The History of Early English Literature: Being the History of English Poetry from Its Beginnings to the Accession of King AElfred, Volume 2Macmillan, 1892 - 502 páginas |
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Página vii
... as closely as I could make it , the movement and the variety of the original verse . A prose trans- lation , even when it reaches excellence , gives no idea whatever of that to which the ancient English listened . The PREFACE vii.
... as closely as I could make it , the movement and the variety of the original verse . A prose trans- lation , even when it reaches excellence , gives no idea whatever of that to which the ancient English listened . The PREFACE vii.
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... ancient English only as litera- ture , could not have been written at all , or , at least , not on any sure foundation . No translation worth reading , or giving a clear representation of what the Anglo - Saxon poets thought or felt ...
... ancient English only as litera- ture , could not have been written at all , or , at least , not on any sure foundation . No translation worth reading , or giving a clear representation of what the Anglo - Saxon poets thought or felt ...
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... ancient English poetry . Professor Grein is gone from us , but he will never be forgot- ten . To his Dictionary I owe my first interest in the Anglo- Saxon language , my first understanding of its power and charm . To his translation of ...
... ancient English poetry . Professor Grein is gone from us , but he will never be forgot- ten . To his Dictionary I owe my first interest in the Anglo- Saxon language , my first understanding of its power and charm . To his translation of ...
Página xii
... ancient places of this country where our forefathers met together for religion or war or council , they seem to appeal to England to take care of them , to give them interest and affection . Far too few of them remain , far too many of ...
... ancient places of this country where our forefathers met together for religion or war or council , they seem to appeal to England to take care of them , to give them interest and affection . Far too few of them remain , far too many of ...
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... ancient names belong to the North German cycle of romance . A special place is given to Offa of Ongle . We hear also of personages known to us from the poem of Beowulf , of Finn , and Hnaef , of Hrothgar , Ingeld , and of the town of ...
... ancient names belong to the North German cycle of romance . A special place is given to Offa of Ongle . We hear also of personages known to us from the poem of Beowulf , of Finn , and Hnaef , of Hrothgar , Ingeld , and of the town of ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
Ælfred Ætheling Alcuin ancient Andrew Anglo-Saxon Baeda battle beast belong Beowulf Bishop Breca brought Caedmon Christ Christian 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 shield 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