The History of Early English Literature: Being the History of English Poetry from Its Beginnings to the Accession of King Ælfred, by Stopford A. Brooke ...Macmillan and Company, 1892 - 500 páginas |
No interior do livro
Resultados 1-5 de 54
Página vi
... better what has been done , which , though not art them- selves , are the effectual powers which enable art to strive , to seek , and at last to reach its goal . - Moreover , no national art is good which is not plainly that nation's ...
... better what has been done , which , though not art them- selves , are the effectual powers which enable art to strive , to seek , and at last to reach its goal . - Moreover , no national art is good which is not plainly that nation's ...
Página ix
... better , I thought , to give literally the sense and the sentiment of the original than to strain them or lose them by a rigid adherence to allit- eration and accent . I have made clear the division of the Anglo - Saxon line by leaving ...
... better , I thought , to give literally the sense and the sentiment of the original than to strain them or lose them by a rigid adherence to allit- eration and accent . I have made clear the division of the Anglo - Saxon line by leaving ...
Página 1
... better lay giving lavishly her gifts . in a voicing clear , to our lord the conqueror ; lilted high our voice . haughty of their heart , clearly said in words had they never . listed The poem now represents his further wanderings among ...
... better lay giving lavishly her gifts . in a voicing clear , to our lord the conqueror ; lilted high our voice . haughty of their heart , clearly said in words had they never . listed The poem now represents his further wanderings among ...
Página 3
... better lay giving lavishly her gifts . in a voicing clear , to our lord the conqueror ; lilted high our voice . haughty of their heart , clearly said in words listed had they never . The poem now represents his further wanderings among ...
... better lay giving lavishly her gifts . in a voicing clear , to our lord the conqueror ; lilted high our voice . haughty of their heart , clearly said in words listed had they never . The poem now represents his further wanderings among ...
Página 11
... better than any historical statement can do , that the first English were not in Britain , but in the Low Dutch lands and Den- mark - that there was an England there before our Eng- land . The first emigration was to Britain , the ...
... better than any historical statement can do , that the first English were not in Britain , but in the Low Dutch lands and Den- mark - that there was an England there before our Eng- land . The first emigration was to Britain , the ...
Outras edições - Ver tudo
The History of Early English Literature: Being the History of ..., Volume 2 Stopford Augustus Brooke Visualização integral - 1892 |
The History of Early English Literature: Being the History of ..., Volume 2 Stopford Augustus Brooke Visualização integral - 1892 |
The History of Early English Literature Being the History of ..., Volume 2 Stopford Augustus Brooke Visualização integral - 1892 |
Palavras e frases frequentes
Ælfred Ætheling Alcuin ancient Andrew Anglo-Saxon Baeda battle beast belong Beowulf Bishop Breca brought Caedmon Christ Christian Chronicle cliffs conjecture Cuthbert Cynewulf Danes death dragon Ealdhelm earth Ecgberht eighth century Elene England English poetry Exeter Book Fates fight Geat Genesis glory Grendel Guthlac hall hand heart heathen Heaven Heliand hell helm Hengest Heorot hero holy host Hrothgar Hygd Hygelac imagination Ingeld Irish king land Latin legend Lindisfarne lines literary literature lived Lord Mercia monastery monks myth night noble North Northumbria o'er ocean passage phrase poem poet poetic riddle Roman Rood runes saga sang says Sceaf Scyld seems ship sing song sorrow soul speaks spears spirit storm story sung sword tale tells Teutonic thee thegns things thou thought translation trees verse Wanderer warriors waves Welsh Wessex West Saxon Whitby whole Widsith Woden words writer written Wyrd