History of Prose Fiction, Volume 1G. Bell and sons, 1888 - Fiction |
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... France and England . London , 1805. 3 vols . , 8vo . Wright , T. Essays on Subjects connected with the literature , popular superstitions , and history of England during the middle ages . The Bagford Ballads . Edited by J. W. Ebbsworth ...
... France and England . London , 1805. 3 vols . , 8vo . Wright , T. Essays on Subjects connected with the literature , popular superstitions , and history of England during the middle ages . The Bagford Ballads . Edited by J. W. Ebbsworth ...
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... France , with the design of exhibiting a general view of fictitious composition . The first was the Bibliothèque des Romans , by the Abbé Lenglet Dufresnoy , in two volumes , published in 1735 , under the name of Gordon de Percel . It ...
... France , with the design of exhibiting a general view of fictitious composition . The first was the Bibliothèque des Romans , by the Abbé Lenglet Dufresnoy , in two volumes , published in 1735 , under the name of Gordon de Percel . It ...
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... France . We are told in particular , that the preceptor of a monastery , at which Racine was educated , having found his pupil engaged in its perusal , took the book from him . The young poet , having procured another copy , was again ...
... France . We are told in particular , that the preceptor of a monastery , at which Racine was educated , having found his pupil engaged in its perusal , took the book from him . The young poet , having procured another copy , was again ...
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... France . The modern . 2 1 Schöll ( History of Greek Literature , iii . p . 154 ) , however , disputes the accuracy of Heliodorus , and considers his descriptions imaginary . See also Villemain , Mélanges Historiques , p . 425 , Essai ...
... France . The modern . 2 1 Schöll ( History of Greek Literature , iii . p . 154 ) , however , disputes the accuracy of Heliodorus , and considers his descriptions imaginary . See also Villemain , Mélanges Historiques , p . 425 , Essai ...
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... France during the six- teenth and seventeenth centuries . 66 Josaphat and Barlaam , however , was the last example of this species of composition produced during the existence of the eastern empire ; the only Greek romance by which it ...
... France during the six- teenth and seventeenth centuries . 66 Josaphat and Barlaam , however , was the last example of this species of composition produced during the existence of the eastern empire ; the only Greek romance by which it ...
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