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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... thought them the most wretched beings in creation ; and they might , therefore , artfully pervert their creed , and exaggerate their vices . Most frequently , such would be the genuine result of their abhorrence : -just 1 Rel . of A. E. ...
... thought them the most wretched beings in creation ; and they might , therefore , artfully pervert their creed , and exaggerate their vices . Most frequently , such would be the genuine result of their abhorrence : -just 1 Rel . of A. E. ...
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... thought too vile or too fearful for the Evil One . The hostility which the crusades ex- cited and nourished ; nay , the very difference of religious feeling , would necessarily call out the whole virulence of an age , not remarkable for ...
... thought too vile or too fearful for the Evil One . The hostility which the crusades ex- cited and nourished ; nay , the very difference of religious feeling , would necessarily call out the whole virulence of an age , not remarkable for ...
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... the Romans did the stories of Greece . It is thought that they must have adopted into their religious rites the same my- thology , and have evinced as strong a simili- tude , as the nations of classical celebrity . There xii INTRODUCTION .
... the Romans did the stories of Greece . It is thought that they must have adopted into their religious rites the same my- thology , and have evinced as strong a simili- tude , as the nations of classical celebrity . There xii INTRODUCTION .
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... , humanity , intrigue , & c . would , in some few at least , open a door to an 1 Rel . of Anc . E. Poetry , Vol . 3. p . xii . Note . unfettered interchange of thought ; while gra- titude for certain a 6 INTRODUCTION . XV.
... , humanity , intrigue , & c . would , in some few at least , open a door to an 1 Rel . of Anc . E. Poetry , Vol . 3. p . xii . Note . unfettered interchange of thought ; while gra- titude for certain a 6 INTRODUCTION . XV.
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... thought ; while gra- titude for certain benefits might operate on others . In the course of a multifarious war- fare , such things must occur ; the line of se- paration must occasionally be removed , and youthful hearts and minds , must ...
... thought ; while gra- titude for certain benefits might operate on others . In the course of a multifarious war- fare , such things must occur ; the line of se- paration must occasionally be removed , and youthful hearts and minds , must ...
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