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... story " is told , in fome old Ballad of the famous bero and giant killer Roland , before he was knighted , " who is , therefore , called Infans ; which the bal- " lad - maker tranflated , Child Rowland . " Witbout impeaching the ...
... story " is told , in fome old Ballad of the famous bero and giant killer Roland , before he was knighted , " who is , therefore , called Infans ; which the bal- " lad - maker tranflated , Child Rowland . " Witbout impeaching the ...
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... stories where his imagination has greater fcope , and where he can ye without being contradicted , there he reigns without a rival . SECT . σασθαι ἀδυναμίαν αὐτῆς , ἡ ἁμαρτία . Ἡ δὲ τὸ προελέσθαι μὴ ὀρθῶς , καλὰ συμβεβηκός . After ἡ ...
... stories where his imagination has greater fcope , and where he can ye without being contradicted , there he reigns without a rival . SECT . σασθαι ἀδυναμίαν αὐτῆς , ἡ ἁμαρτία . Ἡ δὲ τὸ προελέσθαι μὴ ὀρθῶς , καλὰ συμβεβηκός . After ἡ ...
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... story had a particular relation to the king then reigning , ' twas an interefting ftory ; and though full of machinery , yet probable , because the won- derful tales there related were not only mention'd in hiftory , but vulgarly ...
... story had a particular relation to the king then reigning , ' twas an interefting ftory ; and though full of machinery , yet probable , because the won- derful tales there related were not only mention'd in hiftory , but vulgarly ...
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... story a more historical turn . Macbethus qui con- Jobrini ignavia femper Spretâ regni fpem occultam in animo alebat , creditur fomno quodam ad eam confirmatus . Quadam enim nocte , cum longiufcule abeffet à rege , vifus eft fibi tres ...
... story a more historical turn . Macbethus qui con- Jobrini ignavia femper Spretâ regni fpem occultam in animo alebat , creditur fomno quodam ad eam confirmatus . Quadam enim nocte , cum longiufcule abeffet à rege , vifus eft fibi tres ...
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... story was interefting , as a British story ; and ' tis equally fo , as Macbeth , the hero of the tragedy , is drawn a man , not a monster ; a man of virtue , ' till he hearkened to the lures and that Creon , Hemon's father , had put to ...
... story was interefting , as a British story ; and ' tis equally fo , as Macbeth , the hero of the tragedy , is drawn a man , not a monster ; a man of virtue , ' till he hearkened to the lures and that Creon , Hemon's father , had put to ...
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