Gesta Romanorum, Volume 1Weidmann, 1824 |
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the most preposterous misrepresentations of their history . To cover this deviation from the promised plan , which , by introducing a more ample variety of matter , has contributed to increase the reader's entertainment , our collector ...
the most preposterous misrepresentations of their history . To cover this deviation from the promised plan , which , by introducing a more ample variety of matter , has contributed to increase the reader's entertainment , our collector ...
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... promised to be with me again from the Holy Land and also the king of Hungary to - mor- row will be here to marry me , according to my fa- ther's promise : and if my love comes not at a cer- tain hour , then am I utterly deceived of the ...
... promised to be with me again from the Holy Land and also the king of Hungary to - mor- row will be here to marry me , according to my fa- ther's promise : and if my love comes not at a cer- tain hour , then am I utterly deceived of the ...
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... promised them good reward . Then said they , Dear lord , tell us your dream , and we shall declare to you what it betokens . Then the emperor told them from the beginning to the ending , INTRODUCTION : lxxxix Of manner of Life.
... promised them good reward . Then said they , Dear lord , tell us your dream , and we shall declare to you what it betokens . Then the emperor told them from the beginning to the ending , INTRODUCTION : lxxxix Of manner of Life.
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... promised , the empress deliver'd him anon , and made him to be bathed and shaven , and apparelled him worthily , according to his state , and then she said thus to him ; Now good brother take thy steed , and come with me , that we may ...
... promised , the empress deliver'd him anon , and made him to be bathed and shaven , and apparelled him worthily , according to his state , and then she said thus to him ; Now good brother take thy steed , and come with me , that we may ...
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... promised him , he took her down off the tree , and led her home to his castle , and gave her the keeping of his daughter that he loved so much , and she was cherished so well , that she lay every night in the earl's chamber , and his ...
... promised him , he took her down off the tree , and led her home to his castle , and gave her the keeping of his daughter that he loved so much , and she was cherished so well , that she lay every night in the earl's chamber , and his ...
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Page 379 - Twas there a vice, and seem'da madness here : Detesting that, and pitying this, he goes, Lost and confounded with the various shows. Now night's dim shades again involve the sky, Again the wanderers want a place to lie, Again they search, and find a lodging nigh : The soil...
Page 373 - Here we discover those features of chivalry, so admirably ridiculed by Cervantes. But, in times of oppression, when every one followed " the simple plan, That he may take who has the power, And he may keep who can...
Page 380 - Without a vain, without a grudging heart, To him who gives us all, I yield a part ; From him you come, for him accept it here, A frank and sober, more than costly cheer.
Page 381 - Celestial odours breathe through purpled air ; And wings, whose colours glitter'd on the day, Wide at his back their gradual plumes display. The form ethereal bursts upon his sight, And moves in all the majesty of light.
Page 378 - Slow creaking turns the door with jealous care, And half he welcomes in the shivering pair...
Page 145 - Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more, Or close the wall up with our English dead ! In peace there's nothing so becomes a man As modest stillness and humility ; But when the blast of war blows in our ears, Then imitate the action of the tiger...
Page 354 - The quality of mercy is not strained, It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath. It is twice blessed: It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes...
Page 280 - Bra. Look to her, Moor ; have a quick eye to see ; She has deceived her father, and may thee.
Page 377 - As one who spies a serpent in his way, Glistening and basking in the summer ray, Disorder'd stops to shun the danger near, Then walks with...
Page 379 - But now the clouds in airy tumult fly, The sun emerging opes an azure sky ; A fresher green the smelling leaves display, And, glittering as they...