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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... whole of English 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 ...
... whole of English 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 ...
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... whole poems like the fourth Riddle and the Wanderer . - How to translate them was my chief difficulty . It was necessary , above all , that the translation should be accurate , but it was also necessary that it should have , as far as ...
... whole poems like the fourth Riddle and the Wanderer . - How to translate them was my chief difficulty . It was necessary , above all , that the translation should be accurate , but it was also necessary that it should have , as far as ...
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... whole the right method , but I am by no means satisfied with what I have done . I submit it with much deference to those who understand the difficulties of such a translation . This book is written from the literary point of view , and ...
... whole the right method , but I am by no means satisfied with what I have done . I submit it with much deference to those who understand the difficulties of such a translation . This book is written from the literary point of view , and ...
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... division equal in weight to a solidus , and this is the meaning here ; but see , for the whole matter , English Coins , British Museum . Oft from their hosting Midst the fierce folk Exiles , I 3 WIDSITH , DEOR , AND THE SCOP.
... division equal in weight to a solidus , and this is the meaning here ; but see , for the whole matter , English Coins , British Museum . Oft from their hosting Midst the fierce folk Exiles , I 3 WIDSITH , DEOR , AND THE SCOP.
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... whole chorus of voices filled the hall , the monastery , or the farm - building . As the practice of the art was widely spread , so was it greatly honoured . The very name of Scôp , like the independent word Poet , brought the minds of ...
... whole chorus of voices filled the hall , the monastery , or the farm - building . As the practice of the art was widely spread , so was it greatly honoured . The very name of Scôp , like the independent word Poet , brought the minds of ...
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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