The songs of France. The songs of Italy. Jerome Vida's SilkwormJ. Fraser, 1836 |
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... character , belonged to Normandy , was almost as clever at a ballad as at the battle - axe : his faithful troubadour , Blondel , acknowledges his mas- ter's competency in things poetical . But it was re- served for the immortal René d ...
... character , belonged to Normandy , was almost as clever at a ballad as at the battle - axe : his faithful troubadour , Blondel , acknowledges his mas- ter's competency in things poetical . But it was re- served for the immortal René d ...
Page 21
... character , and which , from its odd and original conceptions , its ingenious special pleading , and its harmless jocularity , I think deserving of notice . It is , besides , of more ancient date ; and my English version has been ...
... character , and which , from its odd and original conceptions , its ingenious special pleading , and its harmless jocularity , I think deserving of notice . It is , besides , of more ancient date ; and my English version has been ...
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... character he undertakes to portray , that the poet is lost sight of in the all - absorbing splendour of the theme . Here we have the mind hurried away with irresistible grasp , and flung down among the wild scenery of the river Don ...
... character he undertakes to portray , that the poet is lost sight of in the all - absorbing splendour of the theme . Here we have the mind hurried away with irresistible grasp , and flung down among the wild scenery of the river Don ...
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... cattle ) sought thus to bolster up the manifest imperfections of his heroic and epic characters by a cunning reference to the unexceptionable Melibous , and to that excellent old Calabrian farmer THE SONGS OF FRANCE . 59.
... cattle ) sought thus to bolster up the manifest imperfections of his heroic and epic characters by a cunning reference to the unexceptionable Melibous , and to that excellent old Calabrian farmer THE SONGS OF FRANCE . 59.
Page 61
... stigma- tise my writings , as unbefitting the exalted character in which I glory - that of an aged priest ( however unworthy ) , and a humble joint in the hierarchy of the venerable church of Rome . To them I say , THE SONGS OF FRANCE . 61.
... stigma- tise my writings , as unbefitting the exalted character in which I glory - that of an aged priest ( however unworthy ) , and a humble joint in the hierarchy of the venerable church of Rome . To them I say , THE SONGS OF FRANCE . 61.
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