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... Moorish King of Cordova on the imperial frontier . These generals executed their commission with promptitude and firmness ; but , on their return through the passes of the Pyrenees , were led , by the perfidious moun- taineers whom they ...
... Moorish King of Cordova on the imperial frontier . These generals executed their commission with promptitude and firmness ; but , on their return through the passes of the Pyrenees , were led , by the perfidious moun- taineers whom they ...
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... Moorish army , and , above all , the dying exploits and chivalrous character of the hero Roland , are solely attributable to the fertile invention of the author ; and it is in these fictitious details that all the interest of this ...
... Moorish army , and , above all , the dying exploits and chivalrous character of the hero Roland , are solely attributable to the fertile invention of the author ; and it is in these fictitious details that all the interest of this ...
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... , if not laugh outright , frequently to the dismay of their incautious readers , even in the midst of their most apparently grave and sober narratives . GENERAL ARGUMENT . MARSILIUS , the Moorish King of Saragossa PREFACE . 43.
... , if not laugh outright , frequently to the dismay of their incautious readers , even in the midst of their most apparently grave and sober narratives . GENERAL ARGUMENT . MARSILIUS , the Moorish King of Saragossa PREFACE . 43.
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John Herman Merivale. GENERAL ARGUMENT . MARSILIUS , the Moorish King of Saragossa , ( whose em- pire is represented to have extended over the whole or the greater part of Spain , and as entitling him to the first rank in the ...
John Herman Merivale. GENERAL ARGUMENT . MARSILIUS , the Moorish King of Saragossa , ( whose em- pire is represented to have extended over the whole or the greater part of Spain , and as entitling him to the first rank in the ...
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... Moorish throne ; - Proud lordships and embattled towers for thee , For me , high dames , and sports and minstrelsy . " Then , with the earliest breeze of balmy morn , The silent Pyrenees shall start to hear The mountain music of my ...
... Moorish throne ; - Proud lordships and embattled towers for thee , For me , high dames , and sports and minstrelsy . " Then , with the earliest breeze of balmy morn , The silent Pyrenees shall start to hear The mountain music of my ...
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ancient Ariosto arms Astaroth Astolpho Aymon behold blood bower Boyardo brave breast breath call'd Canto Charlemagne Christian Clermont's Count of Poitiers courser cried dæmon dark death Derry doom'd dread E'en e'er earth erst eternal eyes fair faith fame fate fear fell Ferrau fierce fix'd Ganellon glorious hath heart Heaven hell Heptarchy holy honour hope hour Huon of Bordeaux king knight land light Lord Luigi Pulci Malagigi Marca Hispanica Marsilius Meridiana mighty Montalban's Moorish Morgante Maggiore mortal ne'er noble o'er once Orlando Paladins pass'd peace plain poem press'd pride prince Pulci realm Ricciardetto Rinaldo Roncesvalles round sacred seem'd shade shore sighs sight Sobrarbe solemn soul Spain spirit stanza steed strain sweet sword tears thee thine thou thought thro throne traitor truth turn'd Turpin vale valiant voice warrior Whereat Whig wonder