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... exploits , if performed with due respect and humanity . " Heliodorus abounds in Descriptions , some of which are extremely interesting . His accounts of many of the cus- toms of the Egyptians are said to be very correct , and he ...
... exploits , if performed with due respect and humanity . " Heliodorus abounds in Descriptions , some of which are extremely interesting . His accounts of many of the cus- toms of the Egyptians are said to be very correct , and he ...
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... exploits , real or fictitious , have formed the subject of romance . I. One theory ( which , I believe , was first adopted by M. Mallet 1 ) is , that what are termed the arbitrary fictions of romance , have been exclusively derived from ...
... exploits , real or fictitious , have formed the subject of romance . I. One theory ( which , I believe , was first adopted by M. Mallet 1 ) is , that what are termed the arbitrary fictions of romance , have been exclusively derived from ...
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... exploits would more probably be celebrated by the minstrels of his own country than by Turpin , or any other writer of fabulous him back to his kingdom . The bird then carries the young hero to his father's palace . " Cf. the ...
... exploits would more probably be celebrated by the minstrels of his own country than by Turpin , or any other writer of fabulous him back to his kingdom . The bird then carries the young hero to his father's palace . " Cf. the ...
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... exploits , but more fre- quently on church festivals , coronations , baptisms , or the conclusion of peace , was generally followed by jousts and tournaments . Of these institutions ( which were of French invention , and were introduced ...
... exploits , but more fre- quently on church festivals , coronations , baptisms , or the conclusion of peace , was generally followed by jousts and tournaments . Of these institutions ( which were of French invention , and were introduced ...
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... exploits , or for the accomplishment of some exalted emprise , which had a limited object ; -and hence the frater- nity of arms , by which knights are frequently associated in tales of chivalry . The restless spirit of the feudal system ...
... exploits , or for the accomplishment of some exalted emprise , which had a limited object ; -and hence the frater- nity of arms , by which knights are frequently associated in tales of chivalry . The restless spirit of the feudal system ...
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