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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... brought to an end this tale of the origins of English verse . to come . It begins in the older England over the sea . It ends with the accession of Ælfred . When he came to the throne in 871 , literature , both Latin and English , had ...
... brought to an end this tale of the origins of English verse . to come . It begins in the older England over the sea . It ends with the accession of Ælfred . When he came to the throne in 871 , literature , both Latin and English , had ...
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... brought to Eng- land , perhaps by some belated Angles , if Sweet be right in his conjecture that it may have been composed before the English migration . I think it is likely to be much later , and to have been made in England - it is ...
... brought to Eng- land , perhaps by some belated Angles , if Sweet be right in his conjecture that it may have been composed before the English migration . I think it is likely to be much later , and to have been made in England - it is ...
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... brought the minds of those that heard it back to the Shaper of the universe , who himself gave the art of song . Saga was Odin's daughter among the Northmen . The view of the Greeks , of Homer , that the minstrel's inspiration and ...
... brought the minds of those that heard it back to the Shaper of the universe , who himself gave the art of song . Saga was Odin's daughter among the Northmen . The view of the Greeks , of Homer , that the minstrel's inspiration and ...
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... brought to Britain , in that first pilgrimage , Widsith , Beowulf , The Fight at Finnsburg . " Many other lays , no doubt , came with them , but their verse , Time , too greedy of the ex- cellent , " devoured with privy paw , and ...
... brought to Britain , in that first pilgrimage , Widsith , Beowulf , The Fight at Finnsburg . " Many other lays , no doubt , came with them , but their verse , Time , too greedy of the ex- cellent , " devoured with privy paw , and ...
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... brought to our England by the Angles , or by that band of Jutes or Saxons whom many sup- pose to have settled , at an early time , in northern Northum- bria . They were then sung in Northumbria , added to by Nor- thumbrian singers , and ...
... brought to our England by the Angles , or by that band of Jutes or Saxons whom many sup- pose to have settled , at an early time , in northern Northum- bria . They were then sung in Northumbria , added to by Nor- thumbrian singers , and ...
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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.