The History of English Poetry: From the Close of the Eleventh Century to the Commencement of the Eighteenth Century. To which are Prefixed, Three Dissertations: 1. Of the Origin of Romantic Fiction in Europe. 2. On the Introduction of Learning Into England. 3. On the Gesta Romanorum, Volume 1 |
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... French Minstrels in England . Provencial Poets . Popular Romances . Dares Phrygius . Guido de Colonna . Fabulous Histories of Alex- ander . Pilpay's Fables . Roman d'Alexandre . Alexandrines . Com- munications between the French and ...
... French Minstrels in England . Provencial Poets . Popular Romances . Dares Phrygius . Guido de Colonna . Fabulous Histories of Alex- ander . Pilpay's Fables . Roman d'Alexandre . Alexandrines . Com- munications between the French and ...
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... French Esprit Follet , or Goblin — the Gobelinus of monkish Latinity- and the German Kobold , are only varied names for the Grecian Koba- lus ; whose sole delight consisted in perplexing the human race , and calling up those harmless ...
... French Esprit Follet , or Goblin — the Gobelinus of monkish Latinity- and the German Kobold , are only varied names for the Grecian Koba- lus ; whose sole delight consisted in perplexing the human race , and calling up those harmless ...
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... French term for our fairy or fay is fée ; and , like the Ita- lian fata , is said to be derived from fatua . " Faerie " was a general name for an illu- sion ; a sense in which it is always used by Chaucer . As an appellation for the ...
... French term for our fairy or fay is fée ; and , like the Ita- lian fata , is said to be derived from fatua . " Faerie " was a general name for an illu- sion ; a sense in which it is always used by Chaucer . As an appellation for the ...
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... French féerie , ' have been imported from the East , the term itself must be of comparatively recent date ; though the popular notion re- specting the nature and attributes of the beings who bore it is wholly lost in the twilight of ...
... French féerie , ' have been imported from the East , the term itself must be of comparatively recent date ; though the popular notion re- specting the nature and attributes of the beings who bore it is wholly lost in the twilight of ...
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... French seems clear and certain , as most of the specimens of that art in the former language are palpable and manifest translations of those in the other : and this too may serve to account for the origin of romance in Italy , Spain ...
... French seems clear and certain , as most of the specimens of that art in the former language are palpable and manifest translations of those in the other : and this too may serve to account for the origin of romance in Italy , Spain ...
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Page clix - Though loud at first the pilgrim's passion grew, Sudden he gaz'd, and wist not what to do; Surprise in secret chains his words suspends, And in a calm his settling temper ends. But silence here the beauteous angel broke, The voice of music ravish'd as he spoke.
Page 3 - We look back on the savage condition of our ancestors with the triumph of superiority ; we are pleased to mark the steps by which we have been raised from rudeness to elegance...
Page cxlii - The story of Cambuscan bold, Of Camball, and of Algarsife, And who had Canace to wife, That owned the virtuous ring and glass, And of the wondrous horse of brass On which the Tartar king did ride; And...
Page xc - Even so late as the year 1471, when Louis XI. borrowed the works of Rasis, the Arabian physician, from the faculty of medicine in Paris, he not only deposited in pledge a considerable quantity of plate, but was obliged to procure a nobleman to join with him as surety in a deed, binding himself under a great forfeiture to restore it.
Page 45 - Against slanderous reports or tales, to cause discord betwixt king and people.' (Westm. Primer, c. 34. anno 3. Edw. I.) That it had this effect is the opinion of an eminent writer : See ' Observations upon the Statutes, &c.
Page lxxxv - About the year 790 Charlemagne granted an unlimited right of hunting to the abbot and monks of Sithiu, for making their gloves and girdles of the skins of the deer they killed, and covers for their books.
Page 86 - In all languages," as has been well said, "there is a constant tendency to relieve themselves of that precision which chooses a fresh symbol for every shade of meaning, to lessen the amount of nice distinction, and detect as it were a royal road to the interchange of opinion." For example, a vast number of languages had at an early period of their development, besides the singular and plural, a dual number, some even a trinal, which they have let go at a later. But what I mean by a language renouncing...
Page clix - Approach'd the careless guide, and thrust him in ; Plunging he falls, and rising lifts his head, Then flashing turns, and sinks among the dead. Wild, sparkling rage inflames the father's eyes, He bursts the band of fear, and madly cries,
Page 28 - He may me blisse bringe ; Icham in hire baundoun. An hendy hap ichabbe yhent ; Ichot from hevene it is me sent ; From alle wymmen mi love is lent Ant lyht on Alysoun.
Page cxxxvi - This circumstance was highly favourable to the circulation of their learning in England. The suddenness of their dismission obliged them, for present subsistence, and other reasons, to sell their moveable goods of all kinds, among which were large quantities of rabbinical books. The monks in various parts availed themselves of the distribution of these treasures. At Huntingdon and Stamford there was a prodigious sale of their effects, containing immense stores of Hebrew manuscripts, which were immediately...