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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... wave , washed into forgetfulness those pleasant fields , rura quae Liris quieta mordet aqua taciturnus amnis . August 2 , 1892 . STOPFORD A. BROOKE . CHAP . CONTENTS PAGE VII . VIII . IX . xii EARLY ENGLISH LITERATURE.
... wave , washed into forgetfulness those pleasant fields , rura quae Liris quieta mordet aqua taciturnus amnis . August 2 , 1892 . STOPFORD A. BROOKE . CHAP . CONTENTS PAGE VII . VIII . IX . xii EARLY ENGLISH LITERATURE.
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... waves , and called it Whale's Ness ( Hrones - naes ) . There then the folk of the Geats made ready a funeral pyre , firm - fixed on the earth , and they hung it with helms and with shields of the war - host , with shining shirts of ...
... waves , and called it Whale's Ness ( Hrones - naes ) . There then the folk of the Geats made ready a funeral pyre , firm - fixed on the earth , and they hung it with helms and with shields of the war - host , with shining shirts of ...
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... waves . Beowulf's barrow , heaped high on the edge of the sea - ness , is a beacon for " those who sail through the mists of the sea . " The back- ground of all the action is the great deep - the chorus , as it were , of this story of ...
... waves . Beowulf's barrow , heaped high on the edge of the sea - ness , is a beacon for " those who sail through the mists of the sea . " The back- ground of all the action is the great deep - the chorus , as it were , of this story of ...
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... waves with a wind well - fitted , Likest to a fowl , the Floater , foam around its neck , Till about the same time , on the second day , The up - curvèd prow had come on so far , That at last the seamen saw the land ahead ; Shining sea ...
... waves with a wind well - fitted , Likest to a fowl , the Floater , foam around its neck , Till about the same time , on the second day , The up - curvèd prow had come on so far , That at last the seamen saw the land ahead ; Shining sea ...
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... waves , which invariably collect ghostly legend round their solitudes . The character of this man - beast is like his shape . He is said to be greedy of blood , fierce , ravenous , furious , joyless , firm in hatred of men , pleased ...
... waves , which invariably collect ghostly legend round their solitudes . The character of this man - beast is like his shape . He is said to be greedy of blood , fierce , ravenous , furious , joyless , firm in hatred of men , pleased ...
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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