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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... lived " east from Ongle " ; and this was his first journey . 2 3 Here the Introduction ceases , and at the 10th line Widsith himself , writing in his old age , describes his journeys . " Many men and rulers I have known , " he says ...
... lived " east from Ongle " ; and this was his first journey . 2 3 Here the Introduction ceases , and at the 10th line Widsith himself , writing in his old age , describes his journeys . " Many men and rulers I have known , " he says ...
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... lived I with Eormanric ; There the King of Gotens with his gifts was good to me ; He , the Prince of burg - indwellers , gave to me an armlet . On the which 600 scats of beaten gold Scored were , in scillings reckoned.1 This I gave to ...
... lived I with Eormanric ; There the King of Gotens with his gifts was good to me ; He , the Prince of burg - indwellers , gave to me an armlet . On the which 600 scats of beaten gold Scored were , in scillings reckoned.1 This I gave to ...
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... lived in South Sweden , in Denmark , in the Isles , and about the Elbe . Having thus conjectured the date at which the story began to take shape , and the place in which it arose , we may ask what theory we may form concerning its ...
... lived in South Sweden , in Denmark , in the Isles , and about the Elbe . Having thus conjectured the date at which the story began to take shape , and the place in which it arose , we may ask what theory we may form concerning its ...
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... lived and loved among one another and for one another . This is the value of Beowulf as history , and it is of especial worth to us . It is a record of the way our forefathers lived both on the continent and in our own country , and the ...
... lived and loved among one another and for one another . This is the value of Beowulf as history , and it is of especial worth to us . It is a record of the way our forefathers lived both on the continent and in our own country , and the ...
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... lived . If that should be true , and if it also should be true that the fight of Beowulf with Grendel's mother was a later addition to the first story , it makes the first story very old . The scenery in the second part is continental ...
... lived . If that should be true , and if it also should be true that the fight of Beowulf with Grendel's mother was a later addition to the first story , it makes the first story very old . The scenery in the second part is continental ...
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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.