The Quarterly Review, Volume 120John Murray, 1866 |
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Page 287
... Roland resounded for ages not only in the gorges of the Pyrenees but reached also the most distant countries of Europe and ex- tended even to Iceland and to Asia . The simple facts of history are , that Charlemagne made a successful ...
... Roland resounded for ages not only in the gorges of the Pyrenees but reached also the most distant countries of Europe and ex- tended even to Iceland and to Asia . The simple facts of history are , that Charlemagne made a successful ...
Page 288
... Roland , ' the Gascons are sup- planted entirely by Saracens ; and the traitor Ganelon is intro- duced , who is believed to have lived in the times of Charles the Bald . Indeed , after two or three centuries the facts and per- sonages ...
... Roland , ' the Gascons are sup- planted entirely by Saracens ; and the traitor Ganelon is intro- duced , who is believed to have lived in the times of Charles the Bald . Indeed , after two or three centuries the facts and per- sonages ...
Page 290
... Roland and Oliver the brave and the gentle , and a full thousand of the Franks of France , with Ganelon the traitor . The Emperor explained the terms offered by the Moorish ambassador , and asked for the advice of his council . Then the ...
... Roland and Oliver the brave and the gentle , and a full thousand of the Franks of France , with Ganelon the traitor . The Emperor explained the terms offered by the Moorish ambassador , and asked for the advice of his council . Then the ...
Page 291
... Roland offers to go - Je puis aler mult ben . Oliver objects : says Roland is too haughty and headlong ; he is sure to come to blows on his mission - and offers to go himself . Karl refuses both . Turpin , the archbishop , comes forward ...
... Roland offers to go - Je puis aler mult ben . Oliver objects : says Roland is too haughty and headlong ; he is sure to come to blows on his mission - and offers to go himself . Karl refuses both . Turpin , the archbishop , comes forward ...
Page 292
... Roland , of his intractable and reckless , haughty spirit . The Moor says , " A violent man indeed is Roland , who wants the whole world to submit to him , and throws down the gauntlet to all mankind ; but what people has he to support ...
... Roland , of his intractable and reckless , haughty spirit . The Moor says , " A violent man indeed is Roland , who wants the whole world to submit to him , and throws down the gauntlet to all mankind ; but what people has he to support ...
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