The Anglo-Saxon poems of Beowulf, the Travellers Song and the Battle of Finnesburh, Volume 1John Mitchell Kemble William Pickering, 1835 - 263 páginas |
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... . KEMBLE ESQ . M.A. OF TRINITY COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE FELLOW OF THE KONUNGLIGA NORRÆNA FORNFREDA FELAG SECOND EDITION . ALDI ANGLVS DISCIP LONDON WILLIAM PICKERING 1835 828 1481 K3 1835 C. Whittingham , Tooks Court , Beowulf .
... . KEMBLE ESQ . M.A. OF TRINITY COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE FELLOW OF THE KONUNGLIGA NORRÆNA FORNFREDA FELAG SECOND EDITION . ALDI ANGLVS DISCIP LONDON WILLIAM PICKERING 1835 828 1481 K3 1835 C. Whittingham , Tooks Court , Beowulf .
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... Beowulf , from which we learn these particulars , Ingeld is mentioned as the woman - lover , and so answers to the cha- racter given of him by Saxo and Johannes Magnus : the arousing him from his state of lethargic luxury , by the ...
... Beowulf , from which we learn these particulars , Ingeld is mentioned as the woman - lover , and so answers to the cha- racter given of him by Saxo and Johannes Magnus : the arousing him from his state of lethargic luxury , by the ...
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... Beowulf and the Traveller's Song , as well as the dates supposed by Matthew Paris and John of Brompton ; finally , if the consideration of these kings falsely so inserted in the Danish lists , to be con- temporaries and not parts of the ...
... Beowulf and the Traveller's Song , as well as the dates supposed by Matthew Paris and John of Brompton ; finally , if the consideration of these kings falsely so inserted in the Danish lists , to be con- temporaries and not parts of the ...
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... Beowulf and Hyge- lác as an island , which agrees very well with the nature of Sleswic , excludes Thor- kelin's supposition that they dwelt in Pomerania ; and is equally conclusive against their being inhabitants of East or West ...
... Beowulf and Hyge- lác as an island , which agrees very well with the nature of Sleswic , excludes Thor- kelin's supposition that they dwelt in Pomerania ; and is equally conclusive against their being inhabitants of East or West ...
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... Beowulf records the exploits of one of our own forefathers , not far removed in point of time from the coming of Hengest and Hors into Britain : and that the poem was probably brought hither by some of those Anglo - Saxons who , in ...
... Beowulf records the exploits of one of our own forefathers , not far removed in point of time from the coming of Hengest and Hors into Britain : and that the poem was probably brought hither by some of those Anglo - Saxons who , in ...
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