Essays on Subjects Connected With the Literature, Popular Superstitions, and History of England in the Middle Ages, Vol. 2 of 2 (Classic Reprint)
Author: Thomas Wright
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Published: 2015-07-13
Total Pages: 346
ISBN-13: 9781331293583
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Excerpt from Essays on Subjects Connected With the Literature, Popular Superstitions, and History of England in the Middle Ages, Vol. 2 of 2 The character and form of the unpremeditated creations of man's imagination depend as much upon external circumstances, and upon impressions from without, as upon the variation of character in man himself. The ferocity of Scandinavian or Gothic heroes could admit into their mystic creed no beings but those which inspired awe and terror, because it was unaccustomed to the quiet enjoyments of peace, to pleasant meadows or laughing glens; it contemplated only steel, and wounds, and blood. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.