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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... promised plan , which , by introducing a more ample variety of matter , has contributed to increase the reader's entertainment , our collector has taken care to preface almost every story with the name or reign of a Roman emperor ; who ...
... promised plan , which , by introducing a more ample variety of matter , has contributed to increase the reader's entertainment , our collector has taken care to preface almost every story with the name or reign of a Roman emperor ; who ...
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... 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- ther's promise : and if my love comes not at a cer- tain hour , then am I utterly deceived of the ...
... 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- ther's promise : and if my love comes not at a cer- tain hour , then am I utterly deceived of the ...
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... 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- ther's promise : and if my love comes not at a cer- tain hour , then am I utterly deceived of ...
... 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- ther's promise : and if my love comes not at a cer- tain hour , then am I utterly deceived of ...
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... - pretation thereof , he promised them good reward . Then said they , Dear lord , tell us your dream , and we shall declare to you what it betokens . Then the emperor told them from the beginning to the ending , INTRODUCTION . lxxxix.
... - pretation thereof , he promised them good reward . Then said they , Dear lord , tell us your dream , and we shall declare to you what it betokens . Then the emperor told them from the beginning to the ending , INTRODUCTION . lxxxix.
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... promised , the empress deliver'd him anon , and made him to be bathed and shaven , and apparelled him worthily , according to his state , and then she said thus to him ; Now good brother take thy steed , and come with me , that we may ...
... promised , the empress deliver'd him anon , and made him to be bathed and shaven , and apparelled him worthily , according to his state , and then she said thus to him ; Now good brother take thy steed , and come with me , that we may ...
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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