Gesta Romanorum, Or, Entertaining Moral Stories: Invented by the Monks as a Fireside Recreation and Commonly Applied in Their Discourses from the Pulpit : Whence the Most Celebrated of Our Own Poets and Others, from the Earliest Times, Have Extracted Their Plots, Volume 1J.W. Bouton, 1871 |
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Page 60
... passed , that children should support their parents . There was , at that time , in the kingdom , a certain soldier , who had espoused a very fair and virtuous woman , by whom he had a son . It happened that the soldier went upon a ...
... passed , that children should support their parents . There was , at that time , in the kingdom , a certain soldier , who had espoused a very fair and virtuous woman , by whom he had a son . It happened that the soldier went upon a ...
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... passed unknown and unsus- pected . The men , little aware who was ex- periencing their bounty , conferred large alms upon the paupers amongst whom he sojourn- ed ; and his heart silently but gratefully ac- knowledged the benefaction ...
... passed unknown and unsus- pected . The men , little aware who was ex- periencing their bounty , conferred large alms upon the paupers amongst whom he sojourn- ed ; and his heart silently but gratefully ac- knowledged the benefaction ...
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... passed by , and hearing the cry of an infant , searched about ; and discovering it , placed it , unknown to any one , in the folds of his garment . Having no child himself , he conveyed it to his wife , and bade her nourish it as their ...
... passed by , and hearing the cry of an infant , searched about ; and discovering it , placed it , unknown to any one , in the folds of his garment . Having no child himself , he conveyed it to his wife , and bade her nourish it as their ...
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Gesta Romanorum Or, Entertaining Stories: Invented by the Monks as ..., Volume 2 Fellow Thomas Wright,Charles Swan No preview available - 2015 |
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