History of Prose Fiction, Volume 2G. Bell and sons, 1888 - Fiction |
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... seems not a little remarkable that Italy , which pro- duced the earliest and finest specimens of romantic poetry , should scarcely have furnished a single prose romance of chivalry . This is the more remarkable , as the Italians seem to ...
... seems not a little remarkable that Italy , which pro- duced the earliest and finest specimens of romantic poetry , should scarcely have furnished a single prose romance of chivalry . This is the more remarkable , as the Italians seem to ...
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... seems to have been suggested by a swarm of bees , which were at labour in the trunk of a neighbouring oak . During this discussion , the vizier mentions the story of Bidpai , and the Indian king who ruled according to his counsels ...
... seems to have been suggested by a swarm of bees , which were at labour in the trunk of a neighbouring oak . During this discussion , the vizier mentions the story of Bidpai , and the Indian king who ruled according to his counsels ...
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... seems , moreover , to have been used in a very comprehensive sense , as would appear from the following passage in the Chroniques de St. Dénis . Bouquet , Les Historians de la France , vol . xvii . , p . 363. C.D. " Il avient ...
... seems , moreover , to have been used in a very comprehensive sense , as would appear from the following passage in the Chroniques de St. Dénis . Bouquet , Les Historians de la France , vol . xvii . , p . 363. C.D. " Il avient ...
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... seems in- capable of deceit . " These beauties are , however , counterbalanced by nume- rous defects . The fictions of the Trouveurs are sometimes extravagant , and their moral frequently scandalous ; not merely that the expressions are ...
... seems in- capable of deceit . " These beauties are , however , counterbalanced by nume- rous defects . The fictions of the Trouveurs are sometimes extravagant , and their moral frequently scandalous ; not merely that the expressions are ...
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... seems always to have been held in the highest estimation . In like manner , in the Fabliau Des TROIS LARRONS , 2 by Jehan de Boves , there is detailed the endless ingenuity of two robbers to deprive their brother Travers , who had sepa ...
... seems always to have been held in the highest estimation . In like manner , in the Fabliau Des TROIS LARRONS , 2 by Jehan de Boves , there is detailed the endless ingenuity of two robbers to deprive their brother Travers , who had sepa ...
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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.