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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... perhaps too bold an ambition , to finish in the years to come . Life gives too short a time now for a long work , but it is a pleasure to have at least brought to an end this tale of the origins of English verse . It begins in the older ...
... perhaps too bold an ambition , to finish in the years to come . Life gives too short a time now for a long work , but it is a pleasure to have at least brought to an end this tale of the origins of English verse . It begins in the older ...
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... perhaps a few Welsh and Irish poems , it is the only vernacular poetry in Europe , outside of the classic tongues , which belongs to so early a time as the seventh and eighth centuries . The Welsh and Irish poems are few , problematical ...
... perhaps a few Welsh and Irish poems , it is the only vernacular poetry in Europe , outside of the classic tongues , which belongs to so early a time as the seventh and eighth centuries . The Welsh and Irish poems are few , problematical ...
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... perhaps in the Elbe- land between the Elbe and the Eyder , and were neighbours of the Angles . 2 I assume here , for literary purposes , that the poem was written by one man , and that it is a personal account of his wanderings . In ...
... perhaps in the Elbe- land between the Elbe and the Eyder , and were neighbours of the Angles . 2 I assume here , for literary purposes , that the poem was written by one man , and that it is a personal account of his wanderings . In ...
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... perhaps in the Elbe- land between the Elbe and the Eyder , and were neighbours of the Angles . 2 I assume here , for literary purposes , that the poem was written by one man , and that it is a personal account of his wanderings . In ...
... perhaps in the Elbe- land between the Elbe and the Eyder , and were neighbours of the Angles . 2 I assume here , for literary purposes , that the poem was written by one man , and that it is a personal account of his wanderings . In ...
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... perhaps like Cynewulf at one period of his life , he took to roving , and singing from court to court . In this fashion he became the travelling geographer and historian , the bringer of news , the man who , by singing the great deeds ...
... perhaps like Cynewulf at one period of his life , he took to roving , and singing from court to court . In this fashion he became the travelling geographer and historian , the bringer of news , the man who , by singing the great deeds ...
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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
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