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Page 160
As I don ' t know of any writer , who has given any tolerable account of this matter
: and especially as Monsieur Huet , the bishop of Avranches , who wrote a formal
treatise of The Origin of Romances , has said little or nothing of these in that ...
As I don ' t know of any writer , who has given any tolerable account of this matter
: and especially as Monsieur Huet , the bishop of Avranches , who wrote a formal
treatise of The Origin of Romances , has said little or nothing of these in that ...
Page 161
Why he says from tawny Spain , is , because these romances , being of the
Spanish original , the heroes and the scene were generally of that country . He
says , lost in the world ' s debate , because the subjects of those romances were
the ...
Why he says from tawny Spain , is , because these romances , being of the
Spanish original , the heroes and the scene were generally of that country . He
says , lost in the world ' s debate , because the subjects of those romances were
the ...
Page 166
true , that Monsieur Huet has said very little of Romances of Chivalry ; but the
imputation , with which Dr . W . proceeds to load him , of _ " putting the change
upon his reader , ” and “ dropping his proper subject for another , “ that had no
relation ...
true , that Monsieur Huet has said very little of Romances of Chivalry ; but the
imputation , with which Dr . W . proceeds to load him , of _ " putting the change
upon his reader , ” and “ dropping his proper subject for another , “ that had no
relation ...
Page 167
He says very truly , that “ les plus vieux , " of the Spanish romances , " sont
posterieurs à nos Tristans et à nos Lancelots , de quelques centaines d ' années .
” Indeed the fact is indisputable . Cervantes , in a passage quoted by Dr . W .
speaks ...
He says very truly , that “ les plus vieux , " of the Spanish romances , " sont
posterieurs à nos Tristans et à nos Lancelots , de quelques centaines d ' années .
” Indeed the fact is indisputable . Cervantes , in a passage quoted by Dr . W .
speaks ...
Page 168
However , the ground - work of the Romances of Chivalry being thus marked out
and determined , one might naturally expect some account of the first builders
and their edifices ; but instead of that we have a digression upon Oliver and
Roland ...
However , the ground - work of the Romances of Chivalry being thus marked out
and determined , one might naturally expect some account of the first builders
and their edifices ; but instead of that we have a digression upon Oliver and
Roland ...
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| Title | The plays of William Shakspeare, with the corrections and illustr. of various commentators, to which are added notes by S. Johnson and G. Steevens, revised and augmented by I. Reed, with a glossarial index, Volume 4 The plays of William Shakspeare, with the corrections and illustr. of various commentators, to which are added notes by S. Johnson and G. Steevens, revised and augmented by I. Reed, with a glossarial index, William Shakespeare |
| Author | William Shakespeare |
| Editors | Joseph Dennie, Samuel Johnson, George Steevens, Isaac Reed |
| Published | 1805 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 19 Oct 2007 |
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