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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... probably written much later than the body of the poem , it may be a title given to the poet by the writer of the introduction , and this seems the best explanation of the term . The sugges- tion that it is another name for Woden , and ...
... probably written much later than the body of the poem , it may be a title given to the poet by the writer of the introduction , and this seems the best explanation of the term . The sugges- tion that it is another name for Woden , and ...
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... probably during the inroad of Alaric and under his banner , in the beginning of the fifth century . If that explanation be rejected , the name Elfwine , unless we advance the date of the poem to the seventh century , must have been ...
... probably during the inroad of Alaric and under his banner , in the beginning of the fifth century . If that explanation be rejected , the name Elfwine , unless we advance the date of the poem to the seventh century , must have been ...
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... probably during the inroad of Alaric and under his banner , in the beginning of the fifth century . If that explanation be rejected , the name Elfwine , unless we advance the date of the poem to the seventh century , must have been ...
... probably during the inroad of Alaric and under his banner , in the beginning of the fifth century . If that explanation be rejected , the name Elfwine , unless we advance the date of the poem to the seventh century , must have been ...
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... probably from an ancient song about Scyld- of many burials of the same kind among the Northern lords ; but touched with so poetic a hand that it is first of all accounts in art as it is first in time . When the hour of fate had come ...
... probably from an ancient song about Scyld- of many burials of the same kind among the Northern lords ; but touched with so poetic a hand that it is first of all accounts in art as it is first in time . When the hour of fate had come ...
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... probably covered with shining metal , and glittered bravely in the sun . Round about it lay the village , scattered houses , each in its own garth , with apple - trees and beehives and outhouses . Out- side these was the corn - land ...
... probably covered with shining metal , and glittered bravely in the sun . Round about it lay the village , scattered houses , each in its own garth , with apple - trees and beehives and outhouses . Out- side these was the corn - land ...
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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