I may observe at once that the misconception involved in such a reading of the riddle ought to have been evident even without this episodical stroke of illustration.
But before the curtain falls upon the discovery of Orlandino's parentage and his reception into the company of peers, Folengo devotes a canto to the episodical history of the Prelate Griffarosto.
And this gave rise to an episodical debate, in which Mr. Clay said: "The main object of the bill is not revenue, but protection.
I do not mean that other poets--Pulci and Bello, for example--had not interwoven episodical novelle.
The former remained episodical and incomplete; and its language, though solid and efficient, lacked the charm of Mallory's all golden prose.
If I conceal the fact from you, you will, on finding it out for yourself, suspect that I consider it as making against my hypothesis, which assigns those episodical adventures to a different author from this scene.
The whole act, a very long one, may be boldly attributed to him, with the exception of one episodical scene.
From this episodical course of study he brought with him some valuable additions to the large stores of secular learning at his command.
Wherefore we must conclude that episodical history contributes exceedingly little to the familiar knowledge and secure grasp of universal history.
Compare it in these particulars with the various writings of the episodical historians.
This of course is not the case; and in the present instance I hope that there will be as wide a difference between my history and such episodical compositions, as between real learning and mere listening.
The poem is an episodical romance in the biography of an Arthurinn hero, with the usual amount of space given to his adventures.
Such is nearly the substance, exclusive of a great variety of more or less episodical theories, of the three metaphysical works of Descartes, the history of the soul’s progress from opinion to doubt, and from doubt to certainty.
But, though he was rather too ostentatious of learning, the nature of his subject demanded a good deal of episodical ornament.
Salfi justly observes that the subject is truly epic; but the poem itself seems to be nothing but a series of episodical intrigues without unity.
In one of the earlier choruses, in which is introduced an episodical allusion to the abduction of Helen, occurs one of those soft passages so rare in Aeschylus, nor less exquisite than rare.
He never wrote anything brighter, sprightlier, livelier or fuller of life and energy: more amusing in episodical incident or by-play, more interesting and attractive in the structure or the progress of the main story.
The reason of adding all this episodical and comparatively recent matter to the ancient Epic is not far to seek.
For years past I have thought that it was perhaps not impossible to exhume this buried Epic from the superincumbent mass of episodical matter, and to restore it to the modern world.
Leaving out all episodical matter, the leading narrative of the Epic forms about one-fourth of the work; and a complete translation even of this leading story would be unreadable, both from its length and its prolixness.
I think it impossible to account for these errors in any other way than by considering the whole voyage as an episodical fiction.
What remained was purely episodical in character, and should be so regarded.
Documents andepisodical details, which would have encumbered the text, are appended to the respective volumes.
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