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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... exclaimed the youth , " what hast thou said ? My obligations to her are greater than they are to you ; for when imprisoned and fettered by my enemy , I implored you to ransom me ; but this you cruelly denied . Now she not only released ...
... exclaimed the youth , " what hast thou said ? My obligations to her are greater than they are to you ; for when imprisoned and fettered by my enemy , I implored you to ransom me ; but this you cruelly denied . Now she not only released ...
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... exclaimed the youth , " what hast thou said ? My obligations to her are greater than they are to you ; for when imprisoned and fettered by my enemy , I implored you to ransom me ; but this you cruelly denied . Now she not only released ...
... exclaimed the youth , " what hast thou said ? My obligations to her are greater than they are to you ; for when imprisoned and fettered by my enemy , I implored you to ransom me ; but this you cruelly denied . Now she not only released ...
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... exclaimed , " Seek out a man of God to offer a prayer for the iniquity of Rome . " Search was accordingly made , but no such man could be found ; and the same voice waxing louder , and breathing as it were with the mingled blast of ten ...
... exclaimed , " Seek out a man of God to offer a prayer for the iniquity of Rome . " Search was accordingly made , but no such man could be found ; and the same voice waxing louder , and breathing as it were with the mingled blast of ten ...
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... exclaimed , " Sinners though we are , we direct the helm of State , and provide for the well - being of the pastoral government . Give us , then , the paper , that we may know what it contains . " the Pontiff drew near , and put the ...
... exclaimed , " Sinners though we are , we direct the helm of State , and provide for the well - being of the pastoral government . Give us , then , the paper , that we may know what it contains . " the Pontiff drew near , and put the ...
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... exclaim- ed , " My own dear boy ! light of the dimmed eyes that will soon close upon all , since thou art gone - why hast thou wrought this ? why wast thou so inhuman ? Thou didst see our tears - thou didst hearken to our groans- yet ...
... exclaim- ed , " My own dear boy ! light of the dimmed eyes that will soon close upon all , since thou art gone - why hast thou wrought this ? why wast thou so inhuman ? Thou didst see our tears - thou didst hearken to our groans- yet ...
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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