A Manual of English Literature, Historical and Critical: With an Appendix on English MetresLongmans, Green, and Company, 1888 - 635 pàgines |
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... story . 9. The following view of the origin and relations of the poem is briefly summarized from the Introduction to the edition above cited . The date of composition was the early part of the eighth century . This conclusion arises ...
... story . 9. The following view of the origin and relations of the poem is briefly summarized from the Introduction to the edition above cited . The date of composition was the early part of the eighth century . This conclusion arises ...
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... story is adhered to pretty closely in its main features , though with much amplification in details . The discovery of the holy nails used in the Crucifixion receives especial prominence ; indeed , it almost throws the Invention of the ...
... story is adhered to pretty closely in its main features , though with much amplification in details . The discovery of the holy nails used in the Crucifixion receives especial prominence ; indeed , it almost throws the Invention of the ...
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... story is taken from Jewish history , the tone , the descriptions , and many of the incidents , present the broadest local colouring , and breathe the full Teutonic spirit . The open- ing of the poem , down to the middle of the ninth ...
... story is taken from Jewish history , the tone , the descriptions , and many of the incidents , present the broadest local colouring , and breathe the full Teutonic spirit . The open- ing of the poem , down to the middle of the ninth ...
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... story , which in every subsequent age has attracted the regards alike of the poet and the philo- sopher . Suffice it to say that he developed a great scheme , of what we should now call rationalism , through taking up St. Anselm's ...
... story , which in every subsequent age has attracted the regards alike of the poet and the philo- sopher . Suffice it to say that he developed a great scheme , of what we should now call rationalism , through taking up St. Anselm's ...
Pàgina 32
... story of St. Nicholas , and the translation of his relics ; the careers of Hildebrand and Robert Guiscard ; a short sketch of French history , and many other matters , terminating with a description of the death and funeral of William ...
... story of St. Nicholas , and the translation of his relics ; the careers of Hildebrand and Robert Guiscard ; a short sketch of French history , and many other matters , terminating with a description of the death and funeral of William ...
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