History of Prose Fiction, Volume 1G. Bell and sons, 1888 - Fiction |
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... they saw better at night , a circum- stance which has reference to the nocturnal solar phenomena in very northern latitudes . her brother Mantinia , by the intrigues of Paapis , CH . I. ANTONIUS DIOGENES - DINIAS AND DERCYLLIS . 13.
... they saw better at night , a circum- stance which has reference to the nocturnal solar phenomena in very northern latitudes . her brother Mantinia , by the intrigues of Paapis , CH . I. ANTONIUS DIOGENES - DINIAS AND DERCYLLIS . 13.
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... brother , she arrived with a person of the name of Ceryllus at the tomb of the Syrens , and afterwards at a city in Spain , where the people saw during the night , a privilege which was neutralized by total blindness during day ...
... brother , she arrived with a person of the name of Ceryllus at the tomb of the Syrens , and afterwards at a city in Spain , where the people saw during the night , a privilege which was neutralized by total blindness during day ...
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... brother , and afterwards accuses them of the murder ; a charge from which they are freed by the accuser laying violent hands on himself . With singular luck in meeting good company , they next quarter themselves with a robber . During ...
... brother , and afterwards accuses them of the murder ; a charge from which they are freed by the accuser laying violent hands on himself . With singular luck in meeting good company , they next quarter themselves with a robber . During ...
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... brother and sister when they meet in a servile condition in the house of Sostratus [ ix . 11 ] . This notion was perhaps suggested to the author of Theagenes and Chariclea , by some passages in the Old Testament . - Heliodorus was a ...
... brother and sister when they meet in a servile condition in the house of Sostratus [ ix . 11 ] . This notion was perhaps suggested to the author of Theagenes and Chariclea , by some passages in the Old Testament . - Heliodorus was a ...
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... brother gives expression to the same sentiment . It was the custom of the land to send a herald to sound a blast on his trumpet at the doors of such as were condemned to death . The king despatches a messenger of this kind to his brother ...
... brother gives expression to the same sentiment . It was the custom of the land to send a herald to sound a blast on his trumpet at the doors of such as were condemned to death . The king despatches a messenger of this kind to his brother ...
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