The History of Early English Literature: Being the History of English Poetry from Its Beginnings to the Accession of King Ælfred, by Stopford A. Brooke ...Macmillan and Company, 1892 - 500 páginas |
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... formation of the whole poem ; and that the poem was made , as it stands , at the court of Offa , with the distinct purpose of instructing Ecgferth in the duties of a prince . Sweden and the Danish isles . It was kept alive II 17 BEOWULF.
... formation of the whole poem ; and that the poem was made , as it stands , at the court of Offa , with the distinct purpose of instructing Ecgferth in the duties of a prince . Sweden and the Danish isles . It was kept alive II 17 BEOWULF.
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... stand beside the long undis- covered sources of an historic river , beside whose waters a hundred famous cities have arisen . It is a moment of the same romantic pleasure when we first look at the earliest upwelling of the broad river ...
... stand beside the long undis- covered sources of an historic river , beside whose waters a hundred famous cities have arisen . It is a moment of the same romantic pleasure when we first look at the earliest upwelling of the broad river ...
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... stands , built by the prince over the treasures and bodies of his tribe . Near it is the cave , entered into by a rocky arch , within which are the treasures and the lair of the worm . A stream breaks out of the mouth of the cave , and ...
... stands , built by the prince over the treasures and bodies of his tribe . Near it is the cave , entered into by a rocky arch , within which are the treasures and the lair of the worm . A stream breaks out of the mouth of the cave , and ...
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... stand by thee . " Wiglaf's shield was soon burnt up , but he fought on under Beowulf's iron targe . The king smote hard again , but Naegling , Beo- wulf's sword , snapped asunder , an old gray brand , that never before had failed in ...
... stand by thee . " Wiglaf's shield was soon burnt up , but he fought on under Beowulf's iron targe . The king smote hard again , but Naegling , Beo- wulf's sword , snapped asunder , an old gray brand , that never before had failed in ...
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... stand ; when at the ale - bench he allotted helm and byrnie to the sitters in hall ( as a war- leader to his thegns , whom far off or near , the trustiest of men he was able to find ) - has utterly wasted these weeds of the battle ...
... stand ; when at the ale - bench he allotted helm and byrnie to the sitters in hall ( as a war- leader to his thegns , whom far off or near , the trustiest of men he was able to find ) - has utterly wasted these weeds of the battle ...
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The History of Early English Literature Being the History of English Poetry ... Stopford Augustus Brooke Visualização integral - 1892 |
The History of Early English Literature: Being the History of English Poetry ... Stopford Augustus Brooke Visualização integral - 1892 |
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Palavras e frases frequentes
Ælfred Ætheling Alcuin ancient Andrew Anglo-Saxon poetry Baeda battle beast belong Beowulf Bishop Breca brought Caedmon Christ Christian Chronicle cliffs conjecture 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 hell Hengest Heorot hero Hildeburh holy host Hrothgar Hygd Hygelac imagination Ingeld Irish king land Latin legend Lindisfarne lines literary literature lived Lord Mercia monastery monk myth night noble Northumbria o'er ocean passage passion 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 tree verse Wanderer warriors waves Welsh Wessex West Saxon Whitby whole Widsith Woden words writer written Wyrd
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