Reliques of ancient English poetry, by T. Percy. Repr. entire from the author's last ed. With memoir and critical dissertation, by G. Gilfillan, Том 31877 |
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... French Ro mances , copied from the Greek . 4 8 That our old Romances of Chivalry may be derived in a lineal descent from the ancient historical songs of the Gothic Bards and Scalds , will be shown below , and indeed appears the more ...
... French Ro mances , copied from the Greek . 4 8 That our old Romances of Chivalry may be derived in a lineal descent from the ancient historical songs of the Gothic Bards and Scalds , will be shown below , and indeed appears the more ...
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... French Romances of Chivalry would have been on Moorish , or at least Spanish subjects : whereas the most ancient stories of this kind , whether in prose or verse , whether in Italian , French , English , & c . are chiefly on the sub ...
... French Romances of Chivalry would have been on Moorish , or at least Spanish subjects : whereas the most ancient stories of this kind , whether in prose or verse , whether in Italian , French , English , & c . are chiefly on the sub ...
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... French , and shew a great ignorance of Moorish manners and with regard to the Morisco , or Song - Romances , they do not seem of very great antiquity : few of them appear , from their subjects , much earlier than the reduction of ...
... French , and shew a great ignorance of Moorish manners and with regard to the Morisco , or Song - Romances , they do not seem of very great antiquity : few of them appear , from their subjects , much earlier than the reduction of ...
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... French and English Romances of Chivalry from the Northern Sagas . That conqueror doubtless carried many Scalds with him from the North , who transmitted their skill to their children and successors . These adopting the religion ...
... French and English Romances of Chivalry from the Northern Sagas . That conqueror doubtless carried many Scalds with him from the North , who transmitted their skill to their children and successors . These adopting the religion ...
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... French language in prose , yet these were originally composed in metre . The Editor has in his possession a very old French MS . in verse , containing L'ancien Roman de Perceval , and metrical copies of the others may be found in the ...
... French language in prose , yet these were originally composed in metre . The Editor has in his possession a very old French MS . in verse , containing L'ancien Roman de Perceval , and metrical copies of the others may be found in the ...
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