 Sixpence,' his claim would be easily established, — obviously the four-and-twenty blackbirds are the four-and-twenty hours, and the pie that holds them is the underlying earth covered with the overarching sky, — how true a touch of nature it is that...  The North American Review - Seite 228herausgegeben von - 1872Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | John Fiske - 1865 - 278 Seiten
...something that can be made to serve as such. As Mr. Tylor observes, no household legend or nursery rhyme is safe from his hermeneutics. "Should he, for instance,...interpretation there is no a priori improbability, save, perhap.% in its unbroken symmetry and completeness. That some points, at least, of the story are thus... | |
 | Sir Norman Lockyer - 1871 - 662 Seiten
...allegory, no nursery rhyme, is safe from the hermeneutics of a thorough-going mythologic theorist. Should he, for instance, demand as his property the...by snipping off her nose, is the hour of sunrise. The time-honoured rhyme really wants but one thing to prove it a Sun- myth, that one thing being a... | |
 | Sir Norman Lockyer - 1871 - 546 Seiten
...allegory, no nursery rhyme, is safe from the hermeneutics of a thorough-going mythologic theorist. Should he, for instance, demand as his property the...by snipping off her nose, is the hour of sunrise. The time-honoured rhyme really wants but one thing to prove it a Sun-myth, that one thing being a proof... | |
 | Sir Norman Lockyer - 1871 - 540 Seiten
...Maid is the ' rosy-fingered ' Dawn, who rises before the Sun, her master, and hangs out the douds, his clothes, across the sky ; the particular blackbird,...by snipping off her nose, is the hour of sunrise. The time-honoured rhyme really wants but one thing to prove it a Sun-myth, that one thing being a proof... | |
 | John Fiske - 1873 - 268 Seiten
...something that can be made to serve as such. As Mr. Tylor observes, no household legend or nursery rhyme is safe from his hermeneutics. " Should he, for instance,...we know concerning nursery rhymes. In short, " the time-honoured rhyme really wants but one thing to prove it a sun-myth, that one thing being a proof... | |
 | John Fiske - 1873 - 300 Seiten
...something that can be made to serve as such. As Mr. Tylor observes, no household legend or nursery rhyme is safe from his hermeneutics. " Should he, for instance,...That some points, at least, of the story are thus derivefl from antique interpretations of physical events, is in harmony with all that we know concerning... | |
 | 1873 - 712 Seiten
...and illustrates it by what might be done with " The Song of Sixpence." " Obviously," Mr. Tylor says, "the four-and-twenty blackbirds are the four-and-twenty...interpretation there is no a priori improbability," Mr. Fiske goes on to say, " save, perhaps, in its unbroken symmetry and completeness. * * * * In short,... | |
 | 1874 - 618 Seiten
...vol. ii. p. 357. J Ibid. vol. ii. p. 333. § Ibid. voL ii. p. 361. || Ibid. vol. ip 287. twenty twenty hours, and the pie that holds them is the underlying...by snipping off her nose, is the hour of sunrise.' Mr. Tylor similarly explains the life and death of Julius Czrsar. IV. We may now proceed to our fourth... | |
 | Edward Burnett Tylor - 1874 - 528 Seiten
...obviously the four-and-twenty blackbirds are the four-and-twenty hours, and the pie that holds them ia the underlying earth covered with the overarching...by snipping off her nose, is the hour of sunrise. The time-honoured rhyme really wants but one thing to prove it a Sun-myth, that one thing being a proof... | |
 | 1874 - 614 Seiten
...is the sun, and his counting out his money is pouring out the sunshine, the golden shower of Oanae. The queen is the moon, and her transparent honey the...by snipping off her nose, is the hour of sunrise.' Mr. Tylor similarly explains the life and death of Julius Caesar. IV. We may now proceed to our fourth... | |
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