Southey's Common-place Book, Volume 4Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1851 - Anecdotes |
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Page 9
... never to for- sake . Garcia infests Castille till the patience of the Count fails , and he meets him in a pitched battle , defeats and takes him - he refuses to liberate him at Sancha's request , but she appeals to his knights , and ...
... never to for- sake . Garcia infests Castille till the patience of the Count fails , and he meets him in a pitched battle , defeats and takes him - he refuses to liberate him at Sancha's request , but she appeals to his knights , and ...
Page 12
... never im- portant enough to furnish an action for poetry . Persian . ZOROASTER was a bad and bloody priest . Other personage their history offers not , for Cyrus is anterior to the system of the Zen- davesta . Thus then - A Persian ...
... never im- portant enough to furnish an action for poetry . Persian . ZOROASTER was a bad and bloody priest . Other personage their history offers not , for Cyrus is anterior to the system of the Zen- davesta . Thus then - A Persian ...
Page 13
... never sleep , and never die , till the full age of man be accom- plished . When the dead Naropi attempts Kalyal , the eye of Eswara falls upon him and con- sumes him . Keradon has obtained that none can de- stroy him but himself . After ...
... never sleep , and never die , till the full age of man be accom- plished . When the dead Naropi attempts Kalyal , the eye of Eswara falls upon him and con- sumes him . Keradon has obtained that none can de- stroy him but himself . After ...
Page 40
... never repeat the same stanza ; for that would occasion the loss of the honour of being held first of the song . The audience usually call for the tune : sometimes only a few can sing to it ; and in many cases the whole company : but ...
... never repeat the same stanza ; for that would occasion the loss of the honour of being held first of the song . The audience usually call for the tune : sometimes only a few can sing to it ; and in many cases the whole company : but ...
Page 47
... never find it . It is brought from the east , where there are great dra- gons ; for it is taken out of the head of dra- gons , cut off while the beast is yet panting . It loses its virtue if it remains in the head any time after the ...
... never find it . It is brought from the east , where there are great dra- gons ; for it is taken out of the head of dra- gons , cut off while the beast is yet panting . It loses its virtue if it remains in the head any time after the ...
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