Excerpt from The History of Oliver and Arthur By one ofthese othis ttoo infant chiloren for the cure of his frieno, ano th e miraculous restoration to health of ih e slain babes; thiro, the personation of her husbano by one frieno to the wife of the other. Uhe secono ano thiro points represent such remarkable incioents as to mate it quite certain that these has a common source. (whether the story which lliely trans lateo out of french into wetman was an earlier or later tooth than ih e tale containing the same incioents ...
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Excerpt from The History of Oliver and Arthur By one ofthese othis ttoo infant chiloren for the cure of his frieno, ano th e miraculous restoration to health of ih e slain babes; thiro, the personation of her husbano by one frieno to the wife of the other. Uhe secono ano thiro points represent such remarkable incioents as to mate it quite certain that these has a common source. (whether the story which lliely trans lateo out of french into wetman was an earlier or later tooth than ih e tale containing the same incioents tnglish an by wile liam florets in his afrienoship of amis ano fimile' is not lmoton to the present translators; but iliely' s story is much longer, more elaboraten ano tilleo toith local coloring, than that translateo by the skilful pen of the famous [nglish poet. (we habe been unable to learn of any other coitions than the two before mentioneo an of these bery few examples noto emit, the book habing probably been so much reao as to habe useo up all the copies; for toe habe founo no others for sale than the little bolnme which toe chanceo upon in the 'antiquity ghop' in llucerne of fur. 3. 'bossaro but there are mo copies in the great fiational ilibrary at munich, bery Binoly loaneo to us for comparison; one the counterpart of our little franhfurt cor tion, am: the other a quarto coition printeo at Basel in 1521. (at this itnglish translation requires an apology for faults that habe come from lack of experience in such morn, let it be founo in the statement that it toas unhertauen in other to fill up the bacant hours of a winter season at ilucerne, when many rainy, foggy, ano inclement bays prebenteo ouroflomr occupw tions ano amusements, ano tohen the toriting out of (R)erman into [nglish of this little book tilleo bery agreeably the hours that moulo othertoise habe been teoious ano heaby. (lin the iw troouction to win afrench aflomances, ' a republication of Ml liam fllborris' s translations, it is staten that' arr. Aoffman. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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