 | Thomas William Doane - Bible - 1883 - 754 pages
...always blowing, than .- i .«:..•:' LIJ'S ' CoJu.1 BCKXKBY.' ' — JoAti Runktii. Gesta Romanorum. Or, Entertaining Moral Stories. Invented by the Monks as a fireside recreation ; and commonly applied to their Discourses from the Pulpit, whence the most celebrated of our Poets and others, from the earliest... | |
 | Alexander Farnum - Books - 1884 - 348 pages
...distinguished German poet have been translated into almost every European tongue." 399 GESTA ROMANORUM ; or, Entertaining Moral Stories, invented by the Monks as a Fireside Recreation. Translated .and edited from the Latin by CHARLES SWAN. 2 vols. post 8vo, calf, uncut. London, 1824... | |
 | Gerald Ephraim Hart - Autographs - 1890 - 318 pages
...Industrial Resources of Nova Scotia. Map and plates. 8° cloth. Halifax, 1849 989 GESTA Romanorum; or Entertaining Moral Stories. Invented by the Monks as a fireside recreation, and translated from the Latin by the Rev. Chas. Swan. New edition, with an introduction, etc., by Thos.... | |
 | C.F. Libbie & Co - Bibliography - 1891 - 310 pages
...Joannes rynman de Oringaw in officina industrij. Henrici grau, etc. Hagenow, 1482 1300 GESTA Romanorutn ; or Entertaining Moral Stories. Invented by the Monks as a fireside recreation, and translated from the Latin by the Rev. Chas. Swan. 2 vols. 12° half crushed levant morocco extra, uncut... | |
 | Thomas Newbigging - Fables - 1896 - 172 pages
...I am not sure.' Our remarks on the fables of Pilpay are equally applicable to the'Gesta Romanorum' or 'Entertaining Moral Stories' invented by the monks as a fireside recreation in the Middle Ages. Most of them are recitals of adventures rather than fables. They are believed to... | |
 | Thomas Newbigging - Literature - 1898 - 250 pages
...simplicity and spontaneity, of y£sop. The same remark holds good with regard to the Gesfa Romanorum, or Entertaining Moral Stories invented by the monks as a fireside recreation in he Middle Ages. These are believed to be of English origin, though a similar Gesta, composed of... | |
 | Harvey Rowland - 1836 - 140 pages
...Sproul, New York, 1900 Sprout's elegant limited edition. No. 457 of 1000 sets. 742 Gesta Romanorum, or Entertaining Moral Stories. Invented by the Monks...commonly applied in their Discourses from the Pulpit. Translated by Rev. Chas. Swan. New edition by Thos. Wright. 2 vols. l2mo, cloth, uncut. New York (London),... | |
 | American Art Association - 1915 - 180 pages
...favorable mention in the President's forthcoming message, &e. 1149. SWAN (CHARLES). Gesta Romanorum: or, Entertaining Moral Stories; invented by the Monks as a Fire-side Recreation. Translated from the Latin, with preliminary observations and copious notes. FIRST EDITION. 2 vols.... | |
 | Reginald Hyatte - History - 1997 - 230 pages
...and Hell Before Dante. New York: Italica Press, 1989. Gesta Romanorum: or, Entertaining Moral Tales; Invented by the Monks as a Fireside Recreation, and...Commonly Applied in Their Discourses From the Pulpit. Translated by Charles Swan and revised by Wynnard Hooper. 1876. Reprint ed., New York: Dover, 1959.... | |
 | Pasquale J. Accardo - Beauty and the beast (Tale) - 2002 - 340 pages
...collections to which they would have been quite congenial, such as the Gesta Romanorum: Entertaining stories invented by the monks as a fire-side recreation...applied in their discourses from the pulpit whence the more celebrated of our poets and others have extracted their plots, trans. Charles Swan (London: George... | |
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Gesta Romanorum ; or, Entertaining Stories, invented by the Monks as a Fireside Recreation, and commonly applied in their Discourses from the Pulpit. 
