A Short History of English LiteratureH. Milford, 1921 - 404 sivua |
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... passage in Bede's Ecclesiastical History ( 731 ) , where we are told how Cadmon , an inmate of the monastery of Whitby during the abbacy of Hilda ( 658-680 ) , was miracu- lously endowed with the gift of song . ' He sang first ' , says ...
... passage in Bede's Ecclesiastical History ( 731 ) , where we are told how Cadmon , an inmate of the monastery of Whitby during the abbacy of Hilda ( 658-680 ) , was miracu- lously endowed with the gift of song . ' He sang first ' , says ...
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... 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 ENGLISH LITERATURE.
... 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 ENGLISH LITERATURE.
Sivu 9
... 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 , which are expressed in the same direct and simple ...
... 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 , which are expressed in the same direct and simple ...
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... 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 line with three stresses . It represents the metre ...
... 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 line with three stresses . It represents the metre ...
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... passage in English literature , such as a very famous one of Burke's in his Reflections on the French Revolution , or as the great simile in Paradise Lost : What resounds In Fable or Romance of Uther's son Begirt with British and ...
... passage in English literature , such as a very famous one of Burke's in his Reflections on the French Revolution , or as the great simile in Paradise Lost : What resounds In Fable or Romance of Uther's son Begirt with British and ...
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