A History of English Literature: In a Series of Biographical SketchesT. Nelson and sons, 1880 |
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17. oldal
... honour . The poems of Taliesin , Merlin , and other bards of the sixth century , still remain . The Welsh Triads , some of which are ascribed to writers of the thir- teenth century , are sets of historical events and moral proverbs ...
... honour . The poems of Taliesin , Merlin , and other bards of the sixth century , still remain . The Welsh Triads , some of which are ascribed to writers of the thir- teenth century , are sets of historical events and moral proverbs ...
28. oldal
... honoured leisure . Schools sprang up on every side . The great seminaries at Oxford and Cambridge — already distin- guished as schools — were elevated to the rank of universities , des- tined to be formidable rivals of the older ...
... honoured leisure . Schools sprang up on every side . The great seminaries at Oxford and Cambridge — already distin- guished as schools — were elevated to the rank of universities , des- tined to be formidable rivals of the older ...
30. oldal
... honours of leafage and bloom . LATIN WRITERS . Let us first glance at the Latin writers of the Norman times . As has been already said , Latin was the language of churchmen , the most honoured class in the nation ; and therefore the ...
... honours of leafage and bloom . LATIN WRITERS . Let us first glance at the Latin writers of the Norman times . As has been already said , Latin was the language of churchmen , the most honoured class in the nation ; and therefore the ...
35. oldal
... Honour to the minstrel . Other names . Picture of a castle hall . Classes of minstrels . Their dress . Decay of the craft . Modern minstrels . English metrical romance . Robert of Gloucester . Robert Mannyng . Thomas the Rhymer ...
... Honour to the minstrel . Other names . Picture of a castle hall . Classes of minstrels . Their dress . Decay of the craft . Modern minstrels . English metrical romance . Robert of Gloucester . Robert Mannyng . Thomas the Rhymer ...
36. oldal
... honoured or more welcome guest than this wanderer , whose time of triumph came when the rough sub- stantial supper had vanished before the hungry hunters and their dogs , and the cups of mead or wine began to circle round the hall ...
... honoured or more welcome guest than this wanderer , whose time of triumph came when the rough sub- stantial supper had vanished before the hungry hunters and their dogs , and the cups of mead or wine began to circle round the hall ...
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