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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... heathen sagas and with as much Christianity as belonged to a man of the world , took all the lays , recast them in his own mind , formed them into a whole , embodied the episodes out of other sagas , conceived the character of Beowulf ...
... heathen sagas and with as much Christianity as belonged to a man of the world , took all the lays , recast them in his own mind , formed them into a whole , embodied the episodes out of other sagas , conceived the character of Beowulf ...
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... heathen belief that the souls pass over an unknown water to the realms beyond , and it may be that this belief was one of the reasons why the Northmen sometimes buried their dead in boats , so that when they came to this great sea they ...
... heathen belief that the souls pass over an unknown water to the realms beyond , and it may be that this belief was one of the reasons why the Northmen sometimes buried their dead in boats , so that when they came to this great sea they ...
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... heathen Englishman would have written of devils ' crafts ; and the glove which is said to " hang down " is probably a kind of pouch . 2 He seems to be the master and bringer of the mist , and we might illustrate this connection of his ...
... heathen Englishman would have written of devils ' crafts ; and the glove which is said to " hang down " is probably a kind of pouch . 2 He seems to be the master and bringer of the mist , and we might illustrate this connection of his ...
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... heathen gold . This then is the image of the great beast , whom the hero , like Hercules , Apis , Jason , Sigmund , Sigurd , Frotho , and a hundred others , lays to sleep ; by whose breath he dies , like Thor by the breath of 111 51 ...
... heathen gold . This then is the image of the great beast , whom the hero , like Hercules , Apis , Jason , Sigmund , Sigurd , Frotho , and a hundred others , lays to sleep ; by whose breath he dies , like Thor by the breath of 111 51 ...
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... heathen English poetry ; and this fragment is included in this chap- ter . Another , the first episode , is the story of Scyld and his burial , but this belongs so plainly to the mythical elements in the poem that I reserve it for the ...
... heathen English poetry ; and this fragment is included in this chap- ter . Another , the first episode , is the story of Scyld and his burial , but this belongs so plainly to the mythical elements in the poem that I reserve it for the ...
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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.