History of Prose Fiction, Volume 1G. Bell and sons, 1888 - Fiction |
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... monarch . While he is in this crisis , and while Garmus is dancing and carousing round the place of execution , a messenger arrives with intelli- gence that Sinonis is about to be espoused by the king of Syria , into whose dominions she ...
... monarch . While he is in this crisis , and while Garmus is dancing and carousing round the place of execution , a messenger arrives with intelli- gence that Sinonis is about to be espoused by the king of Syria , into whose dominions she ...
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... monarchs . During that period a queen of Ethiopia , called Persina , having viewed at an amorous crisis a statue of Andromeda , gives birth to a daughter of fair complexion . Fearing that her husband might not think the cause ...
... monarchs . During that period a queen of Ethiopia , called Persina , having viewed at an amorous crisis a statue of Andromeda , gives birth to a daughter of fair complexion . Fearing that her husband might not think the cause ...
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... monarchs , takes the ladies of the court , among whom Callirrhoe was now numbered , along with him [ vi . 9 ] . But , as they are found to be cumbersome on the march , they are left at Ardo , an island at a short distance from the ...
... monarchs , takes the ladies of the court , among whom Callirrhoe was now numbered , along with him [ vi . 9 ] . But , as they are found to be cumbersome on the march , they are left at Ardo , an island at a short distance from the ...
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... monarchs , learning how frail was the tenure by which he held the sovereignty , 1 This parable , which forms chap . iv . of the Kalilah ve Dimnah , has found its way from Indian sources into almost every literature in the world . See ...
... monarchs , learning how frail was the tenure by which he held the sovereignty , 1 This parable , which forms chap . iv . of the Kalilah ve Dimnah , has found its way from Indian sources into almost every literature in the world . See ...
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... monarch , where his regal descent being discovered by the majesty of his appearance , and the variety of his accomplishments , the king's daughter text of which is known . That the novel is a translation appears from the numerous ...
... monarch , where his regal descent being discovered by the majesty of his appearance , and the variety of his accomplishments , the king's daughter text of which is known . That the novel is a translation appears from the numerous ...
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