Moral and political dialogues: being the substance of several conversations between divers eminent persons, with critical and explanatory notes by the editor [R. Hurd]. With letters on chivalry and romance by mr. Hurd, Band 3 |
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Or , call up him that left half - told The ftory of CAMBUSCAN bold , Of CAMBALL and of ALGARSIFE , And who had CANACE to wife That own'd the virtuous ring and glass , And of the wondrous horfe of brass , On which the Tartar king did ...
Or , call up him that left half - told The ftory of CAMBUSCAN bold , Of CAMBALL and of ALGARSIFE , And who had CANACE to wife That own'd the virtuous ring and glass , And of the wondrous horfe of brass , On which the Tartar king did ...
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acquired advantage adventures antient appear authority beſt called carried character Chivalry civility claffic confidered converfation courts critics doubt early effect expect Faery fame fancies feem fenfe feudal fhall fhould fome foreign travel fpirit ftill fubject fuch fuppofe further genius give given Gothic habits hand himſelf human ideas important Italian Italy itſelf juſt knights knowledge learning leaſt leave LETTER liberty LOCKE look LORD SHAFTESBURY Lordship manners mean ment mind moral moſt muſt myſelf nature never obfervation object occafion paffion perfons perhaps philofopher poem poet polite prefent Prince principles proper reafon refpect Romance ſtate taken tell thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thought tion true truth turn uſe virtue whole young youth
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Seite 254 - With store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit, or arms, while both contend To win her grace, whom all commend.
Seite 197 - ... knights, as to give birth to the attentions of gallantry. But this gallantry would take a refined turn, not only from the...
Seite 250 - And without more words you will readily apprehend that the fancies of our modern bards are not only more gallant, but, on a change of the scene, more sublime, more terrible, more alarming than those of the classic fablers. In a word, you will find that the manners they paint, and the superstitions they adopt, are the more poetical for being Gothic.
Seite 255 - Of Camball, and of Algarsife, And who had Canace to wife, That own'd the virtuous ring and glass, And of the wondrous horse of brass, On which the Tartar king did ride...
Seite 324 - The only favourable circumftance that attended him (and this no doubt encouraged, if it did not produce his untimely project) was, that he was fomewhat befriended in thefe...
Seite 252 - Under this idea then of a Gothic, not classical poem, the Faerie Queene is to be read and criticized. And on these principles, it would not be difficult to unfold its merit in another way than has been hitherto attempted.
Seite 259 - ... grievances. This was the real practice, in the days of pure and ancient Chivalry. And an image of this practice was afterwards kept up in the...
Seite 270 - This was the poet's moral ; and what way of expressing this moral in the history but by making Prince Arthur appear in each adventure, and in a manner subordinate to its proper hero ? Thus, though inferior to each in his own specific virtue, he is superior to all, by uniting...
Seite 250 - There was not a village in England that had not a ghost in it; the churchyards were all haunted; every large common had a circle of fairies belonging to it; and there was scarce a shepherd to be met with who had not seen a spirit.
Seite 237 - Liberata into competition with the Iliad. So far as the heroic and Gothic manners are the same, the pictures of each, if well taken, must be equally entertaining. But I go further, and maintain that the circumstances in which they differ are clearly to the advantage of the Gothic designers.
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| Titel | Moral and political dialogues: being the substance of several conversations between divers eminent persons, with critical and explanatory notes by the editor [R. Hurd]. With letters on chivalry and romance by mr. Hurd, Band 3 Moral and political dialogues: being the substance of several conversations between divers eminent persons, with critical and explanatory notes by the editor [R. Hurd]. With letters on chivalry and romance by mr. Hurd, Richard Hurd (bp. of Worcester.) |
| Autor/in | Richard Hurd (bp. of Worcester.) |
| Ausgabe | 3 |
| Veröffentlicht | 1765 |
| Original von | Oxford University |
| Digitalisiert | 31. Juli 2006 |
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