The Loly Grail: With introd. and notes by G[eorge] C[ampbell] MacaulayMacmillan, 1893 - 86 pages |
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Page xxiv
... castle 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 ...
... castle 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 ...
Page xxv
... castle like a rock upon a rock , ' - 811 . ' Clear as a lark , high o'er me as a lark , ' - 830 . and it is not until the pause towards the conclusion that any single simile is allowed to extend to as much as three lines : - ' and is ...
... castle like a rock upon a rock , ' - 811 . ' Clear as a lark , high o'er me as a lark , ' - 830 . and it is not until the pause towards the conclusion that any single simile is allowed to extend to as much as three lines : - ' and is ...
Page xxx
... castle Percivale sees a proces- sion of persons bearing a bleeding lance , a ' Graal , ' and a silver plate . The Graal is borne by a maiden . He thinks of asking about them , but forbears . In the morning he finds the castle deserted ...
... castle Percivale sees a proces- sion of persons bearing a bleeding lance , a ' Graal , ' and a silver plate . The Graal is borne by a maiden . He thinks of asking about them , but forbears . In the morning he finds the castle deserted ...
Page xxxii
... castle and a maimed King ( who indeed appears several times under different names ) , and in the allusions to the rich Fisher , ' who is made the grandfather of Galahad nay , the incident of the question not asked is introduced in one ...
... castle and a maimed King ( who indeed appears several times under different names ) , and in the allusions to the rich Fisher , ' who is made the grandfather of Galahad nay , the incident of the question not asked is introduced in one ...
Page xxxv
... Castle Corbenic , where dwells the maimed King . He comes to a monastery where he sees an old man crowned , with his body full of wounds , lying on a bed . He asks about this and is told that it is King Evelac , who was punished for ...
... Castle Corbenic , where dwells the maimed King . He comes to a monastery where he sees an old man crowned , with his body full of wounds , lying on a bed . He asks about this and is told that it is King Evelac , who was punished for ...
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