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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... turn thee to wisdom . When the king had ridden a little fur- ther , he asked the knight what time of day it was . Then said the knight , if any man hath list to eat , it Wherefore my lord , pray for that is no dishonour lxviii ...
... turn thee to wisdom . When the king had ridden a little fur- ther , he asked the knight what time of day it was . Then said the knight , if any man hath list to eat , it Wherefore my lord , pray for that is no dishonour lxviii ...
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... turning once more , the woman , with additional arts plays the same part again . Again he is deceived , and taking away the third body , carries it into a forest , makes a fire , and consumes it . During this operation he has occasion ...
... turning once more , the woman , with additional arts plays the same part again . Again he is deceived , and taking away the third body , carries it into a forest , makes a fire , and consumes it . During this operation he has occasion ...
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... turn thee to wisdom . When the king had ridden a little fur- ther , he asked the knight what time of day it was . Then said the knight , if any man hath list to eat , it is time of the day to eat . Wherefore my lxviii INTRODUCTION ..
... turn thee to wisdom . When the king had ridden a little fur- ther , he asked the knight what time of day it was . Then said the knight , if any man hath list to eat , it is time of the day to eat . Wherefore my lxviii INTRODUCTION ..
Page lxxix
... turning once more , the woman , with additional arts plays the same part again . Again he is deceived , and taking away the third body , carries it into a forest , makes a fire , and consumes it . During this operation he has occasion ...
... turning once more , the woman , with additional arts plays the same part again . Again he is deceived , and taking away the third body , carries it into a forest , makes a fire , and consumes it . During this operation he has occasion ...
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... turn a plaice in his dish at his meat , but only eat the whiteside , and not the black ; and if any man would attempt to do the con- trary , he should suffer death without any pardon : but yet ere he dyed , he should ask three petitions ...
... turn a plaice in his dish at his meat , but only eat the whiteside , and not the black ; and if any man would attempt to do the con- trary , he should suffer death without any pardon : but yet ere he dyed , he should ask three petitions ...
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