Tales and Popular Fictions: Their Resemblance, and Transmission from Country to CountryWhittaker, 1834 - 354 páginas |
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... was an Argantho- nian Hill near the Euxine Sea . Mazippa was a Moorish chief , who at the head of his light horse gave the Romans some trouble in the time of Tiberius ; and who knows not Mazeppa the Cos- sack SIMILARITY OF NAMES . 5.
... was an Argantho- nian Hill near the Euxine Sea . Mazippa was a Moorish chief , who at the head of his light horse gave the Romans some trouble in the time of Tiberius ; and who knows not Mazeppa the Cos- sack SIMILARITY OF NAMES . 5.
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... head - the image of God on earth . I must confess , too , that I am not indisposed to regard the Beatrice of Dante , the Laura of Petrarca , the Fiammetta of Boc- In his curious work " Sullo Spirito Antipapale de ' Clas- sici Italiani ...
... head - the image of God on earth . I must confess , too , that I am not indisposed to regard the Beatrice of Dante , the Laura of Petrarca , the Fiammetta of Boc- In his curious work " Sullo Spirito Antipapale de ' Clas- sici Italiani ...
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... head and shoulders . " Sire , " said he in a harsh and dis- cordant voice , " with the horse which I offer you one may mount in the air , cross the seas , and travel at the rate of fifty leagues an hour . " The king and queen , who ...
... head and shoulders . " Sire , " said he in a harsh and dis- cordant voice , " with the horse which I offer you one may mount in the air , cross the seas , and travel at the rate of fifty leagues an hour . " The king and queen , who ...
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... head will be cut off . ' I must confess , Sire , that the natural love of life made me have recourse to a stratagem , which I now strongly con- demn , and I submit to whatever you may please D 2 CLEOMADES AND CLAREMOND . 51.
... head will be cut off . ' I must confess , Sire , that the natural love of life made me have recourse to a stratagem , which I now strongly con- demn , and I submit to whatever you may please D 2 CLEOMADES AND CLAREMOND . 51.
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... head with her veil . The executioners approached . " King Cornuant , " cried the prince , " I am a knight , and of noble blood ; let me die according to the fashion of my own country , where a knight always receives death mounted on his ...
... head with her veil . The executioners approached . " King Cornuant , " cried the prince , " I am a knight , and of noble blood ; let me die according to the fashion of my own country , where a knight always receives death mounted on his ...
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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.