The Book of Table-talk, Volume 1C. Knight, 1836 - Anecdotes |
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... Gesta Romanorum ; literally , the Doings of the Romans . The meaning of this title will be understood from the following statement of War- ton , who , in a learned and amusing dissertation , has given a complete analysis of this curious ...
... Gesta Romanorum ; literally , the Doings of the Romans . The meaning of this title will be understood from the following statement of War- ton , who , in a learned and amusing dissertation , has given a complete analysis of this curious ...
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... Gesta Romanorum , yet this title by no means properly corresponds with the contents of the collection , which , as has been already hinted , comprehends a multitude of narratives , either not historical , or , in another respect , such ...
... Gesta Romanorum , yet this title by no means properly corresponds with the contents of the collection , which , as has been already hinted , comprehends a multitude of narratives , either not historical , or , in another respect , such ...
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... Gesta Romanorum have furnished subjects to many of our poets from Chaucer down to Shakspeare . The incident of the ... Gesta preserved in the Harleian collection in the British Museum . Another of the stories is the ori- ginal of ...
... Gesta Romanorum have furnished subjects to many of our poets from Chaucer down to Shakspeare . The incident of the ... Gesta preserved in the Harleian collection in the British Museum . Another of the stories is the ori- ginal of ...
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... Gesta Romanorum also for the use of his grammatical pupils . He adds , " Were there not many good reasons for that supposition , I should be induced to think that it might have been intended as a book of stories for the use of preachers ...
... Gesta Romanorum also for the use of his grammatical pupils . He adds , " Were there not many good reasons for that supposition , I should be induced to think that it might have been intended as a book of stories for the use of preachers ...
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