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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... round them . In the women's chambers , also , the old lays were sung . Ælfred , we are told , sang the ballads of his people at his mother's knee . At the feasts of the commoner folk it was the same as in the noble's hall . Freedmen ...
... round them . In the women's chambers , also , the old lays were sung . Ælfred , we are told , sang the ballads of his people at his mother's knee . At the feasts of the commoner folk it was the same as in the noble's hall . Freedmen ...
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... round his boyhood , like the story of the swimming match with Breca , and his man- hood's deeds became more and more marvellous . These leg- ends entered into the original historic lays or became separate lays . A hero saga had begun ...
... round his boyhood , like the story of the swimming match with Breca , and his man- hood's deeds became more and more marvellous . These leg- ends entered into the original historic lays or became separate lays . A hero saga had begun ...
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... round it , the hunt , the feast , the relations of the chief to his thegns and to his people , the customs of the court , of land and of gifts , the position of women , the burial of great personages . Behind the wars and tribal ...
... round it , the hunt , the feast , the relations of the chief to his thegns and to his people , the customs of the court , of land and of gifts , the position of women , the burial of great personages . Behind the wars and tribal ...
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... round his head , is borne to the top of the great cliff that overlooks the sea , to the very edge , where the wanderers on the sea may hereafter mark his lofty barrow . The cliff has its own name . Men saw from its height the whales ...
... round his head , is borne to the top of the great cliff that overlooks the sea , to the very edge , where the wanderers on the sea may hereafter mark his lofty barrow . The cliff has its own name . Men saw from its height the whales ...
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... 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 , and the meadows on which sheep , oxen , and horses were grazing . Paths ...
... 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 , and the meadows on which sheep , oxen , and horses were grazing . Paths ...
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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