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Pàgina 10
... doubt Hygelac is to be identi- fied with Chochilaicus , recorded by Gregory of Tours and in the Gesta Regum Franciae to have been cut off while devastating the lands of the Attuarii , the very tribe ( Het - ware ) mentioned in Beowulf ...
... doubt Hygelac is to be identi- fied with Chochilaicus , recorded by Gregory of Tours and in the Gesta Regum Franciae to have been cut off while devastating the lands of the Attuarii , the very tribe ( Het - ware ) mentioned in Beowulf ...
Pàgina 20
... doubt the substantial veracity of the story ; although , were it now possible to investigate the circumstances on the spot , we should probably find that Caedmon was already versed Poems attri- butea to Caedmon Expulsion of Adam and Eve ...
... doubt the substantial veracity of the story ; although , were it now possible to investigate the circumstances on the spot , we should probably find that Caedmon was already versed Poems attri- butea to Caedmon Expulsion of Adam and Eve ...
Pàgina 22
... doubts and fears kept him back from song for half a century , excels chiefly in tender passages , such as the following description of the Dove and the olive tree , Far and wide she flew , Glad in flying free , till she found a place ...
... doubts and fears kept him back from song for half a century , excels chiefly in tender passages , such as the following description of the Dove and the olive tree , Far and wide she flew , Glad in flying free , till she found a place ...
Pàgina 29
... doubt that the poet wrote about the middle of the eighth century , and that his home was Northumbria . As already observed , the existence of his poems as we now have them in the Wessex dialect is no objection to the latter supposition ...
... doubt that the poet wrote about the middle of the eighth century , and that his home was Northumbria . As already observed , the existence of his poems as we now have them in the Wessex dialect is no objection to the latter supposition ...
Pàgina 43
... doubt with good reason , ascribes a still stronger influence upon Alfred's development to his mother Osburga . The anecdotes of his youth handed down may belong to the domain of legend , but if so this is the legend which has its basis ...
... doubt with good reason , ascribes a still stronger influence upon Alfred's development to his mother Osburga . The anecdotes of his youth handed down may belong to the domain of legend , but if so this is the legend which has its basis ...
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English Literature Richard Garnett, C.B., LL.D., Edmund Gosse, M.A., LL.D. Visualització de fragments - 1931 |
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 128 - 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 79 - 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 155 - The MILLER was a stout carl for the nones, Ful bigge he was of braun, and eke of bones; That proved wel, for over all ther he came, At wrastling he wold bere away the ram. He was short shuldered brode, a thikke gnarre, Ther n'as no dore, that he n'olde heve of barre, Or breke it at a renning with his hede.
Pàgina 166 - Thow shalt, while that thou lyvest, yer by yere, The moste partye of thy tyme spende In makyng of a glorious legende...
Pàgina 123 - Blow, northern wind, Send thou me my sweeting. Blow, northern wind, blow, blow, blow...
Pàgina 158 - Certes, he Jakke Straw, and his meynee, Ne made never shoutes half so shrille, Whan that they wolden any Fleming kille, As thilke day was maad upon the fox.
Pàgina 127 - Stalworthly, with spere and schelde, And thoght to win his right, With lordes, and with knightes kene, And other doghty men bydene, That war ful frek to fight.
Pàgina 157 - And mekely receyveth my pardoun; Or elles taketh pardoun as ye wende, Al newe and fressh at every miles ende,— So that ye offren, alwey newe and newe, Nobles or pens, whiche that be goode and trewe. It is an honour to everich that is heer That ye mowe have a suffisant Pardoneer Tassoille yow in contree as ye ryde, For dventures whiche that may bityde.
Pàgina 172 - Every tree well fro his fellow grew, With branches brode, lade with leves newe, That sprongen out ayen the sunne shene. Some very red, and some a glad light grene...
Pàgina 155 - It snewed in his hous of mete and drynke, Of alle deyntees that men koude thynke. After the sondry sesons of the yeer, So chaunged he his mete and his soper. Ful many a fat partrich hadde he in muwe, And many a breem and many a luce in stuwe.