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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... song . It will be seen that a great number of the main branches of the tree of English poetry had already opened out at this time from the stem , and that the ideal and sentimental elements of the earliest poetry have continued , with ...
... song . It will be seen that a great number of the main branches of the tree of English poetry had already opened out at this time from the stem , and that the ideal and sentimental elements of the earliest poetry have continued , with ...
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... song . - Of what kind the early English poetry is , what feelings inspired the poets , what imaginations filled their hearts , how did they shape their work that is the vital , the interesting question ; and to answer it , the poetry ...
... song . - Of what kind the early English poetry is , what feelings inspired the poets , what imaginations filled their hearts , how did they shape their work that is the vital , the interesting question ; and to answer it , the poetry ...
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... song , and he compares his fate to that of others who have suffered , so that he may have some comfort . But the comfort is stern like that the Northmen take . Others , he thinks , have gone through great griefs , and come out on the ...
... song , and he compares his fate to that of others who have suffered , so that he may have some comfort . But the comfort is stern like that the Northmen take . Others , he thinks , have gone through great griefs , and come out on the ...
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... song the man ! - That the guard of earls Deor was my name . many winters through ; till at last Heorrenda , seized upon my land - right granted erst to me . That one overwent ; this also may I. With this song begins and ends the Old ...
... song the man ! - That the guard of earls Deor was my name . many winters through ; till at last Heorrenda , seized upon my land - right granted erst to me . That one overwent ; this also may I. With this song begins and ends the Old ...
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... song to the elder and wiser men . And we may judge from all that is left to us that these songs of " wisdom were the great sagas like Beowulf , tales of law and justice and noble war ; sometimes riddles and gnomic verses fitted for well ...
... song to the elder and wiser men . And we may judge from all that is left to us that these songs of " wisdom were the great sagas like Beowulf , tales of law and justice and noble war ; sometimes riddles and gnomic verses fitted for well ...
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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
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