A Critical Edition of "The Comical History of Francion" (1655)"This edition of 'The Comical History of Francion' (1655) provides the reader with a version in modern English and compares it to the French original, 'La vraie histoire comique de Francion' (1633)" -- Introduction, p. 7. |
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Page 54
... door , and Marsault was already forth when I heard my master knocking at the fore gate . The fear of being followed and surprised made me shut the garden door and run back into the house to let him in , and , lest the money should be ...
... door , and Marsault was already forth when I heard my master knocking at the fore gate . The fear of being followed and surprised made me shut the garden door and run back into the house to let him in , and , lest the money should be ...
Page 314
... door against them , for they were become master of the lower door already . The reason why had they not taken the full possession of the whole house was because they were possessed with so nice a fear that they could not agree amongst ...
... door against them , for they were become master of the lower door already . The reason why had they not taken the full possession of the whole house was because they were possessed with so nice a fear that they could not agree amongst ...
Page 324
... door against which I did so thunder that if it had not been strong and new , I am confident I had laid it on the floor . At the last my wife came and opened the door ; and I , furious as I was , did run after that treacherous Frenchman ...
... door against which I did so thunder that if it had not been strong and new , I am confident I had laid it on the floor . At the last my wife came and opened the door ; and I , furious as I was , did run after that treacherous Frenchman ...
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