Gesta Romanorum: Or, Entertaining Moral Stories ... Translated from the Latin, with Preliminary Observations and Copious Notes, Volumen1Wynnard Hooper C. and J. Rivington, 1824 - 933 páginas |
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... soldiers ; and charged them , under the heaviest penal- ties , to preserve her from every possible in- * The fair Reader who has not condescended to notice my pro- legomena ( and I hope the suspicion is not treasonable ! ) may re- quire ...
... soldiers ; and charged them , under the heaviest penal- ties , to preserve her from every possible in- * The fair Reader who has not condescended to notice my pro- legomena ( and I hope the suspicion is not treasonable ! ) may re- quire ...
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... soldiers were on guard night and day ; and before the door of her bed - chamber , they suspended a burning lamp , that the ap- proach of an intruder might be the more easily detected . And , to omit no means of security , a dog , whose ...
... soldiers were on guard night and day ; and before the door of her bed - chamber , they suspended a burning lamp , that the ap- proach of an intruder might be the more easily detected . And , to omit no means of security , a dog , whose ...
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... soldiers , that is , to the five senses , to guard ; being armed by powers received in baptism . These senses are , sight , hearing , & c . which have in charge to preserve it from the devil , the world , and the flesh . The burning ...
... soldiers , that is , to the five senses , to guard ; being armed by powers received in baptism . These senses are , sight , hearing , & c . which have in charge to preserve it from the devil , the world , and the flesh . The burning ...
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... soldier who had two sons , whom he entirely and truly loved . The younger of them married a harlot , without the knowledge of his father , and the infamy of this proceeding overwhelmed him with the greatest grief . He sternly banished ...
... soldier who had two sons , whom he entirely and truly loved . The younger of them married a harlot , without the knowledge of his father , and the infamy of this proceeding overwhelmed him with the greatest grief . He sternly banished ...
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... soldiers . It is said , that " if we love God , all things may be forgiven " -that is , if we are pe- nitent , our errors will be done away . If we carry along with us the favor and fear of God , we shall obtain everlasting life ; to ...
... soldiers . It is said , that " if we love God , all things may be forgiven " -that is , if we are pe- nitent , our errors will be done away . If we carry along with us the favor and fear of God , we shall obtain everlasting life ; to ...
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Términos y frases comunes
Abibas Alexis Amadis of Gaul anon answered APPLICATION beautiful beloved bird blood book of Tobit brother Cæsar called castle Christ Christian church command daugh daughter dear death devil Douce emperor empire empress espoused Eufemyen exclaimed eyes fable fair lady faith father fell flesh Fulgentius gave gentius GESTA ROMANORUM golden Guido hand hath heard heart heaven Holy Land honour husband Jovinian king kingdom knight lady lived lord marry master mercy messengers noble palace peace Pompey poor possessed pray Prince quoth received reign replied returned rich Roman romantic fiction Rome SAINT sayd seneschal servant Seven Wise Masters shew ship soldier soul steward story TALE tell thee ther thing thou art thou hast thou shalt tion took tree truth unto Valerius Maximus Vincent of Beauvais Virgin Warton wherefore wife wise woman wyfe young
Pasajes populares
Página 377 - To clear this doubt, to know the world by sight, To find if books, or swains, report it right, (For yet by swains alone the world he knew, Whose feet came wandering o'er the nightly dew...
Página 381 - Twas there a vice, and seem'da madness here : Detesting that, and pitying this, he goes, Lost and confounded with the various shows. Now night's dim shades again involve the sky, Again the wanderers want a place to lie, Again they search, and find a lodging nigh : The soil...
Página 375 - Here we discover those features of chivalry, so admirably ridiculed by Cervantes. But, in times of oppression, when every one followed " the simple plan, That he may take who has the power, And he may keep who can...
Página 356 - The quality of mercy is not strained, It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath. It is twice blessed: It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes...
Página 383 - Celestial odours breathe through purpled air ; And wings, whose colours glitter'd on the day, Wide at his back their gradual plumes display. The form ethereal bursts upon his sight, And moves in all the majesty of light.
Página 382 - Without a vain, without a grudging heart, To him who gives us all, I yield a part ; From him you come, for him accept it here, A frank and sober, more than costly cheer.
Página 147 - Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more; Or close the wall up with our English dead ! In peace, there's nothing so becomes a man, As modest stillness, and humility : But when the blast of war blows in our ears, Then imitate the action of the tiger...
Página 385 - Long had our pious friend in virtue trod, But now the child half- weaned his heart from God ; (Child of his age) for him he liv'd in pain, And measur'd back his steps to earth again. To what excesses had his dotage run ? But God, to save the father, took the son. To all, but thee, in fits he seem'd to go, (And 'twas my ministry to deal the blow,) The poor fond...
Página 381 - In one so rich, a life so poor and rude ; And why should such...
Página 379 - As one who spies a serpent in his way, Glistening and basking in the summer ray, Disorder'd stops to shun the danger near, Then walks with...