History of Prose Fiction, Volume 1G. Bell and sons, 1888 - Fiction |
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... appeared . I have attempted in the following work to afford such a delineation as is now alluded to , of the origin ... appearance ; and I am the more strongly induced to direct my enquiries to this subject , as I am not aware that any ...
... appeared . I have attempted in the following work to afford such a delineation as is now alluded to , of the origin ... appearance ; and I am the more strongly induced to direct my enquiries to this subject , as I am not aware that any ...
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... appearance of the Theagenes and Chariclea of Heliodorus , I am compelled to give a very meagre account , as the works ... appeared , founded on the wandering adventures and loves of Dinias and Dercyllis , entitled , Sancho Panza on the ...
... appearance of the Theagenes and Chariclea of Heliodorus , I am compelled to give a very meagre account , as the works ... appeared , founded on the wandering adventures and loves of Dinias and Dercyllis , entitled , Sancho Panza on the ...
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... appearance of reality , it cannot perhaps be properly admitted into the number of romances . A considerable portion of the Metamorphoses of Lucius were abridged and transferred by Lucian into his Ass , to which he also gave the name of ...
... appearance of reality , it cannot perhaps be properly admitted into the number of romances . A considerable portion of the Metamorphoses of Lucius were abridged and transferred by Lucian into his Ass , to which he also gave the name of ...
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... appeared in almost all the modern lan- guages of Europe . The whole work was turned into English prose by Thomas Underdown , and printed 1577 : part of it was also versified in English hexameters , by Abraham Fraunce , and published in ...
... appeared in almost all the modern lan- guages of Europe . The whole work was turned into English prose by Thomas Underdown , and printed 1577 : part of it was also versified in English hexameters , by Abraham Fraunce , and published in ...
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... appearance is charmingly described , and whom we afterwards find to be Chariclea , is represented sitting on a rock , while a young man lies wounded beside her . The narrative proceeds in the person of the author , till the meeting of ...
... appearance is charmingly described , and whom we afterwards find to be Chariclea , is represented sitting on a rock , while a young man lies wounded beside her . The narrative proceeds in the person of the author , till the meeting of ...
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