Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Review, Volume 252F. Jefferies, 1967 |
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Page 45
... poets ' unsympathetic regard , we come to three birds - near relations of the jay , jackdaw , and magpie — which are objects of positive aversion to the poets . These are the chough , the crow , and the raven . The first of these can be ...
... poets ' unsympathetic regard , we come to three birds - near relations of the jay , jackdaw , and magpie — which are objects of positive aversion to the poets . These are the chough , the crow , and the raven . The first of these can be ...
Page 175
... poets ' eagle is as purely a fowl of fiction as any other bird for which the poets went to the same source . But this does not pre- vent it from being a most admirable creation . Extravagance has no limit in their pursuit of it ; yet ...
... poets ' eagle is as purely a fowl of fiction as any other bird for which the poets went to the same source . But this does not pre- vent it from being a most admirable creation . Extravagance has no limit in their pursuit of it ; yet ...
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... poets generally from using the epithet " raven as adding a horror of colour to the subject of the moment . Why the raven should be " the tempest - loving raven " there are no facts to prove , but the poets perpetually recur to the idea ...
... poets generally from using the epithet " raven as adding a horror of colour to the subject of the moment . Why the raven should be " the tempest - loving raven " there are no facts to prove , but the poets perpetually recur to the idea ...
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HAMILTON | 40 |
Folklore The Cat and its By Rev T F THiselton DyeR M A 604 | 71 |
Table Talkcontinued | 125 |
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