| Richard Hurd (bp. of Worcester.) - 1765 - 362 Seiten
...fairies belonging to it, and there was fcarce a " fhepherd to be met with who had not " feen a fpirit." _ WE are upon enchanted ground, my friend; and you are...you will find that the manners they paint, and the fuperftitions they adopt, are the more poetical for being Gothic. LETLETTER VII. "BUT nothing fhews... | |
| Richard Hurd - 1776 - 358 Seiten
...fhepherd to be met with, who had not *' feen a fpirit." WE are upon enchanted ground, my friend ; arid you are to think yourfelf well ufed, that I detain...you will find that the manners they paint, and the fuperjlitions they adopt, are the more • poetical for being Gothic. LETBUT nothing fhews the difference... | |
| Richard Hurd - 1788 - 368 Seiten
...every large " common had a circle of fairies belong" ing to it ; and there was fcarce a fhep" herd to be met with, who had not feen " a fpirit." / WE...you will find that the manners they paint, and the fupcrftitions they adopt, are the more poetical for being Gothic, LETTER VII. BUT nothing fhews the... | |
| Richard Hurd (bp. of Worcester.) - 1811 - 456 Seiten
...this fearful circle. The glympse, you have had of it, will help your imagination to conceive the rest. And without more • words you will readily apprehend...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... | |
| Richard Hurd - 1811 - 408 Seiten
...fearful circle. , The glympse, you have had of it, will help your imagination to conceive the rest. And without more words you will readily apprehend that the fancies of our modern bards are JITTER not only more gallant, but, on a change of the scene, more sublime, more terrible, more alarming,... | |
| Matteo Maria Boiardo - 1812 - 352 Seiten
...fairies belonging to it — and there was scarce a shepherd to be met with, that had not seen a spirit !" 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,... | |
| George Wheelwright - 1875 - 98 Seiten
...without their alarming terrors, sometimes lead us through flowery forests.' — Ib. p. 6 1 of Diss. i.] ' Without more words you will readily apprehend that the fancies of our modern bards are not more gallant, but on a change of the scene, more sublime, more terrible, more alarming, than those... | |
| William Lyon Phelps - 1893 - 232 Seiten
...this fearful circle. The glympse, you have had of it, will help your imagination to conceive the rest. And without more words you will readily apprehend...are not only more gallant, but, on a change of the scene, more sublime, more terrible, more alarming, than those of the classic fables. In a word, you... | |
| William Lyon Phelps - 1893 - 208 Seiten
...this fearful circle. The glympse, you have had of it, will help your imagination to conceive the rest. And without more words you will readily apprehend...are not only more gallant, but, on a change of the scene, more sublime, more terrible, more alarming, than those of the classic fables. In a word, you... | |
| William Lyon Phelps - 1893 - 216 Seiten
...this fearful circle. The glympse, you have had of it, will help your imagination to conce1ve the rest. And without more words you will readily apprehend...are not only more gallant, but, on a change of the scene, more sublime, more terrible, more alarming, than those of the classic fables. In a word, you... | |
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