Essays: Biographical, Critical, and Historical; Illustrative of the Tatler, Spectator, and Guardian, Bind 2Suttaby, Evance, and Fox, 1814 |
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... Fairy Queen : that Tasso's Gerusa- lemme Liberata : that Virgil's Eneid ; and the Eneid , the Iliad of Homer ; so the Iliad itself may stand in reference to as many pre- ceding poems as the Paradise Lost does . As the Eneid never could ...
... Fairy Queen : that Tasso's Gerusa- lemme Liberata : that Virgil's Eneid ; and the Eneid , the Iliad of Homer ; so the Iliad itself may stand in reference to as many pre- ceding poems as the Paradise Lost does . As the Eneid never could ...
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... fairies belonging to it ; and there was scarce a shepherd to be met with who had not seen a spirit . " It is somewhat remarkable , and a strong proof of an inherent love in human nature for the vast , the awful , and the strange , that ...
... fairies belonging to it ; and there was scarce a shepherd to be met with who had not seen a spirit . " It is somewhat remarkable , and a strong proof of an inherent love in human nature for the vast , the awful , and the strange , that ...
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... fairy regions of English poetry . " * The ardour and eager curiosity with which these romantic tales have ever been , and are still read by the natives of Arabia , and indeed through- out the East , have been more than once men- tioned ...
... fairy regions of English poetry . " * The ardour and eager curiosity with which these romantic tales have ever been , and are still read by the natives of Arabia , and indeed through- out the East , have been more than once men- tioned ...
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... fairies , who bear a striking resemblance to the peries of Persian romance . Arthur , who is represented by Geoffery and the Welsh bards as King of Britain , and the conqueror of Ireland , Gothland , Denmark , Norway and Gaul , is at ...
... fairies , who bear a striking resemblance to the peries of Persian romance . Arthur , who is represented by Geoffery and the Welsh bards as King of Britain , and the conqueror of Ireland , Gothland , Denmark , Norway and Gaul , is at ...
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... fairies are called Ginn , and fairy - land Ginnistan ; in the latter , one of the most eminent of the fairy , tribe or Peri , is termed Mergian Peri , or Mergian the fairy , whence , most probably , has arisen the Morgian le fay who ...
... fairies are called Ginn , and fairy - land Ginnistan ; in the latter , one of the most eminent of the fairy , tribe or Peri , is termed Mergian Peri , or Mergian the fairy , whence , most probably , has arisen the Morgian le fay who ...
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Addison admirable Anatomy of Melancholy ancient apologues appear Arabian beauty caliphs Canterbury Tales century character charms Chaucer colours composition consider criticism crusade delight diction Ditto Dryden East edition effect elegant endeavour English English Poetry Essays excellent exhibited exquisite fable fairy fancy genius Geoffery Gesta Romanorum grace hath heaven humour imagery imagination justly king language learned literary literature Lord manner ment merit Milton mind moral nature never night observes opinion oriental passage period Persian perspicuity philosophy Pilpay pleasing pleasure poem poet poetry present productions prose racter reader remarks rich Roger de Coverley romance says second Crusade sense Shakspeare shew Simeon Seth simplicity Sir Roger species specimen Spectator spirit stars story style sublime supposed sweetness taste Tatler things third crusade thou tion verse whilst William of Malmesbury wonderful words writers written