The History of Fiction: Being a Critical Account of the Most Celebrated Prose Works of Fiction, from the Earliest Greek Romances to the Novels of the Present Age, Volume 3 |
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... written to inspire a taste for the ascetic virtues , seems to have been the origin of Spiritual Ro- mance . It is true , that in the first ages of the church , many fictitious gospels were composed , full of im- probable fables ; but ...
... written to inspire a taste for the ascetic virtues , seems to have been the origin of Spiritual Ro- mance . It is true , that in the first ages of the church , many fictitious gospels were composed , full of im- probable fables ; but ...
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... written or compiled by Gregory of Tours and St Gregory , selections from which have been more recently published under the title of Vies des peres de desert . All these legends present nearly the same circumstances - the victims of ...
... written or compiled by Gregory of Tours and St Gregory , selections from which have been more recently published under the title of Vies des peres de desert . All these legends present nearly the same circumstances - the victims of ...
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... written about the end of the 10th century , was the prototype of this work of the 13th century , which comprehends the lives of in- dividual saints , whose history had already been written , or was current from tradition . The Gold- en ...
... written about the end of the 10th century , was the prototype of this work of the 13th century , which comprehends the lives of in- dividual saints , whose history had already been written , or was current from tradition . The Gold- en ...
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... written by St Jerome , occurs in the Legenda , and the abridgement given by Pro- fessor Porson , in his letters to Archdeacon Travis ( p . 30 ) , may serve as a specimen of the nature of the incidents related in the Golden Legend ...
... written by St Jerome , occurs in the Legenda , and the abridgement given by Pro- fessor Porson , in his letters to Archdeacon Travis ( p . 30 ) , may serve as a specimen of the nature of the incidents related in the Golden Legend ...
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... written with a view of counteracting the effects of the witty and licentious tales of the Trouveurs and minstrels . They were mostly the production of monks , who believed the absurdi- ties they heard , or scrupled not to invent new ...
... written with a view of counteracting the effects of the witty and licentious tales of the Trouveurs and minstrels . They were mostly the production of monks , who believed the absurdi- ties they heard , or scrupled not to invent new ...
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Page 70 - ... 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 71 - 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 467 - I waked one morning, in the beginning of last June, from a dream, of which, all I could recover was, that I had thought myself in an ancient castle (a very natural dream for a head filled like mine with Gothic story), and that on the uppermost banister of a great staircase I saw a gigantic hand in armour.
Page 70 - 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 66 - As I WALKED through the wilderness of this world, I lighted on a certain place where was a Den, and I laid me down in that place to sleep: and as I slept I dreamed a dream.
Page 284 - THE works of fiction, with which the present generation seems more particularly delighted, are such as exhibit life in its true state, diversified only by accidents that daily happen in the world, and influenced by passions and qualities which are really to be found in conversing with mankind.
Page 458 - Lovelace; but he has excelled his original in the moral effect of the fiction. Lothario, with gaiety which cannot be hated, and bravery which cannot be despised, retains too much of the spectator's kindness.
Page 468 - 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.
Page 34 - Moses said unto him, Shall I follow thee, that thou mayest teach me part of that which thou hast been taught, for a direction unto me ? He answered, Verily thou canst not bear with me : for how canst thou patiently suffer those things, the knowledge whereof thou dost not comprehend ? Moses replied, Thou shalt find me patient, if GOD please ; neither will I be disobedient unto thee in anything.
Page 205 - Pamela: methought love played in Philoclea's eyes, and threatened in Pamela's ; methought Philoclea's beauty only persuaded, but so persuaded as all hearts must yield ; Pamela's beauty used violence, and such violence as no heart could resist, and it seems that such proportion is between their minds.