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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... true history . 1- After letters began to prevail , and history assumed a more stable form , by being committed to plain simple prose ; these Songs of the Scalds or Bards began to be more amusing than useful . And in proportion as it ...
... true history . 1- After letters began to prevail , and history assumed a more stable form , by being committed to plain simple prose ; these Songs of the Scalds or Bards began to be more amusing than useful . And in proportion as it ...
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... true history . " It was not probably till after the Historian and the Bard had been long disunited , that the latter ventured at pure fiction . At length , when their business was no longer to instruct or inform , but merely to amuse ...
... true history . " It was not probably till after the Historian and the Bard had been long disunited , that the latter ventured at pure fiction . At length , when their business was no longer to instruct or inform , but merely to amuse ...
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... true history they set off and embellished with the Scaldic figments of dwarfs , giants , dragons , and enchantments . The first mention we have in song of those heroes of chivalry is in the mouth of a Norman warrior at the con- quest of ...
... true history they set off and embellished with the Scaldic figments of dwarfs , giants , dragons , and enchantments . The first mention we have in song of those heroes of chivalry is in the mouth of a Norman warrior at the con- quest of ...
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... true or fictitious subjects had evidently obtained from the earliest times . But the professed Romances of Chivalry seem to have been first composed in France , where also they had their name . The Latin tongue , as is observed by an ...
... true or fictitious subjects had evidently obtained from the earliest times . But the professed Romances of Chivalry seem to have been first composed in France , where also they had their name . The Latin tongue , as is observed by an ...
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... true history . Should the public encourage the revival of some of those ancient Epic Songs of Chivalry , they would frequently see the rich ore of an Ariosto or a Tasso , though buried it may be among the rubbish and dross of barbarous ...
... true history . Should the public encourage the revival of some of those ancient Epic Songs of Chivalry , they would frequently see the rich ore of an Ariosto or a Tasso , though buried it may be among the rubbish and dross of barbarous ...
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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.