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Page 72
... combat with his earthly antagonist alone . The scheme of the idolaters having thus failed , and the captive princess being abandoned to virginity and reproba- tion , Theudas attempts in a conference to shake the faith of Josaphat ; but ...
... combat with his earthly antagonist alone . The scheme of the idolaters having thus failed , and the captive princess being abandoned to virginity and reproba- tion , Theudas attempts in a conference to shake the faith of Josaphat ; but ...
Page 99
... combat which took place at an inn between Don Quixote and the wine skins , which he hacked to pieces , supposing all the while that he was cleav- ing down giants ( book iv . c . 4 ) . Apuleius agreed to forgive Fotis the uneasiness she ...
... combat which took place at an inn between Don Quixote and the wine skins , which he hacked to pieces , supposing all the while that he was cleav- ing down giants ( book iv . c . 4 ) . Apuleius agreed to forgive Fotis the uneasiness she ...
Page 116
... combat , the fondness for roaming in search of adventures , and the obligation of protecting and avenging the fair ; and , lastly , we shall consider how these fabulous embellishments , and this spirit of adventure , were appropriated ...
... combat , the fondness for roaming in search of adventures , and the obligation of protecting and avenging the fair ; and , lastly , we shall consider how these fabulous embellishments , and this spirit of adventure , were appropriated ...
Page 126
... combat by Edelheim or Edelhun , a chief of the West Saxons . Notes on Sir Tristram , p . 290. - Park . ( See Warton , i . p . 105. ) See supp . note at end of vol . chivalrous adventures which occupy by far the greatest proportion of ...
... combat by Edelheim or Edelhun , a chief of the West Saxons . Notes on Sir Tristram , p . 290. - Park . ( See Warton , i . p . 105. ) See supp . note at end of vol . chivalrous adventures which occupy by far the greatest proportion of ...
Page 129
... combat , and , by attention to the various movements , were instructed in the art of war . Their time was also , in a great measure , devoted to those sports which were kindred to the occupations of war , and the knowledge of which was ...
... combat , and , by attention to the various movements , were instructed in the art of war . Their time was also , in a great measure , devoted to those sports which were kindred to the occupations of war , and the knowledge of which was ...
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