Tales and Popular Fictions: Their Resemblance, and Transmission from Country to CountryWhittaker, 1834 - 354 páginas |
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... and credible tradition1 . 1 Supposing , what has not been demonstrated , that the ancient inhabitants of Attica were divided into classes re- Examples are always agreeable , and sometimes convincing ; I 2 TALES AND POPULAR FICTIONS .
... and credible tradition1 . 1 Supposing , what has not been demonstrated , that the ancient inhabitants of Attica were divided into classes re- Examples are always agreeable , and sometimes convincing ; I 2 TALES AND POPULAR FICTIONS .
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... ancient Scan- dinavians ; and it follows not that they borrowed from each other , or from a common instructor . Almost every people of the circle of the earth in which the vine is indigenous , appears to have dis- covered the art of ...
... ancient Scan- dinavians ; and it follows not that they borrowed from each other , or from a common instructor . Almost every people of the circle of the earth in which the vine is indigenous , appears to have dis- covered the art of ...
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... Ancient Egypt had its Feast of Lamps , and China has its Feast of Lanterns ; yet I see no connexion between them . There were Vestals at Rome , and Virgins of the Sun at Cuzco , bound to chastity ; yet it does not follow from thence ...
... Ancient Egypt had its Feast of Lamps , and China has its Feast of Lanterns ; yet I see no connexion between them . There were Vestals at Rome , and Virgins of the Sun at Cuzco , bound to chastity ; yet it does not follow from thence ...
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... ancient history of Ireland favours us with an account of the Scythic and Spanish origin of the Celts of that island , per- fectly heedless of their community of language , manners and religion with those of Britain and Gaul I look upon ...
... ancient history of Ireland favours us with an account of the Scythic and Spanish origin of the Celts of that island , per- fectly heedless of their community of language , manners and religion with those of Britain and Gaul I look upon ...
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... ancients , they have stolen all my best thoughts ! " was a very natural exclama- tion ; and Nullum est jam dictum quod non dictum sit prius was said two thousand years ago . How constantly , too , do discoverers find that they have been ...
... ancients , they have stolen all my best thoughts ! " was a very natural exclama- tion ; and Nullum est jam dictum quod non dictum sit prius was said two thousand years ago . How constantly , too , do discoverers find that they have been ...
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Términos y frases comunes
amazed Ameen ancient Ansaldo apple Arabian arms asked beautiful green bird began brothers brought called cask castle century child Claremond Cleomades Croppart Dædalus daughter death Edda Emelyan enchanted Fairy Mythology father fée fool Gandharva gave Ghool giant give Grannonia hand heard Hejeer Helgi hero Hilloa Holger Holger Danske horse instantly Irân Irish Italian Kâoos king legend lion Loki maiden Miss Brooke mother mounted never night Ogier original Ossian palace Pentamerone Persian Peruonto pike's command poem poet POPULAR FICTIONS prince princess queen replied Resm returned Richard Whittington romance Roostem says Scandinavia sent Serena serpent Shah Sigrun Siraf sisters Soohrâb Starosta steed stone story sword tale tell thee Thialfi Thor thou told took tree Utgard-Loki Valhall Vastolla Vilkina Saga Völund W. H. BROOKE Whittington wife wood words youth
Pasajes populares
Página 17 - Most musical, most melancholy' bird! A melancholy bird? Oh! idle thought! In Nature there is nothing melancholy. But some night-wandering man whose heart was pierced With the remembrance of a grievous wrong, Or slow distemper, or neglected love, (And so, poor wretch...
Página 9 - A work of great interest might be compiled upon the origin of popular fiction, and the transmission of similar tales from age to age, and from country to country. The mythology of one period would then appear to pass into the romance of the next century, and that into the nursery- tale of the subsequent ages.
Página 23 - But knowledge is as food, and needs no less Her temperance over appetite, to know In measure what the mind may well contain; Oppresses else with surfeit, and soon turns Wisdom to folly, as nourishment to wind.
Página 245 - Dick had no property on earth but his cat, and, by his master's orders, he fetched her down from his garret, and committed her to the captain with tears in his eyes, for he said he should now be kept awake all night by the rats and mice. All laughed at Dick's venture, but Miss Alice kindly gave him money to purchase another cat. The ship was driven to the coast of Barbary, and the captain having sent...
Página 20 - As, when from mountain-tops the dusky clouds Ascending, while the North-wind sleeps, o'erspread Heaven's cheerful face, the louring element 490 Scowls o'er the darkened landskip snow or shower, If chance the radiant sun, with farewell sweet, Extend his evening beam, the fields revive, The birds their notes renew, and bleating herds Attest their joy, that hill and valley rings.
Página 230 - Take that,' said he to the fox, aiming a ball at him from his matchlock, and shooting him through the head; ' take that for your not performing my orders. That brute,' said he, ' promised to bring me seven Ghools, that I might chain them, and carry them to Isfahan, and here he has only brought you, who are already my slave.
Página 32 - But with wild beasts the sylvan war to wage, And o'er vast plains their herds and flocks to feed : Blest sons of nature they
Página 250 - That Whittington lived no doubt can be made ; that he was Lord Mayor of London is equally true; but as to his cat, that, gentlemen, is the gordian knot to untie. And here, gentlemen, be it permitted me to define what a cat is. A cat is a domestic, whiskered, four-footed animal, whose employment is catching mice.
Página 20 - As when from mountain-tops the dusky clouds Ascending, while the north wind sleeps, o'erspread Heaven's cheerful face, the louring element Scowls o'er the darkened landskip snow, or shower ; If chance the radiant sun with farewell sweet Extend his evening beam, the fields revive, ' The birds their notes renew, and bleating herds Attest their joy, that hill and valley rings.
Página 25 - The intricate wards, and every bolt and bar Of massy iron or solid rock with ease Unfastens : on a sudden open fly With impetuous recoil and jarring sound The infernal doors, and on their hinges grate Harsh thunder, that the lowest bottom shook Of Erebus.