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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... common operation of a nine days ' wonder , and the ferment of the hour which every deviation from established prac- tice is sure to excite , had the charges been limited to a single publi- cation . But for a period of twenty years ...
... common operation of a nine days ' wonder , and the ferment of the hour which every deviation from established prac- tice is sure to excite , had the charges been limited to a single publi- cation . But for a period of twenty years ...
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... common order ; and his reading of that extensive kind which enabled him to illustrate his theme from the varied circle of ancient and modern literature ; and here again it be- came matter of exultation to discover , that his knowledge ...
... common order ; and his reading of that extensive kind which enabled him to illustrate his theme from the varied circle of ancient and modern literature ; and here again it be- came matter of exultation to discover , that his knowledge ...
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... common with the theories opposed to it , arising from too confined a view of the natural limits of his subject , and too general an application of the system in detail . The conse- quence has been an unavoidable confusion between the ...
... common with the theories opposed to it , arising from too confined a view of the natural limits of his subject , and too general an application of the system in detail . The conse- quence has been an unavoidable confusion between the ...
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... common property inherited by descent . In illustration of these con- 14 Considerable collections on this sub- ject are to be found in the preface to Re- senius's edition of the Edda . The whole argument is very elaborately discussed in ...
... common property inherited by descent . In illustration of these con- 14 Considerable collections on this sub- ject are to be found in the preface to Re- senius's edition of the Edda . The whole argument is very elaborately discussed in ...
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... common mythic garb ; while in either country these narratives are so strikingly allied to the fictions of popular song , that it is sometimes dif- ficult to decide whether the muse has supplied their substance , or been herself indebted ...
... common mythic garb ; while in either country these narratives are so strikingly allied to the fictions of popular song , that it is sometimes dif- ficult to decide whether the muse has supplied their substance , or been herself indebted ...
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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...