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 |
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... close . The catalogue and the personal account are very old , older than anything else we have of Anglo - Saxon poetry , and may date from the time when the English as yet kept their seats upon the continent . The theo- ries concerning ...
... close . The catalogue and the personal account are very old , older than anything else we have of Anglo - Saxon poetry , and may date from the time when the English as yet kept their seats upon the continent . The theo- ries concerning ...
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... close of life . Let him who can , gain honour before he die . That is best for a warrior , when he is dead . But do thou , throughout this day , have patience of thy woes ; I look for that from thee . " Gentle like Nelson , he had ...
... close of life . Let him who can , gain honour before he die . That is best for a warrior , when he is dead . But do thou , throughout this day , have patience of thy woes ; I look for that from thee . " Gentle like Nelson , he had ...
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... close of the poem is heard constantly sounding through its verse . The men are sea - folk . Beowulf in his youth is a sea - rover , a fighter with sea - monsters , a mighty swimmer of the sea . All the action is laid on the sea - coast ...
... close of the poem is heard constantly sounding through its verse . The men are sea - folk . Beowulf in his youth is a sea - rover , a fighter with sea - monsters , a mighty swimmer of the sea . All the action is laid on the sea - coast ...
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... close to Heorot a deadly place which they were afterwards to do with , of which a clear description is given in the text . It is the dwelling- place of Grendel and his dam- " the mickle mark - steppers who hold the moors " the sea - end ...
... close to Heorot a deadly place which they were afterwards to do with , of which a clear description is given in the text . It is the dwelling- place of Grendel and his dam- " the mickle mark - steppers who hold the moors " the sea - end ...
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... close embraced , dive upwards into the cave . When they get in they are in " a sea hall where the water is not . " On the walls of the cave are hung weapons ; there is a rocky couch in it , and treasures lying about ; and the fight is ...
... close embraced , dive upwards into the cave . When they get in they are in " a sea hall where the water is not . " On the walls of the cave are hung weapons ; there is a rocky couch in it , and treasures lying about ; and the fight is ...
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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