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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... and adopted some of his phrases . I also adopted his new division of the poem , and his ending of it at line 1663. Since then his book has been published , and my personal thanks are now mingled with those due to PREFACE xi.
... and adopted some of his phrases . I also adopted his new division of the poem , and his ending of it at line 1663. Since then his book has been published , and my personal thanks are now mingled with those due to PREFACE xi.
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... phrases on the vanity of life and the mercy of God . The rest is Deor's own . Heorrenda who conquered Deor may be the Horant of the Gudrun saga of whom it is said that he bound all men with his song , that the beasts who listened to him ...
... phrases on the vanity of life and the mercy of God . The rest is Deor's own . Heorrenda who conquered Deor may be the Horant of the Gudrun saga of whom it is said that he bound all men with his song , that the beasts who listened to him ...
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... phrase to that is twice used of the hero . Fear is wholly unknown to him , and he seems , like Nelson , to have inspired his captains with his own courage . It is a notable touch that when his thegns go to bed in the hall that Grendel ...
... phrase to that is twice used of the hero . Fear is wholly unknown to him , and he seems , like Nelson , to have inspired his captains with his own courage . It is a notable touch that when his thegns go to bed in the hall that Grendel ...
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... phrase points to an observation of real animals intruded into the tale to sleep in the morning stretched out on the ness - slopes , and at mid - day to get ready - 1 " Under the earth " means that the stream had worn itself a deep ...
... phrase points to an observation of real animals intruded into the tale to sleep in the morning stretched out on the ness - slopes , and at mid - day to get ready - 1 " Under the earth " means that the stream had worn itself a deep ...
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... phrase must be metaphorical , for he plunges in at morning , and at the ninth hour ( line 1600 ) he comes again to land , having fought his fight and finished it . Grendel's mother saw him , and grasped him in her dreadful claws ; and ...
... phrase must be metaphorical , for he plunges in at morning , and at the ninth hour ( line 1600 ) he comes again to land , having fought his fight and finished it . Grendel's mother saw him , and grasped him in her dreadful claws ; and ...
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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