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ADVERTISEMENT.
The temple of UPSAL was destroyed by INGO, 1075 — a Christian cathedral was erected on its ruins fourscore year after. At the introduction of Christianity, the interposition of angels and appearance of ghosts grew familiar to the SCANDINAVIAN poetry, which was afterwards enriched by allegories, and by the accession of new images, which flowed to it through various channels, particularly from the East. — See RICHARDSON'S Dissertation.
When colleges were founded, and the general attention was directed to classical learning, the wild conceptions of the Scaldic minstrels gradually fell into disuse. — This short Analysis contains the subject of the following pages.