Miscellaneous Prose Works, Volumen 18Black, 1853 |
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... daughter by Briolania ; and they say , that , upon this , Amadis went into the tower , because he would not break his word ; and there , because he would not consent to Briolania's desires , he remained , losing both his appetite and ...
... daughter by Briolania ; and they say , that , upon this , Amadis went into the tower , because he would not break his word ; and there , because he would not consent to Briolania's desires , he remained , losing both his appetite and ...
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... daughter than to break my word ; the one evil afflicts few , the other would injure all ; for how would the people keep faith with one another if they could not depend upon the King's truth ? ' And he com- manded his daughter to be ...
... daughter than to break my word ; the one evil afflicts few , the other would injure all ; for how would the people keep faith with one another if they could not depend upon the King's truth ? ' And he com- manded his daughter to be ...
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... daughter of that monarch , obtains a pri- vate interview , and departs to his own kingdom . The princess becomes pregnant , and , to hide her disgrace , the child , afterwards the famous Amadis , is placed in a cradle , and launched ...
... daughter of that monarch , obtains a pri- vate interview , and departs to his own kingdom . The princess becomes pregnant , and , to hide her disgrace , the child , afterwards the famous Amadis , is placed in a cradle , and launched ...
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... daughter of Lisuarte , King of Britain . To her he becomes warmly at- tached , and , when knighted , prevails on her to receive him as her cavalier . Thus animated , he sets forth on his military career , to assist Perion of Gaul , who ...
... daughter of Lisuarte , King of Britain . To her he becomes warmly at- tached , and , when knighted , prevails on her to receive him as her cavalier . Thus animated , he sets forth on his military career , to assist Perion of Gaul , who ...
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... the King of Britain . But the Emperor of Rome , El Patin , as the romance calls him , sends to Lisuarte , to demand the hand of his daughter Oriana ; and the King , seduced by ambition , 34 CRITICISM ON NOVELS AND ROMANCES .
... the King of Britain . But the Emperor of Rome , El Patin , as the romance calls him , sends to Lisuarte , to demand the hand of his daughter Oriana ; and the King , seduced by ambition , 34 CRITICISM ON NOVELS AND ROMANCES .
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acquaintance adventures Amadis Amadis de Gaul ambassador Anabaptist ancient appear beautiful become Bertram betwixt bothy Bunyan Caleb Williams called castle character chivalry circumstances composition Courcy daughter death degree described effect Elstow excited eyes fancy father favour fear feeling fiction Fleetwood Frankenstein French Galaor genius Hajji Baba hand heard heart hero Hoffmann honour human imagination incidents interest John Bunyan King knights lady Lancaster language length light Lisuarte Lobeira lover manner marvellous melancholy ment merit mind Mirza moral Musaeus narration narrative nature never novel Oriana passion perhaps Persian person Pilgrim's Progress poetry Portugal present prose racter reader recollection remarkable resemblance romance romantic fiction scene seemed singular Southey species spirit story style supernatural supposed tale talents taste terror thing thou thought tion Tizona Valencia Vasco de Lobeira Wentworth wife writing XVIII young Zaira
Pasajes populares
Página 258 - His yellow skin scarcely covered the work of muscles and arteries beneath; his hair was of a lustrous black and flowing; his teeth of a pearly whiteness; but these luxuriances only formed a more horrid contrast with his watery eyes, that seemed almost of the same colour as the dun white sockets in which they were set, his shrivelled complexion and straight black lips.
Página 78 - About this time, the state and happiness of these poor people at Bedford was thus, in a kind of Vision, presented to me. I saw as if they were set on the Sunny side of some high Mountain, there refreshing themselves with the pleasant beams of the Sun, while I was shivering and shrinking in the Cold, afflicted with Frost, Snow, and dark Clouds.
Página 258 - I had worked hard for nearly two years, for the sole purpose of infusing life into an inanimate body. For this I had deprived myself of rest and health. I had desired it with an ardour that far exceeded moderation ; but now that I had finished, the beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart.
Página 275 - In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men, Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake. Then a spirit passed before my face ; the hair of my flesh stood up...
Página 171 - I have almost forgot the taste of fears : The time has been, my senses would have cool'd To hear a night-shriek ; and my fell of hair Would at a dismal treatise rouse and stir As life were in't : I have supp'd full with horrors ; Direness, familiar to my slaughterous thoughts, Cannot once start me.
Página 79 - But forasmuch as the passage was wonderful narrow, even so narrow that I could not but with great difficulty enter in thereat, it showed me that none could enter into life but those that were in downright earnest, and unless also they left that wicked world behind them ; for here was only room for body and soul, but not for body and soul and sin.
Página 276 - In the most high and palmy state of Rome, A little ere the mightiest Julius fell, The graves stood tenantless, and the sheeted dead Did squeak and gibber in the Roman streets...
Página 116 - He that is down needs fear no fall; He that is low, no pride. He that is humble, ever shall Have God to be his guide. I am content with what I have, Little be it or much ; And, Lord, contentment still I crave, Because thou savest such. Fulness to such a burden is, That go on pilgrimage ; Here little, and hereafter bliss, Is best from age to age.
Página 277 - He had employed his mind chiefly upon works of fiction and subjects of fancy ; and, by indulging some peculiar habits of thought, was eminently delighted with those flights of imagination which pass the bounds of nature, and to which the mind is reconciled only by a passive acquiescence in popular traditions. He loved fairies, genii, giants, and monsters ; he delighted to rove through the meanders of enchantment, to gaze on the magnificence of golden palaces, to repose by the waterfalls of Elysian...
Página 155 - Next in three books spoil'd human nature : Undid Creation at a jerk, And of Redemption made damn'd work. Then took his Muse at once, and dipt her Full in the middle of the Scripture. What wonders there the man, grown old, did ? Sternhold himself he out Sternholded. Made David seem so mad and freakish, All thought him just what thought King Achish. No mortal read his Solomon But judg'd Re'boam his own son. Moses...