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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... woman who , by the sweetness of her singing , attracted many persons to his house , seve- ral of whom came for the purpose of making love to her . Among these were three young men who were high in the emperor's favour . They respec ...
... woman who , by the sweetness of her singing , attracted many persons to his house , seve- ral of whom came for the purpose of making love to her . Among these were three young men who were high in the emperor's favour . They respec ...
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... woman , mindful of the new law that had been made , sends for one of the sentinels , who was her brother , pre- tends that her husband had killed a man in a quar rel , and prevails on him , for a reward , to dispose of the dead body ...
... woman , mindful of the new law that had been made , sends for one of the sentinels , who was her brother , pre- tends that her husband had killed a man in a quar rel , and prevails on him , for a reward , to dispose of the dead body ...
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... woman who , by the sweetness of her singing , attracted many persons to his house , seve- ral of whom came for the purpose of making love to her . Among these were three young men who were high in the emperor's favour . They respec ...
... woman who , by the sweetness of her singing , attracted many persons to his house , seve- ral of whom came for the purpose of making love to her . Among these were three young men who were high in the emperor's favour . They respec ...
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... woman , mindful of the new law that had been made , sends for one of the sentinels , who was her brother , pre- tends that her husband had killed a man in a quar . rel , and prevails on him , for a reward , to dispose of the dead body ...
... woman , mindful of the new law that had been made , sends for one of the sentinels , who was her brother , pre- tends that her husband had killed a man in a quar . rel , and prevails on him , for a reward , to dispose of the dead body ...
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... only ; and that no woman should be united to a poor man , unless he should by some means acquire wealth equal to her own . A certain poor knight solicited the hand of a rich lady , but she reminded him of the law xcviii INTRODUCTION .
... only ; and that no woman should be united to a poor man , unless he should by some means acquire wealth equal to her own . A certain poor knight solicited the hand of a rich lady , but she reminded him of the law xcviii INTRODUCTION .
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