History of Prose Fiction, Volume 1G. Bell and sons, 1888 - Fiction |
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... Fairy Legends of the South of Ireland . New ed . by T. Wright . London , 1882 , 8vo . Legendary Tales of the Ancient Britons rehearsed from the early Chronicles ( of Geoffrey of Monmouth ) . By L. Menzies . London , 1864 , 8vo . Luzel ...
... Fairy Legends of the South of Ireland . New ed . by T. Wright . London , 1882 , 8vo . Legendary Tales of the Ancient Britons rehearsed from the early Chronicles ( of Geoffrey of Monmouth ) . By L. Menzies . London , 1864 , 8vo . Luzel ...
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... lying upon cushions , with the green snake round her neck . Tulisa's first ( Spring ) task , to collect in a crystal vase the The of all fairy tales , particularly Gracieuse et Percinet CH . II . ] 111 CUPID AND PSYCHE .
... lying upon cushions , with the green snake round her neck . Tulisa's first ( Spring ) task , to collect in a crystal vase the The of all fairy tales , particularly Gracieuse et Percinet CH . II . ] 111 CUPID AND PSYCHE .
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John Colin Dunlop. The of all fairy tales , particularly Gracieuse et Percinet . whole story has also been beautifully versified by Marino in his poem L'Adone . Cupid is introduced in the fourth book relating it for the amusement of ...
John Colin Dunlop. The of all fairy tales , particularly Gracieuse et Percinet . whole story has also been beautifully versified by Marino in his poem L'Adone . Cupid is introduced in the fourth book relating it for the amusement of ...
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... fairies in their qualities , and perhaps in their name . The griffin , or hippogriff , of the Italian writers , seems to be the famous Simurgh of the Persians , which makes such a figure in the epic poems of Saadi and Ferdusi.3 1 ...
... fairies in their qualities , and perhaps in their name . The griffin , or hippogriff , of the Italian writers , seems to be the famous Simurgh of the Persians , which makes such a figure in the epic poems of Saadi and Ferdusi.3 1 ...
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... fairy scenes of childhood , and was afterwards blended with its recollections . In the middle ages , society was in an inter- mediate state , removed from the extremes of indigence and luxury , which is most favourable to love : and ...
... fairy scenes of childhood , and was afterwards blended with its recollections . In the middle ages , society was in an inter- mediate state , removed from the extremes of indigence and luxury , which is most favourable to love : and ...
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