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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Página vii
... as closely as I could make it , the movement and the variety of the original verse . A prose trans- lation , even when it reaches excellence , gives no idea whatever of that to which the ancient English listened . The PREFACE vii.
... as closely as I could make it , the movement and the variety of the original verse . A prose trans- lation , even when it reaches excellence , gives no idea whatever of that to which the ancient English listened . The PREFACE vii.
Página ix
... give literally the sense and the sentiment of the original than to strain them or lose them by a rigid adherence to allit- eration and accent . I have made clear the division of the Anglo - Saxon line by leaving a space in the PREFACE ix.
... give literally the sense and the sentiment of the original than to strain them or lose them by a rigid adherence to allit- eration and accent . I have made clear the division of the Anglo - Saxon line by leaving a space in the PREFACE ix.
Página xii
... give the boundaries between the several English kingdoms or between the English and the Welsh at any particular period from 600 to 800. Maps which explain the to - and - fro of those boundaries from time to time will be found in Mr ...
... give the boundaries between the several English kingdoms or between the English and the Welsh at any particular period from 600 to 800. Maps which explain the to - and - fro of those boundaries from time to time will be found in Mr ...
Página xiv
... give them in the order they are in the Book : The Christ , Guthlac , Azarias , The Phoenix , Juliana , The Wanderer , Gifts of Men , The Seafarer , Widsith , Fates of Men , Gnomic Verses , The Panther , Whale and Partridge , The Soul to ...
... give them in the order they are in the Book : The Christ , Guthlac , Azarias , The Phoenix , Juliana , The Wanderer , Gifts of Men , The Seafarer , Widsith , Fates of Men , Gnomic Verses , The Panther , Whale and Partridge , The Soul to ...
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... give thanks to it , for I suspect we owe the preservation of this lyric to the zeal of the interpolator who saw in the sadness of Deor an opportunity for introducing his gentle phrases on the vanity of life and the mercy of God . The ...
... give thanks to it , for I suspect we owe the preservation of this lyric to the zeal of the interpolator who saw in the sadness of Deor an opportunity for introducing his gentle phrases on the vanity of life and the mercy of God . The ...
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Términos y frases comunes
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.