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 |
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... master , and the mystical she again met with her brother Mantinia , learning he acquired among the Egyptians who related to her adventures still more ex- and Babylonians ; of the tranquil life which traordinary than her own ; having ...
... master , and the mystical she again met with her brother Mantinia , learning he acquired among the Egyptians who related to her adventures still more ex- and Babylonians ; of the tranquil life which traordinary than her own ; having ...
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... master , and through his favour of being united to Chloe ; for it would appear the consent of parties was not sufficient for this , and that in The success of this device fully answers ex- Greece , as among the serfs in Russia , the ...
... master , and through his favour of being united to Chloe ; for it would appear the consent of parties was not sufficient for this , and that in The success of this device fully answers ex- Greece , as among the serfs in Russia , the ...
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... master , who soon after goes as herald to comis , where he is hospitably entertained by another city in Greece , and carries Isme- Sosthenes , the father of Ismene . This young nias along with him . The herald and his lady is seized ...
... master , who soon after goes as herald to comis , where he is hospitably entertained by another city in Greece , and carries Isme- Sosthenes , the father of Ismene . This young nias along with him . The herald and his lady is seized ...
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... master at Daphnipolis , who goes as herald to Artycomis , where he is entertained by Sostratus . Eustathius has perhaps fallen into this blemish by imitating Heliodorus , Eustathius is violently attacked by Huet , who in whose romance ...
... master at Daphnipolis , who goes as herald to Artycomis , where he is entertained by Sostratus . Eustathius has perhaps fallen into this blemish by imitating Heliodorus , Eustathius is violently attacked by Huet , who in whose romance ...
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... master might happen to obtain her ; prose fiction in every country : The interest but , in Heliodorus and his followers , we see of each work almost wholly consists in a her an affectionate guide and adviser - we succession of strange ...
... master might happen to obtain her ; prose fiction in every country : The interest but , in Heliodorus and his followers , we see of each work almost wholly consists in a her an affectionate guide and adviser - we succession of strange ...
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