window , by ascending one of the trees . He was , as usual , rebuked by the priest , and having now fully learned his love - lesson , he climbed one of the trees in the garden , and ...
... entered the garden , and attempted to break in at the window , by ascending one of the trees . He was , as usual , rebuked by the priest , and having now fully learned his love - lesson , he climbed one of the trees in the garden , and ...
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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.