The History of Fiction: Being a Critical Account of the Most Celebrated Prose Works of Fiction, from the Earliest Greek Romances to the Novels of the Present AgeLongman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1845 - 443 sider |
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... king of the Africans , occurs ; and to prove for their invulnerable heroes , their monsters , how well he understood Geoffrey of Mon- their enchantments , their gardens of pleasure , mouth , and how accurately this impostour their ...
... king of the Africans , occurs ; and to prove for their invulnerable heroes , their monsters , how well he understood Geoffrey of Mon- their enchantments , their gardens of pleasure , mouth , and how accurately this impostour their ...
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... king of Babylon , having fallen in them , by Soræchus , the magistrate of the dis- love with Sinonis , but not being agreeable to trict , who announces his intention of forward- the object of his affections , the lady escapes ing his ...
... king of Babylon , having fallen in them , by Soræchus , the magistrate of the dis- love with Sinonis , but not being agreeable to trict , who announces his intention of forward- the object of his affections , the lady escapes ing his ...
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... king of Syria , into whose departure . Rhodanes , before setting out with dominions she had ultimately escaped . Rho- his mistress , salutes the peasant girl ; but danes is taken down from the cross , and Sinonis perceiving blood on his ...
... king of Syria , into whose departure . Rhodanes , before setting out with dominions she had ultimately escaped . Rho- his mistress , salutes the peasant girl ; but danes is taken down from the cross , and Sinonis perceiving blood on his ...
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... king , accompanied by Dionysius , proceeds after her interment , and at this critical moment , against them , and , according to the custom of Theron , a pirate , who had witnessed the the Persian monarchs , takes the ladies of the ...
... king , accompanied by Dionysius , proceeds after her interment , and at this critical moment , against them , and , according to the custom of Theron , a pirate , who had witnessed the the Persian monarchs , takes the ladies of the ...
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... king . His majesty , however , with a rare forbearance , dismissed him , without conferring the crown of martyrdom ; but as a testimony of the in- efficacy of his preaching , increased the rigour of his persecution , and bestowed new ...
... king . His majesty , however , with a rare forbearance , dismissed him , without conferring the crown of martyrdom ; but as a testimony of the in- efficacy of his preaching , increased the rigour of his persecution , and bestowed new ...
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Side 22 - Encyclopaedia of Geography ; comprising a complete Description of the Earth : Exhibiting its Relation to the Heavenly Bodies, its Physical Structure, the Natural History of each Country, and the Industry, Commerce, Political Institutions, and Civil and Social State of All Nations. Second Edition ; with 82 Maps, and upwards of 1,000 other Woodcuts. 8vo. price 60s. Neale.
Side 22 - OWEN. - LECTURES ON THE COMPARATIVE ANATOMY and PHYSIOLOGY of the INVERTEBRATE ANIMALS, delivered at the Royal College of Surgeons in 1843.
Side 301 - As I walked through the wilderness of this world, I lighted on a certain place where was a den,* and laid me down in that place to sleep ; and as I slept, I dreamed a dream. I dreamed, and behold, I saw a man clothed with rags standing in a certain place, with his face from his own house, a book in his hand, and a great burden upon his back, Isa.
Side 302 - ... grown so crazy and stiff in his joints, that he can now do little more than sit in his cave's mouth, grinning at pilgrims as they go by, and biting his nails because he cannot come at them.
Side 4 - Blair's Chronological and Historical Tables, from the Creation to the present time : With Additions and Corrections from the most authentic Writers ; including the Computation of St. Paul, as connecting the Period from the Exode to the Temple.
Side 19 - Mrs. Marcet's Conversations on Chemistry, in which the Elements of that Science are familiarly explained and illustrated by Experiments.
Side 302 - Now just as the Gates were opened to let in the men, I looked in after them, and behold, the City shone like the Sun; the Streets also were paved with Gold, and in them walked many men, with Crowns on their heads, Palms in their hands, and golden Harps to sing praises withal. There were also of them that had wings, and they answered one another without intermission, saying, Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord.
Side 22 - DUTIES ; Or, Instructions to Young Married Ladies on the Management of their Households, and the Regulation of their Conduct in the various Relations and Duties of Married Life. By Mrs W. PARKES.
Side 302 - There were also that met them with harps and crowns, and gave them to them; the harps to praise withal, and the crowns in token of honour. Then I heard in my dream that all the bells in the City rang again for joy; and that it was said unto them, Enter ye into the joy of your Lord.
Side 414 - I completed in less than two months, that one evening I wrote from the time I had drunk my tea, about six o'clock, till half an hour after one in the morning, when my hand and fingers were so weary, that I could not hold the pen to finish the sentence, but left Matilda and Isabella talking, in the middle of a paragraph.