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... of those feats of activity which formed part of their performance . They were at once poets , vocalists , and jugglers ; and however * Which took place before the seventh century . primitive their rhymes , or ordinary their feats , they 6.
... of those feats of activity which formed part of their performance . They were at once poets , vocalists , and jugglers ; and however * Which took place before the seventh century . primitive their rhymes , or ordinary their feats , they 6.
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... and exciting , gave rise to a flood of poetry in which the gallantry and extravagant heroism of the age appear in glowing colors . The dull and tedious rhyming chronicles that were before popular at once gave way to more 9.
... and exciting , gave rise to a flood of poetry in which the gallantry and extravagant heroism of the age appear in glowing colors . The dull and tedious rhyming chronicles that were before popular at once gave way to more 9.
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To the Time of Milton Stanhope Busby. that were before popular at once gave way to more exuberant fancies . The minstrels were breathing of action , they selected monarchs and warriors for their heroes : Charlemagne and Roland , Arthur ...
To the Time of Milton Stanhope Busby. that were before popular at once gave way to more exuberant fancies . The minstrels were breathing of action , they selected monarchs and warriors for their heroes : Charlemagne and Roland , Arthur ...
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... once carry us back to the times of the poet , and call up the beings by whom he was surrounded in real and substantial form before our eyes . They are not mere images dressed up for the occasion , and brought forward to display their ...
... once carry us back to the times of the poet , and call up the beings by whom he was surrounded in real and substantial form before our eyes . They are not mere images dressed up for the occasion , and brought forward to display their ...
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... once a hero , a politician , and a poet . Refined in his manners , chivalrous in his sentiments , and [ generous in his disposition , he was a proud ornament to the court and the age in which he lived ; and the anecdote of his fate at ...
... once a hero , a politician , and a poet . Refined in his manners , chivalrous in his sentiments , and [ generous in his disposition , he was a proud ornament to the court and the age in which he lived ; and the anecdote of his fate at ...
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