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Common terms and phrases16th century adventures afterwards Amadis Amadis de Gaul ancient appeared Apuleius arrived Arthur avoit beautiful Boccaccio brother castle celebrated century character Chariclea Charlemagne chiefly chivalry Cinthio cloth combat composition court daughter death Decameron discovered Duke Edition emperor enamoured enchanted England English estoit fables Fabliaux fairy father favour fiction France French Gesta Gesta Romanorum Greek hero heroine Huon husband imitated incidents informed Italian J. C. LOUDON king knight lady Lancelot Lancelot du Lac Latin length lover mance manner master Meliadus ment Merlin metrical mistress monarch nature novel novelists origin palace Palmerin Paris passion Perceforest Perceval period person Petrus Alphonsus poet prince princess prose queen racters received reign resemblance resided romances of chivalry Saracen Sethos Seven Wise Masters soon species story style tale tion translated Tristan Vignette Titles wife writers written young Ysaie Popular passagesPage 301 - As I walked through the wilderness of this world, I lighted on a certain place where was a den,* and laid me down in that place to sleep ; and as I slept, I dreamed a dream. I dreamed, and behold, I saw a man clothed with rags standing in a certain place, with his face from his own house, a book in his hand, and a great burden upon his back, Isa. Page 302 - ... grown so crazy and stiff in his joints, that he can now do little more than sit in his cave's mouth, grinning at pilgrims as they go by, and biting his nails because he cannot come at them. Page 302 - Now just as the Gates were opened to let in the men, I looked in after them, and behold, the City shone like the Sun; the Streets also were paved with Gold, and in them walked many men, with Crowns on their heads, Palms in their hands, and golden Harps to sing praises withal. There were also of them that had wings, and they answered one another without intermission, saying, Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord. Page 302 - There were also that met them with harps and crowns, and gave them to them; the harps to praise withal, and the crowns in token of honour. Then I heard in my dream that all the bells in the City rang again for joy; and that it was said unto them, Enter ye into the joy of your Lord. Page 414 - I completed in less than two months, that one evening I wrote from the time I had drunk my tea, about six o'clock, till half an hour after one in the morning, when my hand and fingers were so weary, that I could not hold the pen to finish the sentence, but left Matilda and Isabella talking, in the middle of a paragraph. References to this bookFrom Google ScholarThe Institution of the English Novel: Defoe's ContributionHomer Brown - 1996 - Novel: A Forum on Fiction Bibliographic information |