Tales and Popular Fictions: Their Resemblance, and Transmission from Country to CountryWhittaker, 1834 - 354 páginas |
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... castle , but chiefly because he had not his fellow in the whole country for what is called shanahas , or old talk , that is , tales , legends , and traditions , handed down from age to age , and transmitted from mouth to mouth . And let ...
... castle , but chiefly because he had not his fellow in the whole country for what is called shanahas , or old talk , that is , tales , legends , and traditions , handed down from age to age , and transmitted from mouth to mouth . And let ...
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... us for it to the castle of Brandezar in that romance . I have examined three translations of Bellianis , published in the seventeenth century , and could not find it . line with Virgil and Gray , him whose proper sta- MILTON . 25.
... us for it to the castle of Brandezar in that romance . I have examined three translations of Bellianis , published in the seventeenth century , and could not find it . line with Virgil and Gray , him whose proper sta- MILTON . 25.
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... castle which stood alone , where he resolved to demand hospitality . As the draw- bridge was raised , he called aloud , and a man an- swered him from the battlements , and told him that it was the custom of this castle , that any knight ...
... castle which stood alone , where he resolved to demand hospitality . As the draw- bridge was raised , he called aloud , and a man an- swered him from the battlements , and told him that it was the custom of this castle , that any knight ...
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... castle , and then Cleomades learns that the damsel is one of the princess Claremond's maids of honour . For on the arrival of Liopatris at the court of Tuscany , three knights of his train had forthwith accused the three maids of honour ...
... castle , and then Cleomades learns that the damsel is one of the princess Claremond's maids of honour . For on the arrival of Liopatris at the court of Tuscany , three knights of his train had forthwith accused the three maids of honour ...
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... castle went forward to announce that two knights were come to undertake the de- fence of the accused damsels against the three Next morning the combatants appear in the lists ; the word of onset is given , the knights dart forth and ...
... castle went forward to announce that two knights were come to undertake the de- fence of the accused damsels against the three Next morning the combatants appear in the lists ; the word of onset is given , the knights dart forth and ...
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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.