History of Prose Fiction, Volume 2G. Bell and sons, 1888 - Fiction |
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... manners and circumstances . Since the transference of the seat of the Roman empire to Constan- tinople , the Italians had never been conquerors , but had always been vanquished by barbarous nations , who were successively softened and ...
... manners and circumstances . Since the transference of the seat of the Roman empire to Constan- tinople , the Italians had never been conquerors , but had always been vanquished by barbarous nations , who were successively softened and ...
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... manner , and introduce the two foxes , who rehearse a long series of fables . It is unnecessary to give any specimen of the tales of Bidpai , as they have been so much altered in the various transformations they have undergone , that no ...
... manner , and introduce the two foxes , who rehearse a long series of fables . It is unnecessary to give any specimen of the tales of Bidpai , as they have been so much altered in the various transformations they have undergone , that no ...
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... 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 Keller , Romans , p . clxxviii . , Doni , Trattato diversi de Sendabar Indiano , Venez ...
... 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 Keller , Romans , p . clxxviii . , Doni , Trattato diversi de Sendabar Indiano , Venez ...
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... manner , but in which the particular inci- dents , as shall be afterwards shown , are the same with those in the Cento Novelle Antiche , and the Decameron of Boccaccio . Perhaps neither the author of the Cento Novelle Antiche , nor the ...
... manner , but in which the particular inci- dents , as shall be afterwards shown , are the same with those in the Cento Novelle Antiche , and the Decameron of Boccaccio . Perhaps neither the author of the Cento Novelle Antiche , nor the ...
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... manners and eastern imagery , on the exploits of classical heroes : but the re- mainder are somewhat different . The ... manner as different stories are in- troduced in the Greek Syntipas , the Italian Erastus , and English Wise Masters ...
... manners and eastern imagery , on the exploits of classical heroes : but the re- mainder are somewhat different . The ... manner as different stories are in- troduced in the Greek Syntipas , the Italian Erastus , and English Wise Masters ...
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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.