The History of English Poetry: From the Close of the Eleventh Century to the Commencement of the Eighteenth Century. To which are Prefixed, Three Dissertations: 1. Of the Origin of Romantic Fiction in Europe. 2. On the Introduction of Learning Into Engla, Том 1T. Tegg, 1840 - 1293 страница |
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... Northern Epic Heroes DISSERTATION I. Of the Origin of Romantic Fiction in Europe Note B. by Mr. Price on the Lais of Marie de France Page ( 3 ) ( 9 ) ... ( 95 ) Note C. by Mr. Price on the Saxon Ode on the Victory of Athelstan ...
... Northern Epic Heroes DISSERTATION I. Of the Origin of Romantic Fiction in Europe Note B. by Mr. Price on the Lais of Marie de France Page ( 3 ) ( 9 ) ... ( 95 ) Note C. by Mr. Price on the Saxon Ode on the Victory of Athelstan ...
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... northern extremity of Asia to that of Europe , or even the coast of Gaul ( compare Diod . Sic . 2. c . 47 . with Pomponius Mela , 3. c . 5. ) , and to whom Strabo , on the authority of Simo- nides and Pindar , has given a life of a ...
... northern extremity of Asia to that of Europe , or even the coast of Gaul ( compare Diod . Sic . 2. c . 47 . with Pomponius Mela , 3. c . 5. ) , and to whom Strabo , on the authority of Simo- nides and Pindar , has given a life of a ...
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... Northern shores ; the habitations of both are fixed in crystal caves , or coral palaces , beneath the waters of the ocean ; and they are alike di- stinguished for their partialities to the human race , and their prophetic powers in ...
... Northern shores ; the habitations of both are fixed in crystal caves , or coral palaces , beneath the waters of the ocean ; and they are alike di- stinguished for their partialities to the human race , and their prophetic powers in ...
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... Northern traditions relative to the Duerga , are among the most obscure points of Eddaic lore , and are too import- ant to be discussed in a note . Their re- sidence in stone seems to be a portion of the same belief which gave rise to ...
... Northern traditions relative to the Duerga , are among the most obscure points of Eddaic lore , and are too import- ant to be discussed in a note . Their re- sidence in stone seems to be a portion of the same belief which gave rise to ...
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... Northern tradition , by far the most interesting portion of the work is devoted to an account of the hero's combats with a male and female spirit , whose nightly ravages in the hall of Hrothgar are marked by all the atrocities of the ...
... Northern tradition , by far the most interesting portion of the work is devoted to an account of the hero's combats with a male and female spirit , whose nightly ravages in the hall of Hrothgar are marked by all the atrocities of the ...
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