 | Giovanni Boccaccio - 1822 - 276 pages
...He, although his poverty was extreme, was never so sensible of his having been extravagant as now ; but finding nothing to entertain the lady with, for...cursing his evil fortune, and running up and down lite one out of his wits ; at length, having neither money nor any thing he could pawn, and being willing... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1853 - 602 pages
...as now ; but finding nothing to entertain the lady with, he was in the utmost perplexity, lamenting his evil fortune, and running up and down like one...having neither money nor anything he could pawn, and being willing to give her something, at the same time that he would not make his case known, even so... | |
 | 1854 - 400 pages
...as now; but finding nothing to entertain the lady with, he was in the utmost perplexity, lamenting his evil fortune, and running up and down like one...having neither money nor anything he could pawn, and being willing to give her something, at the same time that he would not make his case known, even so... | |
 | Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl - 1899 - 454 pages
...company for her, he said : " Madam, as I have nobody else, please to admit this honest woman, a laborer's wife, to be with you, whilst I set forth the table."...not make his case known, even so much as to his own laborer, he espied his hawk upon the perch, seized it, and finding it very fat, judged it might make... | |
 | Richard Garnett - 1899 - 432 pages
...company for her, he said : " Madam, as I have nobody else, please to admit this honest woman, a laborer's wife, to be with you, whilst I set forth the table."...not make his case known, even so much as to his own laborer, he espied his hawk upon the perch, seized it, and finding it very fat, judged it might make... | |
 | Forrest Morgan, Caroline Ticknor - 1904 - 396 pages
...company for her, he said : " Madam, as I have nobody else, please to admit this honest woman, a laborer's wife, to be with you, whilst I set forth the table."...not make his case known, even so much as to his own laborer, he espied his hawk upon the perch, seized it, and finding it very fat, judged it might make... | |
 | Giovanni Boccaccio - 1919 - 598 pages
...He, although his poverty was extreme, was never so sensible of his having been extravagant as now; but finding nothing to entertain the lady with, for...having neither money nor anything he could pawn, and being willing to give her something, at the same time that he would not make his case known, even so... | |
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Although his poverty was extreme, never till now had he been so sensible of his past extravagance ; but finding nothing to entertain the lady with, for whose sake he had treated thousands, he was in the utmost perplexity, cursing his evil fortune, and... 