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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... Look unto the rock whence ye are hewn , And to the hole of the pit whence ye are digged . ISAIAH , li . 1 New York THE MACMILLAN COMPANY LONDON : MACMILLAN & CO . , LTD . 1925 All rights reserved COPYRIGHT , 1892 , BY MACMILLAN AND CO ...
... Look unto the rock whence ye are hewn , And to the hole of the pit whence ye are digged . ISAIAH , li . 1 New York THE MACMILLAN COMPANY LONDON : MACMILLAN & CO . , LTD . 1925 All rights reserved COPYRIGHT , 1892 , BY MACMILLAN AND CO ...
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... look more odd and miserable than an Anglo - Saxon poem in a modern rhyming metre . Blank verse is another matter . It frequently comes near to the " short epic line " of Cynewulf , but it fails in the elasticity which a translation of ...
... look more odd and miserable than an Anglo - Saxon poem in a modern rhyming metre . Blank verse is another matter . It frequently comes near to the " short epic line " of Cynewulf , but it fails in the elasticity which a translation of ...
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... look for , nor where to find his wants fulfilled . I cannot understand why the University Pro- fessors of Anglo - Saxon in this country do not have that book translated , and edited up to date . I was fortunate enough while these pages ...
... look for , nor where to find his wants fulfilled . I cannot understand why the University Pro- fessors of Anglo - Saxon in this country do not have that book translated , and edited up to date . I was fortunate enough while these pages ...
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... look at it . The critical consideration of its genuineness comes in afterwards , and will be found in a note at the end of this volume . 3 On the supposition that this list is the genuine work of Widsith , that is , of a poet who in his ...
... look at it . The critical consideration of its genuineness comes in afterwards , and will be found in a note at the end of this volume . 3 On the supposition that this list is the genuine work of Widsith , that is , of a poet who in his ...
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... look upon it with pleasure , for it is the Father of all English lyrics . Deor is not like Widsith , a treasure - gifted singer , always in favour of his lord . Like the Wanderer who looks back with mourning on the time when he was his ...
... look upon it with pleasure , for it is the Father of all English lyrics . Deor is not like Widsith , a treasure - gifted singer , always in favour of his lord . Like the Wanderer who looks back with mourning on the time when he was his ...
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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