The Classical Poetry of the JapaneseTrübner, 1880 - 227 pages |
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... are here quite unknown , and the drama was of late growth . Of all such productions as narratives or discussions in a versified form there is likewise no trace , neither do we , as in China , find much taste 18 INTRODUCTION .
... are here quite unknown , and the drama was of late growth . Of all such productions as narratives or discussions in a versified form there is likewise no trace , neither do we , as in China , find much taste 18 INTRODUCTION .
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... late period , can we trace any Chinese or other foreign philosophical ideas in the productions of the Japanese poetical writers . Thus did the native poetry continue to exist . But its existence gradually became an artificial one ...
... late period , can we trace any Chinese or other foreign philosophical ideas in the productions of the Japanese poetical writers . Thus did the native poetry continue to exist . But its existence gradually became an artificial one ...
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... late piece , written when the poetical drama of the Middle Ages was already passing over into the prose play of modern times , contains several characters . It is the Abbot who would sit in the place indicated in the text . • in the ...
... late piece , written when the poetical drama of the Middle Ages was already passing over into the prose play of modern times , contains several characters . It is the Abbot who would sit in the place indicated in the text . • in the ...
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... late revolution , much ceremony and punctilious etiquette hedged in on every side those who were admitted to the honour of viewing these dramatic performances at the Shiyaugun's court . Now the doors are open to all alike , but it is ...
... late revolution , much ceremony and punctilious etiquette hedged in on every side those who were admitted to the honour of viewing these dramatic performances at the Shiyaugun's court . Now the doors are open to all alike , but it is ...
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... Shiñtau , writes of it as follows : - “ Hades is a land beneath the earth , whither , when they die , go all men , mean and noble , virtuous and wicked , without distinction . " Left alone , too late ! too late ! He · BALLADS . 39.
... Shiñtau , writes of it as follows : - “ Hades is a land beneath the earth , whither , when they die , go all men , mean and noble , virtuous and wicked , without distinction . " Left alone , too late ! too late ! He · BALLADS . 39.
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