The Loly Grail: With introd. and notes by G[eorge] C[ampbell] MacaulayMacmillan, 1893 - 86 pages |
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Page xxiv
... Carbonek . But when we pass from description to simile we have to note a remarkable and rather signifi- cant change in the poet's style . Whereas generally Tennyson's similes are fully elaborated pictures , with a curious aptness of ...
... Carbonek . But when we pass from description to simile we have to note a remarkable and rather signifi- cant change in the poet's style . Whereas generally Tennyson's similes are fully elaborated pictures , with a curious aptness of ...
Page xxxix
... Carbonek . The points in which he is most original are the setting of the whole poem with the character of the monk Ambrosius , the total exclusion of the maimed King , the symbolism of Percivale's quest , the adventures of Bors , and ...
... Carbonek . The points in which he is most original are the setting of the whole poem with the character of the monk Ambrosius , the total exclusion of the maimed King , the symbolism of Percivale's quest , the adventures of Bors , and ...
Page 25
... Carbonek , A castle like a rock upon a rock , With chasm - like portals open to the sea , And steps that met the breaker ! there was none Stood near it but a lion on each side That kept the entry , and the moon was full . Then from the ...
... Carbonek , A castle like a rock upon a rock , With chasm - like portals open to the sea , And steps that met the breaker ! there was none Stood near it but a lion on each side That kept the entry , and the moon was full . Then from the ...
Page 74
... Carbonek . Few things in the poem are finer than the manner of this introduction of the castle of Carbonek , which has hitherto been kept so completely out of sight . This castle , called also Corbenic or Corbière , was that which ...
... Carbonek . Few things in the poem are finer than the manner of this introduction of the castle of Carbonek , which has hitherto been kept so completely out of sight . This castle , called also Corbenic or Corbière , was that which ...
Page 83
... Carbonek , castle of , 810 . casque , 411 . chafe , 670 . challenge , 319 . chasm , 812 . cloisters , 14 . clomb , 427 . cockatrice , 715 . ' cousin , ' 200 . basilisk , 715 . battles of Arthur , 250 . coins , comparison with , 25 ...
... Carbonek , castle of , 810 . casque , 411 . chafe , 670 . challenge , 319 . chasm , 812 . cloisters , 14 . clomb , 427 . cockatrice , 715 . ' cousin , ' 200 . basilisk , 715 . battles of Arthur , 250 . coins , comparison with , 25 ...
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