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... published by q;aseeld and ae, . Bele ,ausvage , 7;irarg'j LXP6OVEll rlT .-The mos8t charaoteristio feature of English and American political life is the preva- lence of self-government: this is what distinguishes our race fromn that of France or that of ...

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... Co. are about to-publish, ifn 1 e 'theii series of Pnglibh Classfcs for Schoois ?? Colleges,' k Sott's i' Lay of the Last Minstrel, *ith introduction end ] it noteB ly James kbriso'n. ?? ' ' t Mt Mr. D. B. 'bojiro will bhortly, we rAcademy,) are glad ...

LITERATURE

... ?? volume had been increased by mnany affluents, each with a spring or well-head of its own. Tae first singers were the minstrels, or glee men, who chanted at feasts and festivals, and accompaiiied themselves on the harp. Who they were and what they sung ...

LITERATURE

... reelisatiou in his PoEms OF PZAOg (1) can have crossed the mind even of so versatile and all- accomplished a genius as the great American poet. The identification of special spots in the wide surface of ?? world with particular literary efforts is almost universal ...

LITERATURE

... fortune has attended the Publication of Mr. J. Ashby Sterry's new volunme of poems, by the same publisher, entitled The Lazy Minstrel. We (A/tenait)er hope to be able to give in this week's issue the particulars of an interesting Chaucer discovery. The new ...

LITERATURE

... things than Sohetiry was. Among his friends he numbered Scott, who c commissioned him to illustrate The Lay of the Last Minstrel. In carrying out this work Schetky visited the scenes described in the poem, and Scott, in referring to the I drawing, writes ...

Reviews

... got me betwixt yourselves and danger. I then mustered all hands for the last time be- fore the battle. We were, four South American savages, two negroes from Africa, a creole from Trinidad, and myself a white man from Yorkshire. In fact, a little tower ...

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... me betwixt yourselves and danger. I then mustered all hands for the ]lst time be. l fore the battle. We were, four South American savages, r two negroes from Africa, a creole from Trinidad, and myself a white man front Yorkshire. In fact, a little l tower ...

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... got me betwixt yourselves and danger. I then mustered all hands for the last time be- fore the battle. We were, four South American savages, two negroes from Africa, a creole from Trinidad, and myself a white man from Yorkshire. In fact, a little tower ...

LITERATURE

... their gross ignor ance of the older calss ics, and 5. 7 a d y y a y a a 5 .their Professor to read the Lay of the Laet Minstrel 7before the Epic of liades, and Othello beftore 'Tihe Death of Jason. Any critical and scholarly work on thes Lnz3 ...

LITERATURE

... geieral company awaited the masquers in tire With- drawing Chamabepr into which the procession advanced, b headedby the minstrels, and followed by t4e lardies and Geutlemen, amongs whotn was eure to be the uing, all attired in rich fantastic costumes ...

LITERATURE

... and disliked Shlr f by both of iliem. Here it would be pleasant to give Bso i credence to the romantic story of Blondel the minstrel. Li This story was fully believed during many centuries, and 6 u some writers still hold to it; but close examiuatiou has ...