... and
Fletcher, as a group, are sentimentally romantic, often in an extravagant degree, though their charm often
conceals the extravagance as well as the lack of true characterization. They are notable often ... noble architecture in cathedrals and palaces, of
formal religious ritual, and of the pomp and display of all elaborate pageantry. In the outcome they largely
reshaped the heavy mass of Anglo-Saxon ... instrumentality ofa single man, a certain English archdeacon of Welsh descent, Geoffrey of
Monmouth. Geoffrey, a literary and ecclesiastical adventurer looking about for a means of making himself
famous,...
... had followed Fabyan as an
English historian, and, above all, Latimer's Sermons had shown how to transform spoken Englishof the
raciest kind into literature. Lord Berners's translations ... fortunate abjuration and scouting whereof gave us the greatest possession in mass
and variety of merit that any literature possesses the Elizabethan drama from Shakespere and Marlowe to
Ford and Shirley. ... truth of its imagery. From a young
poet we always expect second-hand presentations of nature, and in Sackville's day second-hand presentation
of nature had been elevated to the rank ofa science....
... of classical and romantic fancy, of pagan and Christian theology, of
real and fictitious history, of tragical and comic incidents, of familiar and heroic manners, and of satirical and
sublime ... Chrestien's
'Perceval' it will be found, again and again, in the prose of Sir Thomas Malory; it will be found in many
ballads and ballad burdens, in 'William and Margaret,' in 'Binnorie,' ... Rossettis in England and of Longfellow and Dr. Parsons
in America that any poetry ofa really Dantesque inspiration and, at the same time, of high original value was
added to our literature. [18]
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... Beelzebub, and a crowd of allegorical personages. But
the battles and debats ofa chivalric age were not only religious; there are battles of wine and water, battles of
fast and feasting, battles of ... his character as a man, he belonged to an age of
philosophers and sentimentalists, an age of "virtue" and "nature." Shakespeare's translation is as strange as
that of his ... unedifying
jests and merry tales of the tavern. A comic, convivial, burlesque or picaresque literature became, as it were, a
parody of the literatureof preciosity. Saint-Amand (1594-1661) was at once a disciple...
... have had their own ox
carts, but others would have had to hire a carter at a rate of
appoximately 1d a day per tun. The allocation of wine for each member
of the household who qualified was approximately ... Salisbury, known as the
Kingmaker, was also a Knight of the Garter, the Captain of Calais and
the Constable of Dover Castle and owned huge estates all around the
country. He had married his daughters ... country can
be traced through language: the names of the various animals that
were eaten were transformed at the moment of death and preparation
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a category of famous smiths appearing in myths and legends that probably
express the wonder aroused by early ... neither a tale from a far past nor a vision ofa distant
future; it all takes place in a moment of performance and participation.
Yggdrasill, the tree that mysteriously unites all parts of the...
... remembrance of past
injuries melted away before the sunshine of Christian love; and, before the ship
reached Australia, Ruatara was once again a man, and now almost a Christian.
This meeting was ... more favourable—Preliminary voyage of Active—"Noah's Ark"—Arrival
of mission in New Zealand—Interview with Whangaroans—"Rangihoo"—Landing of
Marsden, &c.—Preparation ...
motives—Dismissal of Henry Williams by C.M.S.—Removal to Pakaraka—
Subsequent historyof Bay of Islands.
CHAPTER XI.
SACRIFICE AND HEALING (1850-1856).
Selwyn visits Chatham Islands—Melanesia—Progress at...
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The accounts also stated what days' works were due from each tenant according to the
season of the year, and at the end of each year there was a careful valuation of live and
dead stock.[129] ... century a lease of 2 acres of arable land in Nowton,
Suffolk, let the land at 6d. an acre per annum for a term of six years.[150] It contains
no clauses about cultivation; the landlord warrants ... complained of
the decay of tillage.
Mediaeval prices and statistics are, it is well known, to be taken with great caution;
but we may assume that the normal annual value of land under cultivation...
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