History of Prose Fiction, Volume 1G. Bell and sons, 1888 - Fiction |
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... written during the early part of the XIV . century . To which is prefixed an historical introduction intended to illustrate the rise and progress of romantic composition in France and England . London , 1805. 3 vols . , 8vo . Wright , T ...
... written during the early part of the XIV . century . To which is prefixed an historical introduction intended to illustrate the rise and progress of romantic composition in France and England . London , 1805. 3 vols . , 8vo . Wright , T ...
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... written an essay on the Origin of Romances . That part of his work which relates to the Greek romances , though very succinct , is sufficiently clear , and stored with sound criti- cism . But having brought down the account of fiction ...
... written an essay on the Origin of Romances . That part of his work which relates to the Greek romances , though very succinct , is sufficiently clear , and stored with sound criti- cism . But having brought down the account of fiction ...
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... written under the eye of the sultan who said he would cut off the head of the first man who made a reflection . But even the utility of the abstracts , which should have been the principal object of the work , is in a great measure lost ...
... written under the eye of the sultan who said he would cut off the head of the first man who made a reflection . But even the utility of the abstracts , which should have been the principal object of the work , is in a great measure lost ...
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... written by a person of the name of Aristides , whose tales were translated into Latin by Sisenna , the Roman historian , about the time of the civil wars of Marius and Sylla . Huet , Vossius , ' and the other writers by whom the stories ...
... written by a person of the name of Aristides , whose tales were translated into Latin by Sisenna , the Roman historian , about the time of the civil wars of Marius and Sylla . Huet , Vossius , ' and the other writers by whom the stories ...
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... written in the same spirit . ' The tales of Parthenius are about forty in number , but appear to be mere sketches . They chiefly consist of accounts of every species of seduc- tion , and the criminal passions of the nearest relations ...
... written in the same spirit . ' The tales of Parthenius are about forty in number , but appear to be mere sketches . They chiefly consist of accounts of every species of seduc- tion , and the criminal passions of the nearest relations ...
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