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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... took to roving , and singing from court to court . In this fashion he became the travelling geographer and historian , the bringer of news , the man who , by singing the great deeds of warriors in various lands , knit together by a ...
... took to roving , and singing from court to court . In this fashion he became the travelling geographer and historian , the bringer of news , the man who , by singing the great deeds of warriors in various lands , knit together by a ...
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... took with them to America the Bible , an old Shakspere , their ballads , the Gesta of English soldiers and sailors , in the memory of nurses , children , and women , so the English brought to Britain , in that first pilgrimage , Widsith ...
... took with them to America the Bible , an old Shakspere , their ballads , the Gesta of English soldiers and sailors , in the memory of nurses , children , and women , so the English brought to Britain , in that first pilgrimage , Widsith ...
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... took place , and was fortunately among those which were not fatally injured . In 1753 , having spent some time in the old dormitory at Westminster , it was transferred to the British Museum . In 1705 Wanley , employed by Hickes , the ...
... took place , and was fortunately among those which were not fatally injured . In 1753 , having spent some time in the old dormitory at Westminster , it was transferred to the British Museum . In 1705 Wanley , employed by Hickes , the ...
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... took all the lays , recast them in his own mind , formed them into a whole , embodied the episodes out of other sagas , conceived the character of Beowulf afresh , and with an ethical purpose , made it the central motive of the whole ...
... took all the lays , recast them in his own mind , formed them into a whole , embodied the episodes out of other sagas , conceived the character of Beowulf afresh , and with an ethical purpose , made it the central motive of the whole ...
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... took to roaming the seas and reached in his roaming the court of Hrothgar , King of the Scylding Danes , when Hrothgar was still young , and he became the king's man . For Hrothgar healed , for his sake , Ecgtheow's feud with the ...
... took to roaming the seas and reached in his roaming the court of Hrothgar , King of the Scylding Danes , when Hrothgar was still young , and he became the king's man . For Hrothgar healed , for his sake , Ecgtheow's feud with the ...
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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