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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... seems the best explanation of the term . The sugges- tion that it is another name for Woden , and that Widsith is therefore a mythological person , does not seem to have suffi- cient ground for its adoption . He is rather the " poetic ...
... seems the best explanation of the term . The sugges- tion that it is another name for Woden , and that Widsith is therefore a mythological person , does not seem to have suffi- cient ground for its adoption . He is rather the " poetic ...
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... seems a Christian interpolation of the ordinary gnomic character . We may , however , 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 ...
... seems a Christian interpolation of the ordinary gnomic character . We may , however , 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 ...
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... seem to be taken from other sagas of even an earlier date than the original lays of the legend . The same kind of ... seems clear . Beowulf was built up out of many legends which in time coalesced into something of a whole , or were ...
... seem to be taken from other sagas of even an earlier date than the original lays of the legend . The same kind of ... seems clear . Beowulf was built up out of many legends which in time coalesced into something of a whole , or were ...
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... seems to me , inserted their very words . Existing thus in Northumbria from the beginning , as I think , of the eighth century , it passed through England , and I imagine that now and again slight additions were made to it by those who ...
... seems to me , inserted their very words . Existing thus in Northumbria from the beginning , as I think , of the eighth century , it passed through England , and I imagine that now and again slight additions were made to it by those who ...
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... seems to have been known , perhaps born , at Hrothgar's court , and settled in his home , " living many winters ere he died , and all the wise men , far and wide on earth , remembered him . " This wisdom descends to Beowulf . Though he ...
... seems to have been known , perhaps born , at Hrothgar's court , and settled in his home , " living many winters ere he died , and all the wise men , far and wide on earth , remembered him . " This wisdom descends to Beowulf . Though he ...
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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.