From the beginnings to the age of Henry VIIIMacmillan, 1903 |
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Pàgina 7
... entirely indigenous product , owing nothing to Latin or Celtic influence . It usually took the form of the praise of heroes . Tacitus tells us how in his time the German bards sang the exploits achieved by Arminius a century earlier ...
... entirely indigenous product , owing nothing to Latin or Celtic influence . It usually took the form of the praise of heroes . Tacitus tells us how in his time the German bards sang the exploits achieved by Arminius a century earlier ...
Pàgina 9
... entirely of the Goths , and there is no allusion to anything Anglo - Saxon , unless a mention of the mythical King Offa is designed as a compliment to Offa King of Mercia . It was , therefore , Date of Beowulf Composition of Beowulf ...
... entirely of the Goths , and there is no allusion to anything Anglo - Saxon , unless a mention of the mythical King Offa is designed as a compliment to Offa King of Mercia . It was , therefore , Date of Beowulf Composition of Beowulf ...
Pàgina 10
... entirely neglected until 1786 , narrowly escaping destruction in the partial burning of the Cottonian Library . In 1786 , the Danish scholar Thorkelin had a transcript made , which he published in 1815. English and German editors ...
... entirely neglected until 1786 , narrowly escaping destruction in the partial burning of the Cottonian Library . In 1786 , the Danish scholar Thorkelin had a transcript made , which he published in 1815. English and German editors ...
Pàgina 12
... entirely of Anglo - Saxon origin , we should , con- sidering that it cannot be much older than the middle of the eighth century , have expected a more decidedly Christian tone , and a less heroic cast of manners . If the poet neither ...
... entirely of Anglo - Saxon origin , we should , con- sidering that it cannot be much older than the middle of the eighth century , have expected a more decidedly Christian tone , and a less heroic cast of manners . If the poet neither ...
Pàgina 18
... entirely abolished . There were idyllic poets who stood aloof from Christianity , and fervent believers in Christ as heathen in spirit as any Viking . It will nevertheless be best for the present to devote our attention to the two ...
... entirely abolished . There were idyllic poets who stood aloof from Christianity , and fervent believers in Christ as heathen in spirit as any Viking . It will nevertheless be best for the present to devote our attention to the two ...
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From the beginnings to the age of Henry VIII, by Richard Garnett Richard Garnett,Edmund Gosse Visualització de fragments - 1935 |
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 214 - 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 350 - With eyes cast up into the maidens' tower, And easy sighs, such as folk draw in love; The stately seats, the ladies bright of hue, The dances short, long tales of great delight; With words and looks that tigers could but rue, Where each of us did plead the other's right...
Pàgina 214 - 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. Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it ; for I will give it unto thee. 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 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 286 - 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 350 - Where we did strain, trained with swarms of youth. Our tender limbs, that yet shot up in length. The secret groves, which oft we made resound Of pleasant plaint, and of our ladies' praise ; Recording soft what grace each one had found, What hope of speed, what dread of long delays.
Pàgina 347 - 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 347 - The rocks do not so cruelly Repulse the waves continually, As she my suit and affection: So that I am past remedy; Whereby my lute and I have done. Proud of the spoil...
Pàgina 166 - And with that word, naked, with ful good herte, Among the serpents in the pit she sterte, And ther she chees to han hir buryinge. Anoon the neddres gonne...
Pàgina 256 - 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.