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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... natural changes , up to the present day . Here , then , in the two hundred years between 670 and 870 , the roots of English poetry , the roots of that vast over - shadowing tree , were set ; and here its first branches clothed ...
... natural changes , up to the present day . Here , then , in the two hundred years between 670 and 870 , the roots of English poetry , the roots of that vast over - shadowing tree , were set ; and here its first branches clothed ...
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... natural description than is usual in early English poetry . It completes our vision of the scenery round Heorot . It tells about the range of cliffs up to the very edge of which extends the moor . It is the first in the long series of ...
... natural description than is usual in early English poetry . It completes our vision of the scenery round Heorot . It tells about the range of cliffs up to the very edge of which extends the moor . It is the first in the long series of ...
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... natural phenomena of which the writer had personal knowledge ( line 2135 ) , and which was intro- duced by him into the mythical tale to give it a local colour . There are many places of this kind . Their entrance is under the lowest ...
... natural phenomena of which the writer had personal knowledge ( line 2135 ) , and which was intro- duced by him into the mythical tale to give it a local colour . There are many places of this kind . Their entrance is under the lowest ...
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... natural to our nation , less characteristic . " Now hasten , Wiglaf beloved , " he adds , " and view the hoard beneath the hoary rock ; bring it here that I may see the ancient wealth , the bright and cunningly - set gems , so that I ...
... natural to our nation , less characteristic . " Now hasten , Wiglaf beloved , " he adds , " and view the hoard beneath the hoary rock ; bring it here that I may see the ancient wealth , the bright and cunningly - set gems , so that I ...
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... natural beauty which does not belong to the pagan , but does eminently belong to the Christian poetry of the English before the Conquest . Another Christian passage derives all the demons , eotens , elves , and dreadful sea - beasts ...
... natural beauty which does not belong to the pagan , but does eminently belong to the Christian poetry of the English before the Conquest . Another Christian passage derives all the demons , eotens , elves , and dreadful sea - beasts ...
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The History of Early English Literature: Being the History of ..., Volume 2 Stopford Augustus Brooke Visualização integral - 1892 |
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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