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... " " What noise , " Morgante said , " is that below ? Didst thou not hear , Sir Knight , that cavern'd sound , And that fierce challenge sent from under ground ? " The deed I'll dare , whatever fate betide ; 10 TRANSLATIONS.
... " " What noise , " Morgante said , " is that below ? Didst thou not hear , Sir Knight , that cavern'd sound , And that fierce challenge sent from under ground ? " The deed I'll dare , whatever fate betide ; 10 TRANSLATIONS.
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... of invention , or just discrimination , in the poet . Nevertheless , it gives occasion to some incidents of a striking description , as , for instance , the following : -Mar- covaldo , after a fierce combat , falls by the FROM PULCI . 21.
... of invention , or just discrimination , in the poet . Nevertheless , it gives occasion to some incidents of a striking description , as , for instance , the following : -Mar- covaldo , after a fierce combat , falls by the FROM PULCI . 21.
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John Herman Merivale. covaldo , after a fierce combat , falls by the hand of the redoubted Paladin . At the point of death , he renounces the errors of Mahound , and requests to be baptized by his conqueror ; and the solemn rite having ...
John Herman Merivale. covaldo , after a fierce combat , falls by the hand of the redoubted Paladin . At the point of death , he renounces the errors of Mahound , and requests to be baptized by his conqueror ; and the solemn rite having ...
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... Fierce Aquilo , with Notus black and strong , And dark Orion , bringing storms along . Here too , were huge immeasurable whales , Those vast and dreadful monsters of the deep , That seize with furious sway the passing sails , And to the ...
... Fierce Aquilo , with Notus black and strong , And dark Orion , bringing storms along . Here too , were huge immeasurable whales , Those vast and dreadful monsters of the deep , That seize with furious sway the passing sails , And to the ...
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... fierce , and dark : and in the thicket stood : I rose , and darted swiftly through the wood . " And well I might have conquer'd in the race ; But that fair hair , my maiden joy and pride , Free as myself , and loosen'd from its trace ...
... fierce , and dark : and in the thicket stood : I rose , and darted swiftly through the wood . " And well I might have conquer'd in the race ; But that fair hair , my maiden joy and pride , Free as myself , and loosen'd from its trace ...
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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