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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... gave occasion to some of Shakspeare's plays , and moreover are not defective in that kind of interest which is the peculiar merit of such things , I shall tran- scribe as many as appear in the English translation ' , following Mr ...
... gave occasion to some of Shakspeare's plays , and moreover are not defective in that kind of interest which is the peculiar merit of such things , I shall tran- scribe as many as appear in the English translation ' , following Mr ...
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... gave battel to the same king of Egypt , wherein he was grievously wounded , nevertheless he obtained the victory , notwithstanding he had his deadly wound : wherefore while he lay at point of death , he called is rather scarce . The ...
... gave battel to the same king of Egypt , wherein he was grievously wounded , nevertheless he obtained the victory , notwithstanding he had his deadly wound : wherefore while he lay at point of death , he called is rather scarce . The ...
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... 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 I have ...
... 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 I have ...
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... 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 that he ...
... 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 that he ...
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... gave him in counsel that he should find him meat and drink and clothing honestly , as for the state of such a lord during time of his need . And when this was granted , she wrote letters again to her father . The emperor was heavy with ...
... gave him in counsel that he should find him meat and drink and clothing honestly , as for the state of such a lord during time of his need . And when this was granted , she wrote letters again to her father . The emperor was heavy with ...
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