An Essay on the Influence of Welsh Tradition Upon European LiteratureIbotson and Palmer, 1838 - 75 страница |
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... artificer , the more complete was the fusion . " For still where wit hath found A thing most clearly true , it made that fiction's ground . " Drayton , Polyolbion , Sixth Song . observable in various na- tions . But when we confine 2.
... artificer , the more complete was the fusion . " For still where wit hath found A thing most clearly true , it made that fiction's ground . " Drayton , Polyolbion , Sixth Song . observable in various na- tions . But when we confine 2.
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... true reason of this remarkable similarity is to be found in the resemblance which must necessarily exist between the circumstances of different tribes , in a state but little removed from barbarism , and in the common nature of those ...
... true reason of this remarkable similarity is to be found in the resemblance which must necessarily exist between the circumstances of different tribes , in a state but little removed from barbarism , and in the common nature of those ...
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... true poetic talisman , baffles the Cerberus Reason ; its possessors guide their followers into the shadowy realms of imagination ; there they delight to recognise the familiar shades of the founders of their race , or the champions of ...
... true poetic talisman , baffles the Cerberus Reason ; its possessors guide their followers into the shadowy realms of imagination ; there they delight to recognise the familiar shades of the founders of their race , or the champions of ...
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... true origin . There can be no doubt , that at all events , after the first crusade , the Asiatic traditions , fables , habits , scenery , and natural productions , exercised a very important influence upon the school of European fiction ...
... true origin . There can be no doubt , that at all events , after the first crusade , the Asiatic traditions , fables , habits , scenery , and natural productions , exercised a very important influence upon the school of European fiction ...
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... true exploits of King Arthur and his followers . " - Scott . Sir Tristrem , Introduction , p . 26 . So also Drayton , " O memorable Bards , of unmixt blood , which still Posteritie shall praise for your so wondrous skill , That in your ...
... true exploits of King Arthur and his followers . " - Scott . Sir Tristrem , Introduction , p . 26 . So also Drayton , " O memorable Bards , of unmixt blood , which still Posteritie shall praise for your so wondrous skill , That in your ...
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alluded Amadis Amadis de Gaule amongst ancient Ariosto Armorican authority aventures Bardes Armoricains Bretaigne Breton Breton Lay Britanny British origin British traditions Brut canto century Charlemagne Chaucer Chevalier Chronicle Cornwall doubt Drayton Earliest ro earliest romance enchantments England English Poetry Essay existence fables Faery Quene fairy fiction Firent France French gallantry Gaule Geoffrey of Monmouth Geoffrey's heroes History of English instance Italian King Arthur knights Lady language Layamon literary Literature of Europe magic mances Mantle Merlin Morgana Morte Arthur Ogier Ogier le Danois old romance origin of romance Orlando Furioso Orlando Innamorato personages poem poetic Poets Polyolbion prose remarkable Robert Wace romance writers romances of chivalry Round Table says Scott Sharon Turner Sir Tristrem song Spenser stanza story Summe heo gunnen supposed Table Ronde thirteenth tions translated tribe Tristan Turpin verse Wales Warton's History Welsh origin Welsh traditions William of Malmesbury written wrote Ysonde
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