Essays, Biographical, Critical and Historical, Volume 2Suttaby, 1814 - English literature |
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... Gesta Romanorum , pub- lished by Peter Berchorius about the beginning of the fourteenth century , and which continued , for nearly three hundred years , to be the store- house whence many a poet drew the materials of fiction . As most ...
... Gesta Romanorum , pub- lished by Peter Berchorius about the beginning of the fourteenth century , and which continued , for nearly three hundred years , to be the store- house whence many a poet drew the materials of fiction . As most ...
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... Gesta Romanorum , p . 57 . with an arrow in his hand , as prepared to 264 ON THE FABLE , IMAGERY ,
... Gesta Romanorum , p . 57 . with an arrow in his hand , as prepared to 264 ON THE FABLE , IMAGERY ,
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... Gesta Romanorum . History of English Poetry , vol . iii . p . 43 , & c . - It is astonishing to what a number of modern poets and fabulators this ancient collection of tales has afforded materials . The beautiful story of the Hermit in ...
... Gesta Romanorum . History of English Poetry , vol . iii . p . 43 , & c . - It is astonishing to what a number of modern poets and fabulators this ancient collection of tales has afforded materials . The beautiful story of the Hermit in ...
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