Custom and MythHarper & Brothers, 1885 - 312 páginas |
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... epic poetry on the other . ' The Divining Rod ' is a study of a European and civilised superstition , which is singular in its compara- tive lack of copious savage analogues . ' Hottentot Mythology ' is a criticism of the philo- logical ...
... epic poetry on the other . ' The Divining Rod ' is a study of a European and civilised superstition , which is singular in its compara- tive lack of copious savage analogues . ' Hottentot Mythology ' is a criticism of the philo- logical ...
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... epic , the flight and its incidents have been forgotten , or are neglected . These incidents recur , however , in the thread of some- what different plots . We have seen that they are found in Japan , among the Eskimo , among the ...
... epic , the flight and its incidents have been forgotten , or are neglected . These incidents recur , however , in the thread of some- what different plots . We have seen that they are found in Japan , among the Eskimo , among the ...
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... new as the lore of Assyria and ' Akkadia ' are by no means superfluous . ' Akkadian ' is rapidly become as ready a key to all . locks as ' Aryan ' was a few years ago . ' KALEVALA ' ; OR , THE FINNISH NATIONAL EPIC MOLY AND MANDRAGORA .
... new as the lore of Assyria and ' Akkadia ' are by no means superfluous . ' Akkadian ' is rapidly become as ready a key to all . locks as ' Aryan ' was a few years ago . ' KALEVALA ' ; OR , THE FINNISH NATIONAL EPIC MOLY AND MANDRAGORA .
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... epic . So much difficulty has been introduced into the study of the first developments of song , by confusing these distinct sorts of composition under the name of popular poetry , that it may be well , in writing of a poem which ...
... epic . So much difficulty has been introduced into the study of the first developments of song , by confusing these distinct sorts of composition under the name of popular poetry , that it may be well , in writing of a poem which ...
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... epic poetry . Ballads are short ; a long ballad , as Mr. Matthew Arnold has said , creeps and halts . A true epic , on the other hand , is long , and its tone is grand , noble , and sustained . Ballads are not artistic ; while the form ...
... epic poetry . Ballads are short ; a long ballad , as Mr. Matthew Arnold has said , creeps and halts . A true epic , on the other hand , is long , and its tone is grand , noble , and sustained . Ballads are not artistic ; while the form ...
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Página 185 - My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them: for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused them to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God.
Página 150 - Therewith the slayer of Argos gave me the plant that he had plucked from the ground, and he showed me the growth thereof. It was black at the root, but the flower was like to milk. Moly the gods call it, but it is hard for mortal men to dig; howbeit with the gods all things are possible.