 | Richard Hurd (bp. of Worcester.) - 1765
...the caufe of the old, and nowexpiring Romances. For it is to be bbferved, that the idolizers of thefe romances did by them, what the votaries of HOMER had done by him. As the 4 times times improved and would lefs bear his ftrange tales, they moralized what they could, and turned... | |
 | Richard Hurd - 1776
...the caufe of the old, and nowexpiring Romances. For it is to be obferved, that the idolizers of thefe Romances did by them, what the votaries of HOMER had done by him. As the times limes improved and would lefs bear his ftrange tahs, they -m-.raliztd what they could, and turned the... | |
 | Richard Hurd - 1776
...the caufe of the old, and nowexpiring Romances. For it is to be obferved, that the idolizers of thefe Romances did by them, what the votaries of HOMER had done by him. As the times times improved and would lefs bear his ftrange tales, they m-.ralizsd what they could, and turned the... | |
 | Richard Hurd - 1788
...caufe of the old, and now'expiring Romances. For it is to be obferved, that the idolizers of thofe Romances did by them, what the votaries of • HOMER had done by him. As the timts improved and would lefs bear his ftrange tales, they moralized, what they eould, and turned the... | |
 | Edmund Spenser - 1805
...caufe of the old, and now expiring, Romances. For it is to be obferved, that the idolizers of thefe romances did by them, what the votaries of Homer had done by him. As the times improved and would lefs bear his ftrange tales, they moralized what they could, and turned the reft into myfteries of... | |
 | Edmund Spenser, Henry John Todd - 1805
...caufe of the old, and now expiring, Romances. For it is to be obferved, that the idolizers of thefe romances did by them, what the votaries of Homer had done by him. As the times improved and would lefs bear his ftrange tales, they moralized what they could, and turned the reft into myfteries of... | |
 | Edmund Spenser - 1807
...hy them, what the votaries of Homer ha3 done hy him. As the limes improved and would ; lessbear lils strange tales, they moralized what ( they could, and...principally designed to cover the monstrous stories of the I'agan Cuds, so it served the lovers of Romance to palliate the no less monstrous stories of magicl;... | |
 | Richard Hurd (bp. of Worcester.) - 1811
...to confirm the prejudices of his reader. VOL. iv. z LETTER However, he did more than this. He gave an air of mystery to his subject, and pretended that...Pagan Gods, so it served the lovers of Romance to K II palliate the no less monstrous stories of magic enchantments. The editor or translator of the... | |
 | Richard Hurd - 1911 - 176 Seiten
...cause of the old, and now expiring Romances. For it is to be observed, that the idolizers of these 2 romances did by them, what the votaries of Homer had...strange tales, they moralized what they could, and turn'd the rest into 1 warriors ' those I/ cV mysteries of natural science. And as this last contrivance... | |
 | Thomas Warton - 2001 - 130 Seiten
...caufe of the old, and now expiring Romances. For it is to be obferved, that the idolizers of thefe romances did by them, what the votaries of Homer had done by him. As the times improved and would lefs bear his ftrange tales, they moralized what they could, and turn'd the reft into myfteries of... | |
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For it is to be observed, that the idolizers of these romances did by them, what the votaries of HOMER had done by him. As the times improved and would less bear his strange tales, they moralized what they could, and turned the rest into mysteries of... 