Gesta Romanorum, Or, Entertaining Moral Stories: Invented by the Monks as a Fire-side Reacreation and Commonly Applied in Their Discourses from the Pulpit Whence the Most Celebrated of Our Own Poets and Others, from the Earliest Times, Have Extracted Their Plots, Volume 1Charles Swan C. and J. Rivington, 1824 |
No interior do livro
Resultados 1-5 de 92
Página ii
... Death XXXII . Of good Inspiration XXXIII . Of Hanging ..... XXXIV . Of Consideration of Life . 129 131 132 133 XXXV . Of Peace , Reformation , & c ........ XXXVI . Of the Course of Human Life ...... 136 137 XXXVII . Of lifting up the ...
... Death XXXII . Of good Inspiration XXXIII . Of Hanging ..... XXXIV . Of Consideration of Life . 129 131 132 133 XXXV . Of Peace , Reformation , & c ........ XXXVI . Of the Course of Human Life ...... 136 137 XXXVII . Of lifting up the ...
Página iii
... Death .. 179 , 183 LVII . Of perfect Life 189 194 LVIII . Of Confession .... LIX . Of too much Pride ; and how the Proud are frequently compelled to endure some notable Humiliation 196 ...... LX . Of Avarice and its Subtlety ... 209 LXI ...
... Death .. 179 , 183 LVII . Of perfect Life 189 194 LVIII . Of Confession .... LIX . Of too much Pride ; and how the Proud are frequently compelled to endure some notable Humiliation 196 ...... LX . Of Avarice and its Subtlety ... 209 LXI ...
Página ix
... death of the knight Roland , which partly confirm my observation . " Comparé à Judas Macha- beus par ta valeur et prouesse ; ressemblant à Sanson , et pareil à Jonatas fils de Saul par la fortune de sa triste morte ! " The Jewish Tal ...
... death of the knight Roland , which partly confirm my observation . " Comparé à Judas Macha- beus par ta valeur et prouesse ; ressemblant à Sanson , et pareil à Jonatas fils de Saul par la fortune de sa triste morte ! " The Jewish Tal ...
Página lix
... death , he called is rather scarce . The title - page assures us that it is " very plea- sant in reading , and profitable in practice . " I hope it may be found so . Amongst the late Sir M. M. Sykes's books , was a Black Letter copy of ...
... death , he called is rather scarce . The title - page assures us that it is " very plea- sant in reading , and profitable in practice . " I hope it may be found so . Amongst the late Sir M. M. Sykes's books , was a Black Letter copy of ...
Página lxxv
... death she shall have mine empire . And so it was done indeed ; for after the death of the emperour , the youngest daughter reigned in his stead , and ended peaceably . HARL . MS . No. 7333 . This , as the reader will be aware , is the ...
... death she shall have mine empire . And so it was done indeed ; for after the death of the emperour , the youngest daughter reigned in his stead , and ended peaceably . HARL . MS . No. 7333 . This , as the reader will be aware , is the ...
Índice
viii | |
xi | |
21 | |
28 | |
46 | |
54 | |
60 | |
80 | |
92 | |
97 | |
100 | |
105 | |
108 | |
109 | |
111 | |
113 | |
115 | |
117 | |
120 | |
125 | |
127 | |
129 | |
131 | |
132 | |
133 | |
136 | |
137 | |
143 | |
145 | |
146 | |
148 | |
150 | |
152 | |
154 | |
155 | |
157 | |
175 | |
177 | |
179 | |
183 | |
189 | |
194 | |
196 | |
209 | |
213 | |
217 | |
220 | |
225 | |
227 | |
229 | |
232 | |
238 | |
240 | |
244 | |
248 | |
251 | |
254 | |
257 | |
261 | |
264 | |
268 | |
271 | |
272 | |
274 | |
Outras edições - Ver tudo
Gesta Romanorum, Or, Entertaining Moral Stories: Invented by the ..., Volume 1 Visualização de excertos - 1871 |
Gesta Romanorum Or, Entertaining Stories: Invented by the Monks as ..., Volume 2 Fellow Thomas Wright,Charles Swan Pré-visualização indisponível - 2015 |
Gesta Romanorum Or, Entertaining Stories: Invented by the Monks As a ... Swan Charles Pré-visualização indisponível - 2013 |
Palavras e frases frequentes
Abibas Alexius anon answered APPLICATION beautiful beloved bird blood book of Tobit brother Cæsar called castle child Christ Christian command daugh daughter dear death devil Douce earl's emperor empire empress exclaimed fable fair lady father flesh Fulgentius gave gentius GESTA ROMANORUM golden Guido hand hath heard heart heaven Holy Land honour husband Jovinian judge king kingdom knight lady lord marry master mercy messengers mortal sin noble observed palace parent peace Pompey poor pray Prince quoth received reign replied returned rich ring Roman romantic fiction Rome saints seneschal servant Seven Wise Masters ship soldier soul steward story TALE tell thee ther thing third thou art thou hast thou shalt thou wilt tion tree truth unto Valerius Maximus Vincent of Beauvais Virgin Warton wherefore wife wise woman wounded young youth
Passagens conhecidas
Página 344 - The quality of mercy is not strained, It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath. It is twice blessed: It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes...
Página 370 - Without a vain, without a grudging heart, To him who gives us all, I yield a part ; From him you come, for him accept it here, A frank and sober, more than costly cheer.
Página 372 - The Maker justly claims that world he made In this the right of Providence is laid ; Its sacred majesty through all depends On using second means to work his ends : 'Tis...
Página 363 - Here we discover those features of chivalry, so admirably ridiculed by Cervantes. But, in times of oppression, when every one followed " the simple plan, That he may take who has the power, And he may keep who can...
Página 371 - Celestial odours breathe through purpled air ; And wings, whose colours glitter'd on the day, Wide at his back their gradual plumes display. The form ethereal bursts upon his sight, And moves in all the majesty of light.
Página 365 - To clear this doubt, to know the world by sight, To find if books, or swains, report it right, (For yet by swains alone the world he knew, Whose feet came wandering o'er the nightly dew...
Página 135 - Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more ; Or close the wall up with our English dead ! In peace, there's nothing so becomes a man As modest stillness and humility : But when the blast of war blows in our ears, Then imitate the action of the tiger...
Página 373 - Heaven can bless, if mortals will be kind. Conscious of wanting worth, he views the bowl, And feels compassion touch his grateful soul. Thus artists melt the sullen ore of lead, With heaping coals of fire upon its head; In the kind warmth the metal learns to glow, And, loose from dross, the silver runs below.
Página 371 - Confus'd, and struck with silence at the deed, He flies, but, trembling, fails to fly with speed. His steps the youth pursues : the country lay...
Página 368 - ... actions meet a base reward. While thus they pass, the sun his glory shrouds, The changing skies hang out their sable clouds ; A sound in air presag'd approaching rain, And beasts to covert scud across the plain. Warn'd by the signs, the wandering pair retreat, To seek for shelter at a neighbouring seat.