History of Prose Fiction, Volume 1G. Bell and sons, 1888 - Fiction |
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... lovers fly before their pursuers from land to land , amid a gloomy alternation of misfor- tunes imminent ruin is ever averted at the last moment , and virtue finally obtains its triumph and reward in plenary happiness . ( Ibid . p ...
... lovers fly before their pursuers from land to land , amid a gloomy alternation of misfor- tunes imminent ruin is ever averted at the last moment , and virtue finally obtains its triumph and reward in plenary happiness . ( Ibid . p ...
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... lovers first sought refuge with certain shepherds in a meadow , but a demon , or spectre , which haunted that quarter in the shape of a goat , ( rpάyou Ti páσua , ) having become enamoured of Sinonis , she is compelled to leave this ...
... lovers first sought refuge with certain shepherds in a meadow , but a demon , or spectre , which haunted that quarter in the shape of a goat , ( rpάyou Ti páσua , ) having become enamoured of Sinonis , she is compelled to leave this ...
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... lovers escape from the eunuch , by alleging that they are the spectres of those whom the robber had murdered in his house . Further prose- cuting their flight they meet with the funeral of a young girl [ c . 5 ] , who is discovered ...
... lovers escape from the eunuch , by alleging that they are the spectres of those whom the robber had murdered in his house . Further prose- cuting their flight they meet with the funeral of a young girl [ c . 5 ] , who is discovered ...
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... lover laying violent hands on himself , after murdering his mistress ; and , sprinkled with the blood of these unfortunate victims , she returns to her paternal mansion . Sinonis , perceiving from the report of this girl , that she ...
... lover laying violent hands on himself , after murdering his mistress ; and , sprinkled with the blood of these unfortunate victims , she returns to her paternal mansion . Sinonis , perceiving from the report of this girl , that she ...
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... lovers had origi- nally been allowed to escape , enables the Babylonian officers to trace the flight of Rhodanes . He is in conse- quence delivered up to Garmus [ c . 20 ] , and is speedily nailed to the cross by that monarch . While he ...
... lovers had origi- nally been allowed to escape , enables the Babylonian officers to trace the flight of Rhodanes . He is in conse- quence delivered up to Garmus [ c . 20 ] , and is speedily nailed to the cross by that monarch . While he ...
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