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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... speak aloud their thankword ! some one they encounter , lavish in his giving- magnify his sway , Say ( in song ) their need , Always South or Northward Who , for he is learned in lays , Would before his men of might Manifest his ...
... speak aloud their thankword ! some one they encounter , lavish in his giving- magnify his sway , Say ( in song ) their need , Always South or Northward Who , for he is learned in lays , Would before his men of might Manifest his ...
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... speaks show that the English knew the story of Weland well , the story of Geat , of Hermanric , of Theodric , and the tale which became in after years the saga of Gudrun knew too well exile ! Weland for a woman 2 Strong of soul that ...
... speaks show that the English knew the story of Weland well , the story of Geat , of Hermanric , of Theodric , and the tale which became in after years the saga of Gudrun knew too well exile ! Weland for a woman 2 Strong of soul that ...
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... speak of any of our poetry as continental , the poems make us understand , better than any historical statement can do , that the first English were not in Britain , but in the Low Dutch lands and Den- mark - that there was an England ...
... speak of any of our poetry as continental , the poems make us understand , better than any historical statement can do , that the first English were not in Britain , but in the Low Dutch lands and Den- mark - that there was an England ...
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... speaks of his early wars . To collect all these scattered hints into one continuous story will make the whole poem clearer , and will enable me to sketch the character of Beowulf as he appears in youth and manhood . It is the English ...
... speaks of his early wars . To collect all these scattered hints into one continuous story will make the whole poem clearer , and will enable me to sketch the character of Beowulf as he appears in youth and manhood . It is the English ...
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... speaks of it again and again ; to Hrothgar , to Hygelac , to others ; and it is the last of his thoughts when he is dying . This , as well as his immense strength , isolates the hero , and the inward pathos of it - always great to a ...
... speaks of it again and again ; to Hrothgar , to Hygelac , to others ; and it is the last of his thoughts when he is dying . This , as well as his immense strength , isolates the hero , and the inward pathos of it - always great to a ...
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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