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Page 21
... spirit groan beneath vast heaps of perishable matter . The object of Mr. Laing's commentary , after having else- where endeavoured to show that the Poems are spurious , and of no historical authority , ' is , ' says he not merely to ...
... spirit groan beneath vast heaps of perishable matter . The object of Mr. Laing's commentary , after having else- where endeavoured to show that the Poems are spurious , and of no historical authority , ' is , ' says he not merely to ...
Page 56
... spirit which breathes in all the poetry of the times . The Prince , flattered by his bards , and rivalled by his own heroes , who imitated his character as described in the eulo- gies of his poets , endeavoured to excel his peo- ple in ...
... spirit which breathes in all the poetry of the times . The Prince , flattered by his bards , and rivalled by his own heroes , who imitated his character as described in the eulo- gies of his poets , endeavoured to excel his peo- ple in ...
Page 77
... spirit among the vulgar , afford very little pleasure to genuine taste . This observation only regards their poems of the heroic kind ; in every inferior species of poetry they are more successful . They express the tender me- lancholy ...
... spirit among the vulgar , afford very little pleasure to genuine taste . This observation only regards their poems of the heroic kind ; in every inferior species of poetry they are more successful . They express the tender me- lancholy ...
Page 94
... spirit . That state , in which human nature shoots wild and free , though unfit for other improvements , certainly encourages the high exertions of fan- cy and passion . In the infancy of societies , men lived scatter- ed and dispersed ...
... spirit . That state , in which human nature shoots wild and free , though unfit for other improvements , certainly encourages the high exertions of fan- cy and passion . In the infancy of societies , men lived scatter- ed and dispersed ...
Page 98
... spirit of the original . A more curi- ous monument of the true Gothic poetry is pre- served by Olaus Wormius in his book de Lite- ratura Runica . It is an epicedium , or funeral song , composed by Regner Lodbrog , and trans- lated by ...
... spirit of the original . A more curi- ous monument of the true Gothic poetry is pre- served by Olaus Wormius in his book de Lite- ratura Runica . It is an epicedium , or funeral song , composed by Regner Lodbrog , and trans- lated by ...
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