Gesta Romanorum, Or, Entertaining Moral Stories: Invented by the Monks as a Fire-side Reacreation 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 1Charles Swan C. and J. Rivington, 1824 - Latin prose literature, Medieval and modern |
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... asked , and other interrogatories follow , of a similar character . Then for the GIANTS - in the Runic mytho- logy nothing is more common . Speaking of the formation of man , the Edda observes , ( I follow the French translation of M ...
... asked , and other interrogatories follow , of a similar character . Then for the GIANTS - in the Runic mytho- logy nothing is more common . Speaking of the formation of man , the Edda observes , ( I follow the French translation of M ...
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... to wisdom . When the king had ridden a little fur- ther , he asked the knight what time of day it was . Then said the knight , if any man hath list to eat , it Wherefore my lord , pray for that is no dishonour lxviii INTRODUCTION ..
... to wisdom . When the king had ridden a little fur- ther , he asked the knight what time of day it was . Then said the knight , if any man hath list to eat , it Wherefore my lord , pray for that is no dishonour lxviii INTRODUCTION ..
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... asked leave to go from him , for he knew a nearer way to the palace , to the young lady , that he might come first , and carry her away with him . Then said the king , I pray thee tell me by what place thou purposest to ride ? then said ...
... asked leave to go from him , for he knew a nearer way to the palace , to the young lady , that he might come first , and carry her away with him . Then said the king , I pray thee tell me by what place thou purposest to ride ? then said ...
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... asked tydings of the king ; My lord , said he , I shall tell you what I have heard this day by the way there came a knight to me , and reve- rently saluted me ; and anon after there fell a great rain , and greatly spoiled my apparel ...
... asked tydings of the king ; My lord , said he , I shall tell you what I have heard this day by the way there came a knight to me , and reve- rently saluted me ; and anon after there fell a great rain , and greatly spoiled my apparel ...
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... asked me leave to go from me , and I asked earnestly whether he went : and he answered again , and said , this day seven years , I left a net in a private place , and now I will ride to see it ; and if it be broken and torn , then will ...
... asked me leave to go from me , and I asked earnestly whether he went : and he answered again , and said , this day seven years , I left a net in a private place , and now I will ride to see it ; and if it be broken and torn , then will ...
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