 | Thomas (of Ercildoune, called the Rhymer.) - 1804 - 514 pages
...of patience, the minstrels never touch upon an incident without introducing a prolix description*. This was a natural consequence of the multiplication...fictions. It was impossible for the imagination of the min* Even Chaucer was infected by the fault of his age, and, with all his unrivalled capacity of touching... | |
 | 1805 - 762 pages
...of the multiplication of romantic fictions. It was impoifiblc for the imagination of the mrnftrels to introduce the variety demanded by their audience, by the invention of new fa.'ls, for every Ibry turned on the fame feats of chivalry ; and the discomfiture of a gigantic champion,... | |
 | English literature - 1805 - 756 pages
...of the multiplication of romantic fictions. It was impoflible for the imagination of the minftrels to introduce the variety demanded by their audience, by the invention of ne* fans, for every ftory turned on the fame feats of chivalry ; and the difcomfiture of a gigantic... | |
 | Thomas (the Rhymer) - Fore-edge painting - 1811 - 568 pages
...of patience, the minstrels never touch upon an incident without introducing a prolix description.* This was a natural consequence of the multiplication...the discomfiture of a gigantic champion, a lion, or a dragon, with the acquisition of his mistress's love, continued to be the everrecurring subject of... | |
 | Walter Scott - Ballads, Scots - 1813 - 544 pages
...of patience. the minstrels never touch upon an incident without introducing a prolix description.* This was a natural consequence of the multiplication...the discomfiture of a gigantic champion, a lion, or a dragon, with the acquisition of his mistress's love, continued to be the everrecurring subject of... | |
 | Thomas (the Rhymer) - Civilization, Medieval - 1819 - 544 pages
...of patience, the minstrels never touch upon an incident without introducing a prolix description.* This was a natural consequence of the multiplication...the everrecurring subject of romance, from the days of Thomas the Rhymer till the metrical tales of chivalry altogether lost ground. The later minstrels,... | |
 | Walter Scott - English poetry - 1821 - 546 pages
...of patience, the minstrels never touch upon an incident without introducing a prolix description.* This was a natural consequence of the multiplication...champion, a lion, or dragon, with the acquisition of his mistreWs love, continued to be the ever-recurring subject of romance, from the days of Thomas the Rhymer... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1838 - 562 pages
...of patience, the minstrels never touch upon an incident without Introducing a prolix description.' This was a natural consequence of the multiplication...the ever-recurring subject of romance, from the days of Thomas the Rhymer till the metrical tales of chivalry altogether lost ground. The later minstrels,... | |
 | Jerome Mitchell - Literary Criticism - 1987 - 284 pages
...limits of patience, the minstrels never touch upon an incident without introducing a prolix description. This was a natural consequence of the multiplication...the minstrels to introduce the variety demanded by theiraudience, by the invention of new facts, for every story turned on the same feats of chivalry.... | |
 | David Matthews - Literary Criticism - 2000 - 262 pages
...of patience, the minstrels never touch upon an incident without introducing a prolix description."l This was a natural consequence of the multiplication...the discomfiture of a gigantic champion, a lion, or a dragon, with the acquisition of his mistress's love, continued to be the ever-recurring subject of... | |
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... later age, but more especially in the popular romances, a tedious circumlocutory style is perhaps the most general feature. Circumstantial to a degree of extreme minuteness, and diffuse beyond the limits of patience, the minstrels never touch upon... 