 | Thomas Percy - 1812 - عدد الصفحات: 456
...prevail, and history assumed a more stable form, by being committed to plain simple prose ', these Songs of the Scalds or Bards began to be more amusing...calculated to captivate gross and ignorant minds. Thus began stories of adventures with Giants and Dragons, and Witches and Enchanters, and all the monstrous... | |
 | Daniel Dewar - 1812 - عدد الصفحات: 374
...became theirbusiness chiefly to entertain and " delight, they gave more and more into embel" lishment, and set off their recitals with such ' 'marvellous...were calculated to *' captivate gross and ignorant minds."f This remark evidently implies that the only minds which the bards had in their power to captivate... | |
 | 1825 - عدد الصفحات: 386
...narratives within the bounds of probability and decorum, in time began to " set off their recitals by such marvellous fictions as were calculated to captivate gross and ignorant minds. Thus began stories of adventures with giants, and dragons, and witches, and enchanters, and all the... | |
 | English poetry - 1839 - عدد الصفحات: 374
...hecame their husiness chiefly to entertain and delight, they gave more and more into emhellishment, and set off their recitals with such marvellous fictions...calculated to captivate gross and ignorant minds. Thus hegan stories of adventurers with giants and dragons, and witches and enchantere, and all the... | |
 | Thomas Percy - 1846 - عدد الصفحات: 318
...to prevail, and history assumed a more stable form, by being committed to plain simple prose ; these Songs of the Scalds or Bards began to be more amusing...they gave more and more into embellishment, and set oft' their recitals with such marvellous fictions, as were calculated to captivate gross and ignorant... | |
 | 1847 - عدد الصفحات: 438
...to prevail, and history assumed a more stable form, by being committed to plain simple prose, these songs of the Scalds or Bards began to be more amusing...to entertain and delight, they gave more and more in to embellishment, and set off their recitals with such marvellous fictions as were calculated to... | |
 | George Ellis - 1848 - عدد الصفحات: 660
...when history was consigned to plain prose, they gradually attempted to " set off their recitals by such marvellous fictions as were calculated to captivate gross and ignorant minds. Thus began stories of adventures with giants, and dragons, and witches, and enchanters, and all the... | |
 | Charles Selby - 1854 - عدد الصفحات: 338
...assumed a more stable form, by being committed to plain simple prose, these songs of the bards and scalds began to be more amusing than useful, and in proportion...calculated to captivate gross and ignorant minds. Thus began stories of adventures with 1N THE H1STORY OF ENGLAND. giants, and dragons, and witches,... | |
 | Thomas Percy - 1856 - عدد الصفحات: 576
...to prevail, and history assumed a more stable form, by being committed to plain simple prose ; these songs of the scalds or bards began to be more amusing than useful. And in proportion as it became J their business chiefly to eritertain and delight, ] they gave more and more into embellishment, and... | |
 | Thomas Percy - 1860 - عدد الصفحات: 578
...to prevail, and history assumed a more stable form, by being committed to plain simple prose ; these songs of the scalds or bards began to be more amusing...marvellous fictions as were calculated to captivate gross * VId. Laslteau Moeurs des Sauvages, t . ii. Dr. Browne's Hist. of the Rise and Progress of Poetry.... | |
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After letters began to prevail, and history assumed a more stable form, by being committed to plain simple prose, these songs of the scalds or bards began to be more amusing than useful ; and in proportion as it became their business chiefly to entertain... 
