Reliques of Ancient English Poetry: Consisting of Old Heroic Ballads, Songs, and Other Pieces of Our Earlier Poets, Together with Some Few of Later Date, Հատոր 3John Nichols, 1794 |
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Արդյունքներ 57–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
Էջ xi
... true history ( d ) . After letters began to prevail , and hiftory affumed a more stable form , by being committed to plain fimple profe ; thefe Songs of the Scalds or Bards began to be more amufing than ufeful . And in proportion as it ...
... true history ( d ) . After letters began to prevail , and hiftory affumed a more stable form , by being committed to plain fimple profe ; thefe Songs of the Scalds or Bards began to be more amufing than ufeful . And in proportion as it ...
Էջ xviii
... true history ( y ) . It was not probably till after the Hiftorian and the Bard had been long difunited , that the latter ventured at pure fiction . At length when their bufinefs was no longer to inftruct or inform , but merely to amuse ...
... true history ( y ) . It was not probably till after the Hiftorian and the Bard had been long difunited , that the latter ventured at pure fiction . At length when their bufinefs was no longer to inftruct or inform , but merely to amuse ...
Էջ xix
... true history they set off and embellished with the Scaldic figments of dwarfs , giants , dragons , and inchant- ments . The first mention we have in song of those heroes of chivalry is in the mouth of a Norman warrior at the conquest of ...
... true history they set off and embellished with the Scaldic figments of dwarfs , giants , dragons , and inchant- ments . The first mention we have in song of those heroes of chivalry is in the mouth of a Norman warrior at the conquest of ...
Էջ xx
... true or fictitious fubjects had evidently obtained from the ear- lieft times . But the profeffed Romances of Chivalry feem to have been first composed in France , where alío they had their name . ( f ) Eginhartus de CAROLO MAGNO ...
... true or fictitious fubjects had evidently obtained from the ear- lieft times . But the profeffed Romances of Chivalry feem to have been first composed in France , where alío they had their name . ( f ) Eginhartus de CAROLO MAGNO ...
Էջ xxiv
... true hiftory . Should the publick encourage the revival of fome of those ancient Epic Songs of Chivalry , they would frequently fee the rich ore of an Ariosto or a Taffo , though buried it may be among the rubbish and drofs of barbarous ...
... true hiftory . Should the publick encourage the revival of fome of those ancient Epic Songs of Chivalry , they would frequently fee the rich ore of an Ariosto or a Taffo , though buried it may be among the rubbish and drofs of barbarous ...
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Էջ 204 - Thro' bogs, thro' brakes ; Or else, unseene, with them I go, All in the nicke To play some tricke And frolicke it, with ho, ho, ho ! Sometimes I meete them like a man, Sometimes an ox, sometimes a hound ; And to a horse I turn me can, To trip and trot about them round. But if to ride, My backe they stride, More swift than wind away I go ; Ore hedge and lands, Thro...
Էջ viii - So, on the contrary, an ordinary Song or Ballad that is the Delight of the common People, cannot fail to please all such Readers as are not unqualified for the Entertainment by their Affectation or Ignorance; and the Reason is plain, because the same Paintings of Nature which recommend it to the most ordinary Reader, will appear Beautiful to the most refined.
Էջ 205 - Twixt sleepe and wake, I do them take, And on the key-cold floor them throw : If out they cry, then forth I fly, And loudly laugh out, ho, ho, ho ! When...
Էջ 129 - Is there ony room at your head, Saunders? Is there ony room at your feet? Or ony room at your side. Saunders, Where fain, fain, I wad sleep?" "There's nae room at my head, Marg'ret, There's nae room at my feet; My bed it is fu' lowly now, Amang the hungry worms I sleep.
Էջ 144 - FORSAKEN 0 waly waly up the bank, And waly waly down the brae, And waly waly yon burn-side Where I and my Love wont to gae...
Էջ 333 - So shall the fairest face appear When youth and years are flown; Such is the robe that kings must wear When death has reft their crown.
Էջ 300 - Which made him bolder and bolder. He had long claws, and in his jaws Four and forty teeth of iron ; With a hide as tough as any buff, Which did him round environ.
Էջ 334 - Bethink thee, William, of thy fault, Thy pledge and broken oath: And give me back my maiden vow, And give me back my troth.
Էջ 177 - He pawned and mortgaged all his land Ere seven years came about, And now at length this wicked act Did by this means come out : The fellow that did take in hand These children for to kill, Was for a robbery judged to die ; Such was God's blessed will.
Էջ 123 - Deal on, deal on, my merry men all, Deal on your cake and your wine ; For whatever is dealt at her funeral to-day, Shall be dealt to-morrow at mine.