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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... describes his journeys . " Many men and rulers I have known , " he says ; " through many stranger - lands I have fared , throughout the spacious earth , parted from my kinsmen . Therefore I may sing in the mead- hall how the high born ...
... describes his journeys . " Many men and rulers I have known , " he says ; " through many stranger - lands I have fared , throughout the spacious earth , parted from my kinsmen . Therefore I may sing in the mead- hall how the high born ...
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... describes as one of the ancestors of Hrothgar the Dane , Beowa is the son of Scyld , son of Sceaf , who appears in the Anglo - Saxon genealogies as one of the ancestors of Woden . Beaw is his name in these genealogies , and we find ...
... describes as one of the ancestors of Hrothgar the Dane , Beowa is the son of Scyld , son of Sceaf , who appears in the Anglo - Saxon genealogies as one of the ancestors of Woden . Beaw is his name in these genealogies , and we find ...
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... describes his fight with Grendel's mother . While this sense of a fixed fate made him resolute to put into battle all his strength , it also established in him , combined as it was with his gentleness and tenderness , that grave ...
... describes his fight with Grendel's mother . While this sense of a fixed fate made him resolute to put into battle all his strength , it also established in him , combined as it was with his gentleness and tenderness , that grave ...
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... describes his burial . It is the burial of a hero who had passed into a divine being , but it is also the burial of a great sea - king , the earliest record by some hundred years - for the introduction is probably from an ancient song ...
... describes his burial . It is the burial of a hero who had passed into a divine being , but it is also the burial of a great sea - king , the earliest record by some hundred years - for the introduction is probably from an ancient song ...
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... describes the place 1 That this story of Grendel's mother was originally a separate lay from the first seems to be suggested by the fact that the monsters are described over again , and many new details added , such as would be inserted ...
... describes the place 1 That this story of Grendel's mother was originally a separate lay from the first seems to be suggested by the fact that the monsters are described over again , and many new details added , such as would be inserted ...
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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