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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... desire of your high- The emperor granted for fulfilling of the laws , though it were against his will * ness * * • " The second petition is this , I ask all thy trea- sure ; and immediately the emperor granted , because he would not be ...
... desire of your high- The emperor granted for fulfilling of the laws , though it were against his will * ness * * • " The second petition is this , I ask all thy trea- sure ; and immediately the emperor granted , because he would not be ...
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... king sent his messengers to the emperor , saying , that he would fulfil his desire in all things , if it might please his highness , that his son and the king's daughter might be married together . All this well pleased 6 INTRODUCTION .
... king sent his messengers to the emperor , saying , that he would fulfil his desire in all things , if it might please his highness , that his son and the king's daughter might be married together . All this well pleased 6 INTRODUCTION .
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... desire of me . " Then said the lady's servant , tell me by what means I may best help thee . Then said the master of the ship , go home to thy lady again , and tell her , that I will not deliver to thee the cloth except she come herself ...
... desire of me . " Then said the lady's servant , tell me by what means I may best help thee . Then said the master of the ship , go home to thy lady again , and tell her , that I will not deliver to thee the cloth except she come herself ...
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... desires are contrary , too surely we shall be excluded from the family of Christ , and lose our heavenly inheritance . If we maintain and cherish Christ by works of love and of piety , the world indeed will abhor us - but better is it ...
... desires are contrary , too surely we shall be excluded from the family of Christ , and lose our heavenly inheritance . If we maintain and cherish Christ by works of love and of piety , the world indeed will abhor us - but better is it ...
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... desires are contrary , too surely we shall be excluded from the family of Christ , and lose our heavenly inheritance . If we maintain and cherish Christ by works of love and of piety , the world indeed will abhor us - but better is it ...
... desires are contrary , too surely we shall be excluded from the family of Christ , and lose our heavenly inheritance . If we maintain and cherish Christ by works of love and of piety , the world indeed will abhor us - but better is it ...
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