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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... belong to the seventh century , and some may be of even higher antiquity . Widsith , for example , may contain verses which were made in the old Angle land over the seas . Of the poems mentioned in these volumes , it holds , and I give ...
... belong to the seventh century , and some may be of even higher antiquity . Widsith , for example , may contain verses which were made in the old Angle land over the seas . Of the poems mentioned in these volumes , it holds , and I give ...
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... 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 Heorot . It is a ...
... 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 Heorot . It is a ...
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... belong to the poem , matters religious , mythical , and literary , but they will be better discussed in another place . At present only one thing more remains before we come to the poem itself . It is to collect out of it the early ...
... belong to the poem , matters religious , mythical , and literary , but they will be better discussed in another place . At present only one thing more remains before we come to the poem itself . It is to collect out of it the early ...
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... belong to a time long previous to that departure . This is a possible but a doubtful infer- ence . It might be said that , though the first story belonged to the Angles on the continent , the second was added in England or recast in ...
... belong to a time long previous to that departure . This is a possible but a doubtful infer- ence . It might be said that , though the first story belonged to the Angles on the continent , the second was added in England or recast in ...
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... belong to that early time when Christianity and Heathen- dom were still somewhat interwoven . They are supposed to be of the eighth century , and they refer to some whale or walrus hunt on the sea - coast . lines seem apart from the ...
... belong to that early time when Christianity and Heathen- dom were still somewhat interwoven . They are supposed to be of the eighth century , and they refer to some whale or walrus hunt on the sea - coast . lines seem apart from the ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
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