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... reader . Notwithstanding these frequent appeals , the only passages in the whole poem which are really founded on Turpin are the battle of Roncesvalles , and the vengeance of Charle- magne which ensues . All the preceding four- and ...
... reader . Notwithstanding these frequent appeals , the only passages in the whole poem which are really founded on Turpin are the battle of Roncesvalles , and the vengeance of Charle- magne which ensues . All the preceding four- and ...
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... reader is often offended by the sud- den interposition of low buffoonery or of the grossest profaneness ; and the same debasing strain is often continued through several suc- cessive cantos . It is very true that neither the state of so ...
... reader is often offended by the sud- den interposition of low buffoonery or of the grossest profaneness ; and the same debasing strain is often continued through several suc- cessive cantos . It is very true that neither the state of so ...
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... readers , even in the midst of their most apparently grave and sober narratives . It is unnecessary for me to pursue this in- quiry any further . The Notes to the poem will sufficiently point out the extent to which I have followed the ...
... readers , even in the midst of their most apparently grave and sober narratives . It is unnecessary for me to pursue this in- quiry any further . The Notes to the poem will sufficiently point out the extent to which I have followed the ...
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... reader will immediately perceive that my allusion is to the " Orlando Furioso . " ( 9 ) I am unable to say any thing of this worthy , further than that he was Count of Arles ( Arli in Ita- lian ) , and one of the bravest and most ...
... reader will immediately perceive that my allusion is to the " Orlando Furioso . " ( 9 ) I am unable to say any thing of this worthy , further than that he was Count of Arles ( Arli in Ita- lian ) , and one of the bravest and most ...
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... reader to M. Ginguené ( tom . iv . p . 237. ) for an exposition of the whole passage . ( 6 ) - " Eye Of creature never pierced futurity . ” ] Pulci , or his colleague Ficinus , pushes this idea much further , so as to decide , in no ...
... reader to M. Ginguené ( tom . iv . p . 237. ) for an exposition of the whole passage . ( 6 ) - " Eye Of creature never pierced futurity . ” ] Pulci , or his colleague Ficinus , pushes this idea much further , so as to decide , in no ...
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Aldabelle ancient Anglante's Anjolin Archbishop of Rheims arms Astaroth Astolpho Aymon Baldwin banner battle of Roncesvalles Berlinghier blast blood Boyardo and Ariosto brave breast brother canto Charlemagne Charles chief Christian Clermont's lord corse courser cried dæmon dark death Dieu dread Durendal Durindana E'en enchanter estoit eternal eyes faith fatal fate fear fight fixt Fontarabia France gallant Ganellon Ginguené Gualtier hath heart Heaven hell honour hope Hor sarà horn host hour Huon of Bordeaux hypocras king knight lance light Malagigi Marca Hispanica mark'd Marsilius Marsilius Ficinus Milo Montalban's Moorish Morgante mortal mountain noble o'er Oliver Olivier Orlando Orlando Furioso Pagan Paladins Paynim peace poem Poictiers pride proud Pulci reader return'd Rinaldo Roland romance Saragossa's seem'd sight Sobrarbe solemn soul sound spirit stanza steed swift sword tears thee thine thou throne traitor treason Turpin vale vengeance warrior wonder xxvii
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Page 99 - Others apart sat on a hill retired, In thoughts more elevate, and reason'd high Of providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate, Fix'd fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute, And found no end, in wandering mazes lost.
Page xvi - Plautus whom he confesses to have been reading not long before, next, to correct him only, and let so many more ancient fathers wax old in those pleasant and florid studies without the lash of such a tutoring apparition ; insomuch that Basil teaches how some good use may be made of " Margites," a sportful poem, not now extant, writ by Homer ; and why not then of " Morgante," an Italian romance much to the same purpose...
Page 125 - Ma io senti' sonare un alto corno , Tanto ch'avrebbe ogni tuon fatto fioco, Che contra se la sua via seguitando Dirizzò gli occhi miei tutti ad un loco. Dopo la dolorosa rotta, quando Carlo Magno perde la santa gesta, Non sonò sì terribilmente Orlando. Poco portai in là...
Page 96 - Lo di e' han detto a' dolci amici addio; E che lo nuovo peregrin d'amore Punge, se ode squilla di lontano, Che paia '1 giorno pianger che si muore: Quand' io incominciai a render vano L'udire, ed a mirar una dell'alme Surta, che l'ascoltar chiedea con mano.
Page 82 - Twas now the hour when fond desire renews To him who wanders o'er the pathless main, Raising unbidden tears, the last adieus Of tender friends, whom fancy shapes again; When the late parted pilgrim thrills with thought Of his lov'd home, if o'er the distant plain, Perchance, his ears the village chimes have caught, Seeming to mourn the close of dying day.
Page 97 - They may soon reach another hemisphere, because every thing tends to its centre ; in like manner, as by a divine mystery, the earth is suspended in the midst of the stars ; here below are cities and empires, which were ancient. The inhabitants of those regions were called Antipodes. They have plants and animals as well as you, and wage wars as well as you.
Page 126 - O for a blast of that dread horn, On Fontarabian echoes borne, That to King Charles did come, When Rowland brave, and Olivier, And every paladin and peer, On Roncesvalles died...
Page 99 - And found no end, in wandering mazes lost Of good and evil much they argued then, Of happiness and final misery, Passion and apathy, and glory and shame, Vain wisdom all, and false philosophy...
Page 116 - Alda his wife shall join him in paradise. ' Bright with eternal youth and fadeless bloom Thine Aldabella thou shalt behold once more, Partaker of a bliss beyond the tomb With her whom Sinai's holy hills adore, Crown'd with fresh flowers, whose colour and perfume Surpass what Spring's rich bosom ever bore — Thy mourning widow here she will remain, And be in Heaven thy joyful spouse again.
Page xv - Ciceronianisms, and had chastised the reading, not the vanity, it had been plainly partial, first, to correct him for grave Cicero, and not for...