Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1843-06-15
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OF Sir John Frolssart have been celebrated
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IS profusely illustrated with ergravings on
WOOD, representing scenes, customs, costumes
and figures OF the olden time, executed for
Us expressly IN the most caraful and elegant
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are "eserved-there is the same fidelity in
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little picture wifi convey better idea of
characters and incidents forever departed
than the most elaborate narrative.
The language in this edition will be found
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dersto0d by all readers. In quaintness and
simplicity of style, it is almost scrintural -
Tho interest OF the story increases greatly as
you read; it IS The very romance ofhistc-y.-
From this source, the moost cop;ous and abun
dant ever tliscoua,,A4ls- isoSc the-bcsr mttler,
ssoyeIists and dragnatists drawn their supyl;aa
The original of many of many a chivas.o,,a
and many tender scene in Scotland jaiiles
and their contemporaries, will be recognised
in the vivid pages of 'old Froissart'
'3n the age of Froissart,' says his bfogra.
pher. tall the world was persuaded that lore
was the motive of the most brilliant actions Of
courage and virtue. knights made parade
of it in tournaments. Warriors exposed them.
selves TO the most perlous combats to main.
tain the honor and beauty of their ladies'. 1t
was then believed that love might be confn-
ed to delicate intercourse of gallantrv and
tenderness; It is almost always under this
form that we see it represented in the great.
er part of those efforts --of the mind which
have been handed down to us from that peri.
cd. The ladies blushed not in feeling so
pure passion and the most modest made it
the ordinary subject of their conversational
The Chronicles extend from 1896 to 400.
they comprehend every considerable affair
which happened during that period u France.
England, Scotland, Ireland and Flanders. -
They include also vast number of particu-
lars relative to the affairs of Rome and Ayig.
non: ofSpain, Germany, Italy; even Of Rus
STA, Hungary, Turkey, African short, of al
most the whole known world.
Frolssart has always been deemed by scho.
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Chaser Of fTo'Ssert; for to Frsissart is Alison
indebted as is the disciple to his master.
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