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Author: Sigurd Bernhard Hustvedt
Publisher: New York, Amer.-Scandinavian Foundation
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Category : Ballads, English
Languages : en
Pages : 364
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Author: Sigurd Bernhard Hustvedt
Publisher: New York, Amer.-Scandinavian Foundation
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Category : Ballads, English
Languages : en
Pages : 378
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Author: Peter Thorpe
Publisher: Taylor Trade Publications
ISBN: 9780882291963
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 248
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Author: James Edward Tobin
Publisher: Biblo & Tannen Publishers
ISBN: 9780819601889
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 204
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Author: George Canning
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
ISBN: 1465501320
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 43
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IT is a surprising thing that in an Age so Polite as this, in which we have such a Number of Poets, Criticks and Commentators, some of the best things that are extant in our Language shou'd pass unobserv'd amidst a Croud of inferiour Productions, and lie so long buried as it were, among those that profess such a Readiness to give Life to every thing that is valuable. Indeed we have had an Enterprising Genius of late, that has thought fit to disclose the Beauties of some Pieces to the World, that might have been otherwise indiscernable, and believ'd to have been trifling and insipid, for no other Reason but their unpolish'd Homeliness of Dress. And if we were to apply our selves, instead of the Classicks, to the Study of Ballads and other ingenious Composures of that Nature, in such Periods of our Lives, when we are arriv'd to a Maturity of Judgment, it is impossible to say what Improvement might be made to Wit in general, and the Art of Poetry in particular: And certainly our Passions are describ'd in them so naturally, in such lively, tho' simple, Colours, that how far they may fall short of the Artfulness and Embellishments of the Romans in their Way of Writing, yet cannot fail to please all such Readers as are not unqualify'd for the Entertainment by their Affectation or Ignorance. It was my good Fortune some time ago to have the Library of a School-Boy committed to my Charge, where, among other undiscover'd valuable Authors, I pitch'd upon Tom Thumb and Tom Hickathrift, Authors indeed more proper to adorn the Shelves ofBodley or the Vatican, than to be confin'd to the Retirement and Obscurity of a private Study. I have perus'd the first of these with an infinite Pleasure, and a more than ordinary Application, and have made some Observations on it, which may not, I hope, prove unacceptable to the Publick; and however it may have been ridicul'd, and look'd upon as an Entertainment only for Children, and those of younger Years, may be found perhaps a Performance not unworthy the Perusal of the Judicious, and the Model superiour to either of those incomparable Poems of Chevy Chase, or The Children in the Wood. The Design was undoubtedly to recommend Virtue, and to shew that however any one may labour under the Disadvantages of Stature or Deformity, or the Meanness of Parentage, yet if his Mind and Actions are above the ordinary Level, those very Disadvantages that seem to depress him, shall add a Lustre to his Character. There are Variety of Incidents, dispers'd thro' the whole Series of this Historical Poem, that give an agreeable Delight and Surprise, and are such as Virgil himself wou'd have touch'd upon, had the like Story been told by that Divine Poet, viz. his falling into the Pudding-Bowl and others; which shew the Courage and Constancy, the Intrepidity and Greatness of Soul of this little Hero, amidst the greatest Dangers that cou'd possibly befall him, and which are the unavoidable Attendants of human Life.
Author: Brooklyn Public Library
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Category : Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 474
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Author: Emelyn Elizabeth Gardner
Publisher:
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Category : Children
Languages : en
Pages : 368
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Category : Scandinavian languages
Languages : en
Pages : 696
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Author: Brooklyn Public Library
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 470
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Author: Brooklyn Public Library
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 336
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Author: Brooklyn Public Library
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Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 478
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