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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... Black Letter copy of the same work , printed in 1672 , " by Edward Crowch for A. Crook . " It is in excellent condition , which most other copies are not . unto his eldest son , and said : My dear c 4 INTRODUCTION . lix.
... Black Letter copy of the same work , printed in 1672 , " by Edward Crowch for A. Crook . " It is in excellent condition , which most other copies are not . unto his eldest son , and said : My dear c 4 INTRODUCTION . lix.
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... dear and well - be- loved son , all my temporal riches are spent , and almost nothing is left me , but a precious tree , the which stands in the midst of my empire ; I give to thee all that is under the earth , and above the earth of ...
... dear and well - be- loved son , all my temporal riches are spent , and almost nothing is left me , but a precious tree , the which stands in the midst of my empire ; I give to thee all that is under the earth , and above the earth of ...
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... Dear brother , quoth he , I occupy it by this title , my father gave me all that is under the earth , and above of the said tree , by reason thereof the tree is mine . Unknowing to thee , quoth the second brother , he gave unto me all ...
... Dear brother , quoth he , I occupy it by this title , my father gave me all that is under the earth , and above of the said tree , by reason thereof the tree is mine . Unknowing to thee , quoth the second brother , he gave unto me all ...
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... dear friends , briefly I shall satisfie all your requests , and when he had thus said , he turned him unto the eldest brother , saying , My dear friend , if you list to abide the judgment of right , it be- hoveth you to be letten blood ...
... dear friends , briefly I shall satisfie all your requests , and when he had thus said , he turned him unto the eldest brother , saying , My dear friend , if you list to abide the judgment of right , it be- hoveth you to be letten blood ...
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... dear father , I intreat of you , if it might please you to grant me : I have vowed to keep my virginity , and not to marry these seven years ; therefore , dear father , I beseech you for all the love that is between your gracious ...
... dear father , I intreat of you , if it might please you to grant me : I have vowed to keep my virginity , and not to marry these seven years ; therefore , dear father , I beseech you for all the love that is between your gracious ...
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Abibas Alexis anon answered APPLICATION beautiful beloved bird blood body book of Tobit brother Cæsar called Christ Christian church command daugh daughter dear death devil Douce emperor empire empress Eufemyen exclaimed eyes fable fair lady faith father fell flesh Fulgentius gave gentius GESTA ROMANORUM golden hand hath heard heart heaven Holy Land honour husband Jovinian king king of Hungary kingdom knight lady lord marry master mercy messengers noble original Gesta palace peace Pompey poor pray Prince quoth received reign replied returned rich ring rode Roman romantic fiction Rome SAINT sayd seneschal servant Seven Wise Masters shew soldier soul steward story TALE tell thee ther thing thou art thou hast thou shalt tion tree truth unto Valerius Maximus Vincent of Beauvais Virgin Warton whan wherefore wife wise woman wounded wyfe young