Reliques of ancient English poetry, by T. Percy. Repr. entire from the author's last ed. With memoir and critical dissertation, by G. Gilfillan, Том 31877 |
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Стр. ix
... seems not to have been known to such as have written on the nature and origin of Books of Chivalry , that the first com- positions of this kind were in verse , and usually sung to the harp . ON THE ANCIENT METRICAL ROMANCES , ETC. I ...
... seems not to have been known to such as have written on the nature and origin of Books of Chivalry , that the first com- positions of this kind were in verse , and usually sung to the harp . ON THE ANCIENT METRICAL ROMANCES , ETC. I ...
Стр. x
... seems to be the true origin of that species of Romance , which so long celebrated feats of Chivalry , and which , at first in metre , and afterwards in prose , was the entertainment of our an- cestors , in common with their ...
... seems to be the true origin of that species of Romance , which so long celebrated feats of Chivalry , and which , at first in metre , and afterwards in prose , was the entertainment of our an- cestors , in common with their ...
Стр. xi
... seems very untenable , which some learned and ingenious men have entertained , that the turn for Chivalry , and the taste for that species of romantic fiction were caught by the Spaniards from the Arabians or Moors after their invasion ...
... seems very untenable , which some learned and ingenious men have entertained , that the turn for Chivalry , and the taste for that species of romantic fiction were caught by the Spaniards from the Arabians or Moors after their invasion ...
Стр. xii
... seems utterly incredible , that one rude people should adopt a peculiar taste , and manner of writing or thinking from another , without borrowing at the same time any of their particular stories and fables , without appearing to know ...
... seems utterly incredible , that one rude people should adopt a peculiar taste , and manner of writing or thinking from another , without borrowing at the same time any of their particular stories and fables , without appearing to know ...
Стр. xiii
... seem of very great antiquity : few of them appear , from their subjects , much earlier than the reduction of Granada , in the fifteenth century : from which period , I believe , may be plainly traced among the Spanish writers , a more ...
... seem of very great antiquity : few of them appear , from their subjects , much earlier than the reduction of Granada , in the fifteenth century : from which period , I believe , may be plainly traced among the Spanish writers , a more ...
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Стр. 161 - When in one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail hath thresh'd the corn, That ten day-labourers could not end ; Then lies him down the lubber fiend, And, stretch'd out all the chimney's length, Basks at the fire his hairy strength ; And crop-full out of doors he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings.
Стр. 169 - Their dances were procession. But now, alas ! they all are dead, Or gone beyond the seas, Or farther for religion fled, Or else they take their ease.
Стр. 168 - Or Ciss to milking rose, Then merrily went their tabor, And nimbly went their toes. Witness those rings and roundelays Of theirs which yet remain, Were footed in Queen Mary's days On many a grassy plain.
Стр. i - Cowley : so, on the contrary, an ordinary song or ballad, that is the delight of the common people, cannot fail to please all such readers as are not unqualified for the entertainment by their affectation or ignorance ; and the reason is plain, because the same paintings of nature which recommend it to the most ordinary reader, will appear beautiful to the most refined.
Стр. 267 - So shall the fairest face appear When youth and years are flown; Such is the robe that kings must wear When death has reft their crown.
Стр. 112 - Love wont to gae! 1 leant my back unto an aik, I thought it was a trusty tree; But first it bow'd, and syne it brak, Sae my true Love did lichtly me. O waly waly, but love be bonny A little time while it is new; But when 'tis auld, it waxeth cauld And fades awa
Стр. 104 - One penny, one penny, kind sir, she sayd, Will ease me of much paine. Before I give you one penny, sweet-heart, Praye tell me where you were borne. At Islington, kind sir, sayd shee, Where I have had many a scorne.
Стр. 168 - In undermcles and in morweninges, And sayth his Matines and his holy thinges, As he goth in his limitatioun. Women may now go safely up and doun, In every bush, and under every tree, Ther is non other incubus but he, And he ne will don hem no dishonour.
Стр. 136 - The parents being dead and gone, The children home he takes, And brings them straight unto his house Where much of them he makes. He had not kept these pretty babes A twelvemonth and a day, But, for their wealth, he did devise To make them both away.
Стр. 52 - And wish well to thy soule will I So long as I have life, So will I not for thee Barnard Although I am thy wedded wife.