Periodical Criticism, Volume 2Cadell, 1835 - English literature |
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... story of Amadis is originally of French extraction . The earliest tales of romance which are known to us , are uniformly in verse ; and this was very natural ; for they were in a great measure the com- position of the minstrels , who ...
... story of Amadis is originally of French extraction . The earliest tales of romance which are known to us , are uniformly in verse ; and this was very natural ; for they were in a great measure the com- position of the minstrels , who ...
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... story . A peer of England , the Earl of Oxford , if we recollect aright , conceited himself to be descended of the doughty Knight of the Swan ; and , what is somewhat to our present purpose , the French family of Bonneau deduce their ...
... story . A peer of England , the Earl of Oxford , if we recollect aright , conceited himself to be descended of the doughty Knight of the Swan ; and , what is somewhat to our present purpose , the French family of Bonneau deduce their ...
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... story , not only altogether unconnected with the history of his own country , but identified with the real or ... stories , called Cursor Mundi , translated from the French into English metre . " Men lykyn jestis for to here , And Romans ...
... story , not only altogether unconnected with the history of his own country , but identified with the real or ... stories , called Cursor Mundi , translated from the French into English metre . " Men lykyn jestis for to here , And Romans ...
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... story . The passage , which is curious in more respects than one , is thus rendered by Mr Southey . " At the end of the 41st chapter , it is said that Briolania would have given herself and her kingdom to Amadis ; but he told her ...
... story . The passage , which is curious in more respects than one , is thus rendered by Mr Southey . " At the end of the 41st chapter , it is said that Briolania would have given herself and her kingdom to Amadis ; but he told her ...
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... was so necessary an attribute ; but he could in no sense be said to interpolate what actually was written , unless he derived his story from some authority , independent of the resources of his 10 CRITICISM ON NOVels and ROMANCES .
... was so necessary an attribute ; but he could in no sense be said to interpolate what actually was written , unless he derived his story from some authority , independent of the resources of his 10 CRITICISM ON NOVels and ROMANCES .
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Page 115 - He that is down needs fear no fall; He that is low, no pride. He that is humble, ever shall Have God to be his guide.
Page 271 - This opinion, which perhaps prevails as far as human nature is diffused, could become universal only by its truth: those that never heard of one another would not have agreed in a tale which nothing but experience can make credible. That it is doubted by single cavillers, can very little weaken the general evidence; and some who deny it with their tongues confess it by their fears.
Page 274 - A thousand fantasies Begin to throng into my memory, Of calling shapes, and beck'ning shadows dire, And airy tongues, that syllable men's names On sands, and shores, and desert wildernesses.
Page 321 - Some say no evil thing that walks by night, In fog or fire, by lake or moorish fen, Blue meagre hag, or stubborn unlaid ghost, That breaks his magic chains at curfew time, No goblin or swart faery of the mine, Hath hurtful power o'er true virginity.
Page 115 - Wouldst thou divert thyself from melancholy? Wouldst thou be pleasant, yet be far from folly? Wouldst thou read riddles, and their explanation, Or else be drowned in thy contemplation? Dost thou love picking meat? Or wouldst thou see A man i' th' clouds and hear him speak to thee?
Page 275 - In thoughts from the visions of the night, When deep sleep falleth on men, Fear came upon me, and trembling, Which made all my bones to shake. Then a spirit passed before my face; The hair of my flesh stood up: It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: An image was before mine eyes, There was silence, and I heard a voice, saying, Shall mortal man be more just than God?
Page 81 - Just when he was come over against the mouth of the burning pit, one of the wicked ones got behind him, and stepped up softly to him, and whisperingly suggested many grievous blasphemies to him, which he verily thought had proceeded from his own mind.
Page 275 - The other Shape — If shape it might be called that shape had none Distinguishable in member, joint, or limb; Or substance might be called that shadow seemed, For each seemed either — black it stood as Night, Fierce as ten Furies, terrible as Hell, And shook a dreadful dart: what seemed his head The likeness of a kingly crown had on.
Page 171 - I have almost forgot the taste of fears : The time has been, my senses would have cool'd To hear a night-shriek ; and my fell of hair Would at a dismal treatise rouse and stir As life were in't : I have supp'd full with horrors ; Direness, familiar to my slaughterous thoughts, Cannot once start me.
Page 258 - I had worked hard for nearly two years, for the sole purpose of infusing life into an inanimate body. For this I had deprived myself of rest and health. I had desired it with an ardour that far exceeded moderation; but now that I had finished, the beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart.