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... tales of wonder . " The influence of the German is discernible in the technique of the first native piece , " Glenfinlas " ( 1799 ) , wherein the simple tale of the seduction of a young hunter by a fiend masquerading as a fair maiden is ...
... tales of wonder . " The influence of the German is discernible in the technique of the first native piece , " Glenfinlas " ( 1799 ) , wherein the simple tale of the seduction of a young hunter by a fiend masquerading as a fair maiden is ...
Page 167
... tale of border revenge , but has no supernatural machinery . Scott used ballad themes often enough later , and his work with ballads has been credited with inspiring all his long tales . In several of these he makes effective use of the ...
... tale of border revenge , but has no supernatural machinery . Scott used ballad themes often enough later , and his work with ballads has been credited with inspiring all his long tales . In several of these he makes effective use of the ...
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... Tale , " Poems etc. , pp . 11 ff ; Hannah Cowley : " A Tale for Jealousy , " Poetry of Anna Matilda , London , 1788 , pp . 82 ff ; William Junius Mickle : " The Sorceress , " Chiswick British Poets , LXVI , 78 ff ; Mary Robinson : " The ...
... Tale , " Poems etc. , pp . 11 ff ; Hannah Cowley : " A Tale for Jealousy , " Poetry of Anna Matilda , London , 1788 , pp . 82 ff ; William Junius Mickle : " The Sorceress , " Chiswick British Poets , LXVI , 78 ff ; Mary Robinson : " The ...
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COMPOUNDED OF MANY SIMPLES | 1 |
INVOCATION TO MELANCHOLY | 39 |
SIC TRANSIT GLORIA MUNDI | 91 |
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