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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... King was himself its origin . What had been was poetry ; this was prose . The country of English poetry had been Northumbria ; the country of English prose was Wessex . At this date , then , the curtain naturally falls on the first act ...
... King was himself its origin . What had been was poetry ; this was prose . The country of English poetry had been Northumbria ; the country of English prose was Wessex . At this date , then , the curtain naturally falls on the first act ...
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... King of the Myrgings , to seek the home of Eormanric ( Hermanric ) , King of the Ostrogoths who lived " east from Ongle " ; and this was his first journey . Here the Introduction ceases , and at the 10th line Widsith himself , writing ...
... King of the Myrgings , to seek the home of Eormanric ( Hermanric ) , King of the Ostrogoths who lived " east from Ongle " ; and this was his first journey . Here the Introduction ceases , and at the 10th line Widsith himself , writing ...
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... king or the hall of a great noble . He was frequently one of the thegns , and received money and landright from the king . He may have been , if not a thegn , on an equality with them ; and was often , as we see in Beowulf , a renowned ...
... king or the hall of a great noble . He was frequently one of the thegns , and received money and landright from the king . He may have been , if not a thegn , on an equality with them ; and was often , as we see in Beowulf , a renowned ...
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... king . with his sorrows cloaked , Wistfully he longed That the kingdom's king 1 overcome should be ! That he overwent ; this also may I. I omit here what seems a Christian interpolation of the ordinary gnomic character . We may ...
... king . with his sorrows cloaked , Wistfully he longed That the kingdom's king 1 overcome should be ! That he overwent ; this also may I. I omit here what seems a Christian interpolation of the ordinary gnomic character . We may ...
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Being the History of English Poetry from Its Beginnings to the Accession of King AElfred Stopford Augustus Brooke. Deor's , a fixed place , with an appointment of food and money or land which attached him to the court of the chieftain or ...
Being the History of English Poetry from Its Beginnings to the Accession of King AElfred Stopford Augustus Brooke. Deor's , a fixed place , with an appointment of food and money or land which attached him to the court of the chieftain or ...
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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