A Short History of English LiteratureH. Milford, 1921 - 404 sivua |
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... evident in his long , intricate sentences . In the passage on the Norwegian explorers Alfred writes as he must have talked , forgetting his Latin syntax ; it is a pity he ever wrote otherwise . There are passages in the Chronicle , too ...
... evident in his long , intricate sentences . In the passage on the Norwegian explorers Alfred writes as he must have talked , forgetting his Latin syntax ; it is a pity he ever wrote otherwise . There are passages in the Chronicle , too ...
Sivu 14
... evident in the internal and terminal rhymes of the passage on the eagle : Al is man so is tis ern , wuldë ge nu listen , Old in his sinnës dern , or he bicumed cristen . Each half line is here practically a six- ( or seven- ) syllabled ...
... evident in the internal and terminal rhymes of the passage on the eagle : Al is man so is tis ern , wuldë ge nu listen , Old in his sinnës dern , or he bicumed cristen . Each half line is here practically a six- ( or seven- ) syllabled ...
Sivu 38
... evident in Chaucer's later work . Within the same early period also fall several of Chaucer's minor poems , in which the French influence still predominates . These include ballades , roundels , and virelays , many of which are now lost ...
... evident in Chaucer's later work . Within the same early period also fall several of Chaucer's minor poems , in which the French influence still predominates . These include ballades , roundels , and virelays , many of which are now lost ...
Sivu 39
... evident in the drawing of the sardonic and disputatious eagle . The Legend of Good Women ( probably written during the years The Le- 1385-1386 ) is preceded by an allegorical Prologue , extant in gend of two widely differing versions ...
... evident in the drawing of the sardonic and disputatious eagle . The Legend of Good Women ( probably written during the years The Le- 1385-1386 ) is preceded by an allegorical Prologue , extant in gend of two widely differing versions ...
Sivu 42
... evident in his Ballad of Good Counsel , with its opening line , Flee fro the prees and dwelle with sothfastnesse , and its refrain , And trouthe shall delivere , hit is no drede . He does not write in the missionary spirit of his ...
... evident in his Ballad of Good Counsel , with its opening line , Flee fro the prees and dwelle with sothfastnesse , and its refrain , And trouthe shall delivere , hit is no drede . He does not write in the missionary spirit of his ...
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