A History of English Literature: In a Ser. of Biogr. SketchesNelson, 1865 - 549 oldal |
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... poetic legends of his country ; and when , grown more skilful , he learned to string into rude verses the story of his ... poem ; the former being used for the ordinary narrative , and the latter adopted when the CAEDMON , THE MONK OF ...
... poetic legends of his country ; and when , grown more skilful , he learned to string into rude verses the story of his ... poem ; the former being used for the ordinary narrative , and the latter adopted when the CAEDMON , THE MONK OF ...
19. oldal
... poems that have come down to us are the Romance of Beowulf , and Caedmon's Paraphrase . Beowulf is a nameless poem of more than 6000 lines , thought to be much older than the manuscript of it which we possess . Its hero , BEOWULF , is a ...
... poems that have come down to us are the Romance of Beowulf , and Caedmon's Paraphrase . Beowulf is a nameless poem of more than 6000 lines , thought to be much older than the manuscript of it which we possess . Its hero , BEOWULF , is a ...
20. oldal
... poems , which still survive , are the Battle of Finsborough ; the Traveller's Song , which contains a good many geographical names ; and the fragment of Judith . In the Saxon Chronicle of 938 we find a poem called Athelstan's Song of ...
... poems , which still survive , are the Battle of Finsborough ; the Traveller's Song , which contains a good many geographical names ; and the fragment of Judith . In the Saxon Chronicle of 938 we find a poem called Athelstan's Song of ...
32. oldal
... poets of English birth soon took up this foreign strain , and wrote lays in Norman - French . The deeds of Alexander ... poem , that is , the introduction of supernatural beings as actors in the drama , becomes wild and fanciful ...
... poets of English birth soon took up this foreign strain , and wrote lays in Norman - French . The deeds of Alexander ... poem , that is , the introduction of supernatural beings as actors in the drama , becomes wild and fanciful ...
33. oldal
... poets is Master Wace , as he calls himself , who was born probably at Jersey about 1112. He was educated at Caen ... poem is the minute account of the battle of Has- tings . Wace , who became Canon of Bayeux on the recommendation of ...
... poets is Master Wace , as he calls himself , who was born probably at Jersey about 1112. He was educated at Caen ... poem is the minute account of the battle of Has- tings . Wace , who became Canon of Bayeux on the recommendation of ...
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