A Short History of English LiteratureH. Milford, 1921 - 404 sivua |
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... original . The possibilities are that the poem , which contains several references to the narra- tive of the Old Testament , and speaks frequently of the God of the Christian religion , was put together in the late seventh century by a ...
... original . The possibilities are that the poem , which contains several references to the narra- tive of the Old Testament , and speaks frequently of the God of the Christian religion , was put together in the late seventh century by a ...
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... original and indigenous , even when , as in the religious poems , its themes are borrowed ; the prose is a secondary literature , following Latin prose with uncertain steps , as it was destined to do for many centuries to come . Its ...
... original and indigenous , even when , as in the religious poems , its themes are borrowed ; the prose is a secondary literature , following Latin prose with uncertain steps , as it was destined to do for many centuries to come . Its ...
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... originals with very great closeness , but omits , adds , and expands to suit his purposes . In his transla- tion of Orosius he inserted one notable passage of his own , the account , which he took down from their own 8 HISTORY OF ...
... originals with very great closeness , but omits , adds , and expands to suit his purposes . In his transla- tion of Orosius he inserted one notable passage of his own , the account , which he took down from their own 8 HISTORY OF ...
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... original slavishly , but makes several important additions , especially to the account of the coming and passing of Arthur , and to the story of the Round Table . The sources of this additional matter have not yet been identified , but ...
... original slavishly , but makes several important additions , especially to the account of the coming and passing of Arthur , and to the story of the Round Table . The sources of this additional matter have not yet been identified , but ...
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... originals . The best of these have remarkable charm and grace . Two of them , Lamwell and Le Freine , are adapted from extant French poems of Marie de France , whose rhyming octosyllables they retain . Lamwell is a tale of glamour ...
... originals . The best of these have remarkable charm and grace . Two of them , Lamwell and Le Freine , are adapted from extant French poems of Marie de France , whose rhyming octosyllables they retain . Lamwell is a tale of glamour ...
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