Tales and Popular Fictions: Their Resemblance, and Transmission from Country to CountryWhittaker, 1834 - 354 páginas |
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... soon turns Wisdom to folly , as nourishment to wind . " which surely is not the language of a literary glutton . By far the larger part of these supposed imi- tations are nothing more than coincidences , and often very slight ones ...
... soon turns Wisdom to folly , as nourishment to wind . " which surely is not the language of a literary glutton . By far the larger part of these supposed imi- tations are nothing more than coincidences , and often very slight ones ...
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... soon as Prince Cleomades had been suffi- ciently instructed at home , his parents sent him 1 This name occurs in Valentine and Orson , and other romances . to travel for his improvement . He visited Greece , CLEOMADES AND CLAREMOND . 43.
... soon as Prince Cleomades had been suffi- ciently instructed at home , his parents sent him 1 This name occurs in Valentine and Orson , and other romances . to travel for his improvement . He visited Greece , CLEOMADES AND CLAREMOND . 43.
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... soon learned that Prince Cleomades had set out on another ex- pedition . For this young man , unable to control the violence of his passion for the fair Claremond , had made a confidant of his mother , who , feeling that it would be ...
... soon learned that Prince Cleomades had set out on another ex- pedition . For this young man , unable to control the violence of his passion for the fair Claremond , had made a confidant of his mother , who , feeling that it would be ...
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... soon made her clasp her lover round the waist . The aërial travellers did not arrive at Seville till early the next morning . The prince descended as before , at the small summer palace , and leaving the princess there to take some ...
... soon made her clasp her lover round the waist . The aërial travellers did not arrive at Seville till early the next morning . The prince descended as before , at the small summer palace , and leaving the princess there to take some ...
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... soon as he was able to bear the weight of his arms , he mounted a gallant steed , and directed his course towards the king- dom of Tuscany , in the hope of there hearing some tidings of his adored princess . He reached the lofty ...
... soon as he was able to bear the weight of his arms , he mounted a gallant steed , and directed his course towards the king- dom of Tuscany , in the hope of there hearing some tidings of his adored princess . He reached the lofty ...
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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
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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.