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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... Beowulf , and though I do not agree with his theory of the origin of the poem , I wish to thank him for hav- ing , by his translation and notes , made Beowulf a more literary possession for the English people . I have also to thank Mr ...
... Beowulf , and though I do not agree with his theory of the origin of the poem , I wish to thank him for hav- ing , by his translation and notes , made Beowulf a more literary possession for the English people . I have also to thank Mr ...
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... BEOWULF - INTRODUCTION • PAGE III . IV . BEOWULF THE POEM - THE EPISODES OF " BEOWULF " AND THE " FIGHT AT FINNSBURG " 1 • 12 26 . · • 69 59 V. VI . • THE MYTHICAL ELEMENTS IN " BEOWULF " WALDHERE • 74 93 VII . THE CONQUEST AND ...
... BEOWULF - INTRODUCTION • PAGE III . IV . BEOWULF THE POEM - THE EPISODES OF " BEOWULF " AND THE " FIGHT AT FINNSBURG " 1 • 12 26 . · • 69 59 V. VI . • THE MYTHICAL ELEMENTS IN " BEOWULF " WALDHERE • 74 93 VII . THE CONQUEST AND ...
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... Beowulf . For 1900 years , then , we know that the English race has been a singing folk , and though we are not alone in that characteristic , we are almost alone in this , that we possess in our own language products of that singing ...
... Beowulf . For 1900 years , then , we know that the English race has been a singing folk , and though we are not alone in that characteristic , we are almost alone in this , that we possess in our own language products of that singing ...
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... BEOWULF Introduction THE Beowulf MS . ( Cotton Vitellius A. xv . ) was one of those collected by Sir Robert Cotton . It was in Little Deans Yard , Westminster , when the fire which , in 1731 , destroyed so many manuscripts took place ...
... BEOWULF Introduction THE Beowulf MS . ( Cotton Vitellius A. xv . ) was one of those collected by Sir Robert Cotton . It was in Little Deans Yard , Westminster , when the fire which , in 1731 , destroyed so many manuscripts took place ...
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... Beowulf's conquest of the Fire - drake and his death and burial . The first division may be again divided into two- the fight with Grendel , and the fight with Grendel's mother -and some suppose that they are due to different hands ...
... Beowulf's conquest of the Fire - drake and his death and burial . The first division may be again divided into two- the fight with Grendel , and the fight with Grendel's mother -and some suppose that they are due to different hands ...
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Ælfred Alcuin ancient Andrew Baeda battle beast belong Beowulf Bishop Breca brought Caedmon Christ Christian Chronicle 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
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Página 310 - I appear''. shall I to him make known As yet my change, and give him to partake Full happiness with me; or rather not, But keep the odds of knowledge...
Página 432 - Created hugest that swim the ocean stream : Him haply slumbering on the Norway foam, The pilot of some small night-foundered skiff Deeming some island, oft, as seamen tell, With fixed anchor in his scaly rind, Moors by his side under the lee, while night Invests the sea, and wished morn delays...
Página 432 - Leviathan, which God of all his works Created hugest that swim the ocean-stream. Him, haply slumbering on the Norway foam, The pilot of some small night-foundered skiff Deeming some island, oft, as seamen tell, With fixed anchor in his scaly rind Moors by his side under the lee, while night Invests the sea and wished morn delays.
Página 314 - They looking back, all th' eastern side beheld Of Paradise, so late their happy seat, Wav'd over by that flaming brand, the gate With dreadful faces throng'd and fiery arms. Some natural tears they dropp'd, but wip'd them soon; The world was all before them, where to choose Their place of rest, and Providence their guide.