A Short History of English LiteratureH. Milford, 1921 - 404 sivua |
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... greatest product of this Latin learning is the Ecclesiastical History ( Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum ) by Bede ( 673–735 ) , a priest of the monastery of Jarrow . Bede's history , one of our first - rate authorities for the ...
... greatest product of this Latin learning is the Ecclesiastical History ( Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum ) by Bede ( 673–735 ) , a priest of the monastery of Jarrow . Bede's history , one of our first - rate authorities for the ...
Sivu 9
... greatest exponent , after Alfred , is Elfric ( circa 955-1020 ) , Abbot of Eynsham , near Oxford , author of numerous homilies , lives of the saints , and a grammar ; and translator of parts of the Bible . Elfric in many of his works ...
... greatest exponent , after Alfred , is Elfric ( circa 955-1020 ) , Abbot of Eynsham , near Oxford , author of numerous homilies , lives of the saints , and a grammar ; and translator of parts of the Bible . Elfric in many of his works ...
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... greatest moments in the description of the Great Chan of Cathay , and the beauty and wonder and cruelty of his court . Here his fancy takes on a colour , and his prose a richness , of sheer delight ; and here , as throughout the whole ...
... greatest moments in the description of the Great Chan of Cathay , and the beauty and wonder and cruelty of his court . Here his fancy takes on a colour , and his prose a richness , of sheer delight ; and here , as throughout the whole ...
Sivu 43
... greatest freedom and grace . It describes the homage paid to the Lady Rosiall , in obedience to the ritual of the Court , by her servant ' Philogenet , a clerk ' of Cambridge , who sets forth on his adventure thus promisingly : 6 When I ...
... greatest freedom and grace . It describes the homage paid to the Lady Rosiall , in obedience to the ritual of the Court , by her servant ' Philogenet , a clerk ' of Cambridge , who sets forth on his adventure thus promisingly : 6 When I ...
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... greatest work ; but he would have ranked as a poet of note had he written his Moral Fables alone . These are thirteen in number , The Moral and are written in rime royal , which Henryson here adapts Fables . with masterly skill to comic ...
... greatest work ; but he would have ranked as a poet of note had he written his Moral Fables alone . These are thirteen in number , The Moral and are written in rime royal , which Henryson here adapts Fables . with masterly skill to comic ...
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