English Literature: From the beginning of the age of Henry VIII, by Richard GarnettMacmillan, 1903 |
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Pàgina 6
... composed more than a century after the mission of Augustine , and traces of Christianity - perhaps interpolated - are not absent from it . On the other hand , its spirit is that of the old heroic age , it bodies forth unchristened ...
... composed more than a century after the mission of Augustine , and traces of Christianity - perhaps interpolated - are not absent from it . On the other hand , its spirit is that of the old heroic age , it bodies forth unchristened ...
Pàgina 7
... composed early in the fifth century . He speaks , how- ever , distinctly of his comradeship with the Goths when they were contending " against the bands of Aetla " ( Attila ) . Attila did not become king until 433 , so , even allowing ...
... composed early in the fifth century . He speaks , how- ever , distinctly of his comradeship with the Goths when they were contending " against the bands of Aetla " ( Attila ) . Attila did not become king until 433 , so , even allowing ...
Pàgina 9
... composed in pre - Christian times . We have now to treat of the most remarkable of all Anglo - Saxon poems , Beowulf and the only one which , though , strictly speaking , but a narrative of adven- tures , can be considered to ...
... composed in pre - Christian times . We have now to treat of the most remarkable of all Anglo - Saxon poems , Beowulf and the only one which , though , strictly speaking , but a narrative of adven- tures , can be considered to ...
Pàgina 12
... composed it in Anglo - Saxon . The former supposition seems little in keeping with the character of literature in that age ; but if the poem were entirely of Anglo - Saxon origin , we should , con- sidering that it cannot be much older ...
... composed it in Anglo - Saxon . The former supposition seems little in keeping with the character of literature in that age ; but if the poem were entirely of Anglo - Saxon origin , we should , con- sidering that it cannot be much older ...
Pàgina 13
... composed for the instruction of King Offa's son can hardly be sustained ; the didactic purpose must in that case have been more apparent , and Hrothgar's admonitions to the slayer of Grendel would not apply to a young prince who had ...
... composed for the instruction of King Offa's son can hardly be sustained ; the didactic purpose must in that case have been more apparent , and Hrothgar's admonitions to the slayer of Grendel would not apply to a young prince who had ...
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English Literature: From the beginning of the age of Henry VIII, by Richard ... Richard Garnett,Edmund Gosse Visualització completa - 1903 |
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English Literature: From the beginning of the age of Henry VIII, by Richard ... Richard Garnett,Edmund Gosse Visualització completa - 1906 |
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 206 - And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.
Pàgina 124 - Per 1' altru' impoverir se' ricca e grande ; Poi che di mal oprar tanto ti giova : Nido di tradimenti ; in cui si cova Quanto mal per lo mondo oggi si spande ; Di vin serva, di letti e di vivande, In cui lussuria fa 1' ultima prova. Per le camere tue fanciulle e vecchi Vanno trescando, e Belzebub in mezzo, Co' mantici, e col foco, e con gli specchi.
Pàgina 206 - And the Lord said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art, northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward : for all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.
Pàgina 77 - We must now proceed to the two great poems which were produced at the end of the eleventh or beginning of the twelfth century.
Pàgina 206 - Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the LORD.
Pàgina 294 - Then he fell on his knee ; A boon, a boon, cries Little John, Master, I beg of thee. What is that boon, quoth Robin Hood, Little John, thou begs of me?
Pàgina 278 - Worship all ye that lovers be this May, For of your bliss the kalends are begun, And sing with us, away, winter away, Come, summer come, the sweet season and sun.
Pàgina 298 - I think not nay, but, as ye say, It is no maiden's lore : But love may make me for your sake, As...
Pàgina 339 - My lute, awake, perform the last Labour that thou and I shall waste, And end that I have now begun, And when this song is sung and past, My lute, be still, for I have done.
Pàgina 248 - For herein may be seen noble chivalry, courtesy, humanity, friendliness, hardiness, love, friendship, cowardice, murder, hate, virtue, and sin. Do after the good and leave the evil, and it shall bring you to good fame and renown.