Moral and Political Dialogues: With Letters on Chivalry and Romance, Band 3T. Cadell, 1776 |
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... though not extinguished , the Gothic princes and their families had fettled into established monar- chies . Then it was , that the restless fpirit P 4 fpirit of their vaffals , having little employ- ment abroad CHIVALRY AND ROMANCE . 215.
... though not extinguished , the Gothic princes and their families had fettled into established monar- chies . Then it was , that the restless fpirit P 4 fpirit of their vaffals , having little employ- ment abroad CHIVALRY AND ROMANCE . 215.
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... whom I owe this hint , and who hath un- dertaken , at his leifure , to enlarge upon it . But fome few circumstances of agree [ 6 ] See the Memoir , just quoted . ment ment between the Heroic and Gothic man- hers , fuch 224 LETTERS ON.
... whom I owe this hint , and who hath un- dertaken , at his leifure , to enlarge upon it . But fome few circumstances of agree [ 6 ] See the Memoir , just quoted . ment ment between the Heroic and Gothic man- hers , fuch 224 LETTERS ON.
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With Letters on Chivalry and Romance Richard Hurd. ment between the Heroic and Gothic man- hers , fuch as are most obvious and occur to my memory , while I am writing , may be worth putting down , by way of fpeci- men only of what may be ...
With Letters on Chivalry and Romance Richard Hurd. ment between the Heroic and Gothic man- hers , fuch as are most obvious and occur to my memory , while I am writing , may be worth putting down , by way of fpeci- men only of what may be ...
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... called a Giant , for his power ; the lefs , a Savage , for his brutality . ALL this is fhadowed out in the Gothic tales , and fometimes expreffed in plain words . words . The objects of the Knight's ven- geance go 226 LETTERS ON.
... called a Giant , for his power ; the lefs , a Savage , for his brutality . ALL this is fhadowed out in the Gothic tales , and fometimes expreffed in plain words . words . The objects of the Knight's ven- geance go 226 LETTERS ON.
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... Gothic ages " was , Monsters , Dragons , and Serpents . " These stories were received in those days for several reasons : 1. From the vulgar belief of enchantments : 2. From their being reported , on the faith of eaftern tradition , by ...
... Gothic ages " was , Monsters , Dragons , and Serpents . " These stories were received in those days for several reasons : 1. From the vulgar belief of enchantments : 2. From their being reported , on the faith of eaftern tradition , by ...
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Seite 265 - Such notes as, warbled to the string, Drew iron tears down Pluto's cheek, And made hell grant what love did seek. Or call up him that left half told The story 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 horse of brass, On which the Tartar king did ride...
Seite 264 - 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 260 - 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 263 - Yet we see thro' all his poetry, where his enthusiasm flames out most, a certain predilection for the legends of chivalry before the fables of Greece. This circumstance, you know, has given offence to the austerer and more mechanical critics.
Seite 304 - THUS, in the poet's world, all is marvellous and extraordinary; yet not unnatural in one fenfe, as it agrees to the conceptions that are readily entertained of thefe magical and wonder-working natures. THIS trite maxim of following "Nature is further miftaken, in applying it indifcriminately to all forts of poetry.
Seite 145 - America, and at the Cape of Good Hope. He may then examine how she appears...
Seite 272 - ... ideas of Unity, which have no place here; and are in every view foreign to the...
Seite 300 - They think it enough, if they can but bring you to imagine the possibility of them.
Seite 302 - Men of cold fancies and philosophical dispositions object to this kind of poetry, that it has not probability enough to affect the imagination. But to this it may be answered, that we are sure, in general, there are many intellectual beings in the World besides ourselves, and several species of spirits...
Seite 269 - ... for all their 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...