A Short History of English LiteratureH. Milford, 1921 - 404 sivua |
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... never shall our sturdy fighters have need to say with scornful words that I , when my lord had fallen , turned from the fray , and went lordless home . " 999 Two famous lines in the poem sum up the heroic temper : Harder must be the ...
... never shall our sturdy fighters have need to say with scornful words that I , when my lord had fallen , turned from the fray , and went lordless home . " 999 Two famous lines in the poem sum up the heroic temper : Harder must be the ...
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... never lose their charm , and is as fresh to - day as when it was written . Other scholars who acquired more than a local reputation were Aldhelm , who died Bishop of Sher- borne in 709 , author , among other things , of a hundred ...
... never lose their charm , and is as fresh to - day as when it was written . Other scholars who acquired more than a local reputation were Aldhelm , who died Bishop of Sher- borne in 709 , author , among other things , of a hundred ...
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... never existed . It is interesting in itself , it is well worth reading , but in the evolution of our modern literature it counts for nothing . With the Norman Conquest , and in some measure owing to it - although , had there been no ...
... never existed . It is interesting in itself , it is well worth reading , but in the evolution of our modern literature it counts for nothing . With the Norman Conquest , and in some measure owing to it - although , had there been no ...
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... never man it after had : An I it caste into the see , Of mold was never man so mad . The sword he hid under a tree And said , ' Sir , I did as ye me bad . ' ' What saw thou there ? ' then said the king , ' Tell me now , if thou me can ...
... never man it after had : An I it caste into the see , Of mold was never man so mad . The sword he hid under a tree And said , ' Sir , I did as ye me bad . ' ' What saw thou there ? ' then said the king , ' Tell me now , if thou me can ...
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... simple , yet its cadence never wearies , and its effects are subtle and various . If we consider its period , it is a greater marvel than any of Cathay . " 32 CHAPTER IV LYRIC AND MISCELLANEOUS POETRY OF THE MIDDLE PROSE , 1350-1400 31.
... simple , yet its cadence never wearies , and its effects are subtle and various . If we consider its period , it is a greater marvel than any of Cathay . " 32 CHAPTER IV LYRIC AND MISCELLANEOUS POETRY OF THE MIDDLE PROSE , 1350-1400 31.
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