History of Prose Fiction, Volume 2G. Bell and sons, 1888 - Fiction |
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... mistress Geraldine . She was represented as indisposed , and reclined on a couch , reading her lover's verses by the light of a waxen taper . In Spenser's " Fairy Queen " [ bk . iii . , cant . 3 ] , Merlin is feigned to have been the ...
... mistress Geraldine . She was represented as indisposed , and reclined on a couch , reading her lover's verses by the light of a waxen taper . In Spenser's " Fairy Queen " [ bk . iii . , cant . 3 ] , Merlin is feigned to have been the ...
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... mistress dead or married to another . Such questions being often decided by the poet contrary to the opinion of his audience , were referred to the Court of Love , a tribunal which certainly existed in the north of France , though it ...
... mistress dead or married to another . Such questions being often decided by the poet contrary to the opinion of his audience , were referred to the Court of Love , a tribunal which certainly existed in the north of France , though it ...
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... mistress of ceremonies , was appointed for the succeeding one . DAY II . contains stories of those who , after experiencing a variety of troubles , at length meet with success , contrary to all hope and expectation . ' The merit of the ...
... mistress of ceremonies , was appointed for the succeeding one . DAY II . contains stories of those who , after experiencing a variety of troubles , at length meet with success , contrary to all hope and expectation . ' The merit of the ...
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John Colin Dunlop. A widow , who was now the mistress of Azzo , marquis of Ferrara , possessed a house near the ramparts . She had been sitting up expecting her lover , for whom she had pre- pared the bath , and provided an elegant ...
John Colin Dunlop. A widow , who was now the mistress of Azzo , marquis of Ferrara , possessed a house near the ramparts . She had been sitting up expecting her lover , for whom she had pre- pared the bath , and provided an elegant ...
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... mistresses . Masetto , so far from being discouraged by this account , resolves to obtain the situation . That he might not be rejected on account of his youth and good person , he feigns that he is dumb , and is readily engaged by the ...
... mistresses . Masetto , so far from being discouraged by this account , resolves to obtain the situation . That he might not be rejected on account of his youth and good person , he feigns that he is dumb , and is readily engaged by the ...
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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.