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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... father - land , with whom it was natural , and even necessary , that there should be a certain 1 I use this term , and one or two following , with some latitude . Gibbon calls the little town of Chrysopolis , or Scutari , " the Asi ...
... father - land , with whom it was natural , and even necessary , that there should be a certain 1 I use this term , and one or two following , with some latitude . Gibbon calls the little town of Chrysopolis , or Scutari , " the Asi ...
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... father ( quoth he ) I thank you much . Then said the emperor , call to me my second son . Anon the eldest son greatly joying of his father's gift , called in his brother ; and when he came , the emperor said , my dear son , I may not ...
... father ( quoth he ) I thank you much . Then said the emperor , call to me my second son . Anon the eldest son greatly joying of his father's gift , called in his brother ; and when he came , the emperor said , my dear son , I may not ...
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... 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 that is great , and small of the said tree , and therefore ...
... 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 that is great , and small of the said tree , and therefore ...
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... father gave you all that is under the earth and above the earth of the said tree . And to the second brother he bequeathed all that is great and small of that tree . And to the third brother he gave all that is wet and dry . And with ...
... father gave you all that is under the earth and above the earth of the said tree . And to the second brother he bequeathed all that is great and small of that tree . And to the third brother he gave all that is wet and dry . And with ...
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... father , it pleaseth me well : but one thing , 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 ...
... father , it pleaseth me well : but one thing , 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 ...
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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