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Pàgina vii
... light . Many passages in the record have perished , and the gaps thus cr . ated are ill supplied by speculation and conjecture . But , on the other hand , since the investigation of early English literature has employed the scholars of ...
... light . Many passages in the record have perished , and the gaps thus cr . ated are ill supplied by speculation and conjecture . But , on the other hand , since the investigation of early English literature has employed the scholars of ...
Pàgina 3
... light come to Saxondom , but from the successors of St. Peter . It might have seemed more likely that learning would spring up from Romans and the vestiges of Imperial Rome , with which , in their material aspect , Anglo - Saxons ...
... light come to Saxondom , but from the successors of St. Peter . It might have seemed more likely that learning would spring up from Romans and the vestiges of Imperial Rome , with which , in their material aspect , Anglo - Saxons ...
Pàgina 6
... lights of Christianised Anglo - Saxondom . If the poet really wrote so late as now generally believed , he dwelt spiritually in a romantic past , and cherished ideals extinct among the Saxons , though still flourishing in Scandinavia ...
... lights of Christianised Anglo - Saxondom . If the poet really wrote so late as now generally believed , he dwelt spiritually in a romantic past , and cherished ideals extinct among the Saxons , though still flourishing in Scandinavia ...
Pàgina 8
... light together , land who getteth so Hath beneath the heaven high established power . Another very interesting poem probably belongs to the pre - Christian era , even though it may have undergone modification in form . This is the ...
... light together , land who getteth so Hath beneath the heaven high established power . Another very interesting poem probably belongs to the pre - Christian era , even though it may have undergone modification in form . This is the ...
Pàgina 32
... - bark , so that to the southward Thou mayest light upon thy lover , o'er the ocean pathways Where thy Lord with longing looks and waits for thee . ANGLO - SAXON LYRIC 33 More remarkable still is the 32 HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE.
... - bark , so that to the southward Thou mayest light upon thy lover , o'er the ocean pathways Where thy Lord with longing looks and waits for thee . ANGLO - SAXON LYRIC 33 More remarkable still is the 32 HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE.
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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.