On the Study of Celtic LiteratureSmith, Elder, 1867 - 181 sider |
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... critic must owe his whole safety to his tact in choosing authorities to follow , and what- ever he advances must be understood as advanced with a sense of the insecurity which , after all , attaches to such a mode of proceeding , and as ...
... critic must owe his whole safety to his tact in choosing authorities to follow , and what- ever he advances must be understood as advanced with a sense of the insecurity which , after all , attaches to such a mode of proceeding , and as ...
Side iii
Matthew Arnold. of view of a literary critic at my command , —of such a subject as the study of Celtic Litera- ture , is the most encouraging assurance I could have received that my attempt is not altogether a vain one . Both Lord ...
Matthew Arnold. of view of a literary critic at my command , —of such a subject as the study of Celtic Litera- ture , is the most encouraging assurance I could have received that my attempt is not altogether a vain one . Both Lord ...
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... who are perfectly in- capable of extravagances of this sort , fall too often into a loose mode of criticism concerning him and the documents of his history , which is unsatisfactory in itself , and also gives an advantage to his ( 38 )
... who are perfectly in- capable of extravagances of this sort , fall too often into a loose mode of criticism concerning him and the documents of his history , which is unsatisfactory in itself , and also gives an advantage to his ( 38 )
Side 40
Matthew Arnold. such stories in circulation amongst the Welsh . " But the critic has to show , against his adversaries , that the Spoils of Annwn is a real poem of the sixth century , with a real sixth - century poet called Taliesin for ...
Matthew Arnold. such stories in circulation amongst the Welsh . " But the critic has to show , against his adversaries , that the Spoils of Annwn is a real poem of the sixth century , with a real sixth - century poet called Taliesin for ...
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... criticism , not , indeed , so briskly or cleverly as Mr. Nash , but still well enough . Edward Davies , for instance , has quite clearly seen that the alleged remains of old Welsh literature are not to be taken for genuine just as they ...
... criticism , not , indeed , so briskly or cleverly as Mr. Nash , but still well enough . Edward Davies , for instance , has quite clearly seen that the alleged remains of old Welsh literature are not to be taken for genuine just as they ...
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admirable antiquity arkite bards basis beauty Book Brithi Britons called Celt Celt-haters Celt-lover Celt's Celtic element Celtic genius Celtic literature Celtic nature Celtic race Celtism Ceridwen charm civilisation clear criticism Cymri doubt Eisteddfod emotion England English nature Englishman Eugene O'Curry feeling French Gael genuine German nature German poetry give Goethe Greek Gwydion handling nature Indo-European Ireland land Latin Latinised literary Llandudno Llywarch Llywarch Hen look Lord Strangford Mabinogion manuscripts matter mediæval ment modern Nash Nash's nation natural magic Neustria Norman Ossian passion perception Philistinism philology plastic arts poem poet poetical power of style prose quick quoted rhetoric Roman Saxon seems Semitic sense and sturdy sentiment Shakspeare's sixth century speech spirit story Strangford sturdy morality Taliesin temperament Teutonic things tion Titanism traces tradition twelfth Wales Welsh and Irish Welsh language Welsh literature Welsh poetry word Zeuss
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Side 168 - The moon shines bright : — In such a night as this, When the sweet wind did gently kiss the trees, And they did make no noise ; in such a night, Troilus, methinks, mounted the Trojan walls, And sigh'd his soul toward the Grecian tents, Where Cressid lay that night.
Side 157 - What though the field be lost? All is not lost; the unconquerable will, And study of revenge, immortal hate, And courage never to submit or yield: And what is else not to be overcome?
Side 167 - I know a bank where the wild thyme blows, Where ox-lips and the nodding violet grows ; Quite over-canopied with luscious woodbine, With sweet musk-roses, and with eglantine...
Side 168 - These are the forgeries of jealousy: And never, since the middle summer's spring, Met we on hill, in dale, forest, or mead, By paved fountain or by rushy brook, Or in the beached margent of the sea, To dance our ringlets to the whistling wind, But with thy brawls thou hast disturb'd our sport.
Side 156 - My days are in the yellow leaf; The flowers and fruits of love are gone; The worm, the canker, and the grief Are mine alone! The fire that on my bosom preys, Is lone as some volcanic isle; No torch is kindled at its blaze — A funeral pile!
Side 168 - In such a night Did Thisbe fearfully o'ertrip the dew, And saw the lion's shadow ere himself, And ran dismay'd away. LOR. In such a night Stood Dido with a willow in her hand Upon the wild sea-banks, and waft her love To come again to Carthage.
Side 104 - The Celt has not produced great poetical works, he has only produced poetry with an air of greatness investing it all, and sometimes giving, moreover, to short pieces, or to passages, lines, and snatches of long pieces, singular beauty and power.
Side 160 - More yellow was her head than the flower of the broom, and her skin was whiter than the foam of the wave, and fairer were her hands and her fingers than the blossoms of the wood anemone amidst the spray of the meadow fountain.
Side 56 - And the Salmon took Arthur's messengers on his shoulders up to the wall of the prison in Gloucester, and they delivered Mabon. Nothing could better give that sense of primitive and...
Side 136 - Es bildet ein Talent sich in der Stille, Sich ein Character in dem Strom der Welt.