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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... lady , modest pretensions , and unassuming merit , never secured the lady TRUTH . It is a libel upon the head and the heart ; and can- not be too speedily abandoned . Of the theories already advanced , none , it 66 1 seems to me , is ...
... lady , modest pretensions , and unassuming merit , never secured the lady TRUTH . It is a libel upon the head and the heart ; and can- not be too speedily abandoned . Of the theories already advanced , none , it 66 1 seems to me , is ...
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... lady . It befel after on a day , that this knight talked with this lady , and secretly uttered his de- sire to her . Then she said courteously , seeing you have uttered to me the secrets of your heart , I will likewise for your love ...
... lady . It befel after on a day , that this knight talked with this lady , and secretly uttered his de- sire to her . Then she said courteously , seeing you have uttered to me the secrets of your heart , I will likewise for your love ...
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... lady , and went to the Holy Land . Shortly after the emperor treated with the king of Hunga- ria for the marriage of his daughter . Then came the king of Hungary to the emperor's palace , to see his daughter , and when he had seen her ...
... lady , and went to the Holy Land . Shortly after the emperor treated with the king of Hunga- ria for the marriage of his daughter . Then came the king of Hungary to the emperor's palace , to see his daughter , and when he had seen her ...
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... lady stood in her chamber window , and wept sore , saying , Woe and alas , as to - morrow my love promised to be with me again from the Holy Land and also the king of Hungary to - mor row will be here to marry me , according to my fa ...
... lady stood in her chamber window , and wept sore , saying , Woe and alas , as to - morrow my love promised to be with me again from the Holy Land and also the king of Hungary to - mor row will be here to marry me , according to my fa ...
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... 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 the knight , I shall tell you the truth this day seven years I left a net in a ...
... 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 the knight , I shall tell you the truth this day seven years I left a net in a ...
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