History of Prose Fiction, Volume 2G. Bell and sons, 1888 - Fiction |
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... hands of her lover , and delivers him thus bound to her spouse as a thief she had just seized . The husband proposes putting him to death , to which the lady objects , suggesting that it will be better to detain him till daybreak , and ...
... hands of her lover , and delivers him thus bound to her spouse as a thief she had just seized . The husband proposes putting him to death , to which the lady objects , suggesting that it will be better to detain him till daybreak , and ...
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... hand , supposes to have been interpolated by some German editor , or printer.2 1 A German proverb is given in the original . See Warton . Ed . Hazlitt . The authorship , however , is really quite unknown . In none of the very numerous ...
... hand , supposes to have been interpolated by some German editor , or printer.2 1 A German proverb is given in the original . See Warton . Ed . Hazlitt . The authorship , however , is really quite unknown . In none of the very numerous ...
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... hand stretched forth , on the middle finger of which was written " Strike here . " For a long time no one could understand the meaning of this mysterious inscription . 1 See Graesse's " History of Literature , " ii . 2 , p . 1121 , etc ...
... hand stretched forth , on the middle finger of which was written " Strike here . " For a long time no one could understand the meaning of this mysterious inscription . 1 See Graesse's " History of Literature , " ii . 2 , p . 1121 , etc ...
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... hand , prepared to shoot ; on his forehead was written , “ I am who I am ; nothing can escape my dart , not even yonder carbuncle which shines so bright . " The clerk viewed all with amazement . Entering another chamber , he beheld the ...
... hand , prepared to shoot ; on his forehead was written , “ I am who I am ; nothing can escape my dart , not even yonder carbuncle which shines so bright . " The clerk viewed all with amazement . Entering another chamber , he beheld the ...
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... hand , the Trouveurs were confined , perhaps , as to the extent , but not ' More recently a collection has been edited by M. A. Montaiglon : Recueil général et Complet des Fabliaux . Paris , 1872 , etc. the species of their productions ...
... hand , the Trouveurs were confined , perhaps , as to the extent , but not ' More recently a collection has been edited by M. A. Montaiglon : Recueil général et Complet des Fabliaux . Paris , 1872 , etc. the species of their productions ...
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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.