History of English Literature: To Wiclif, tr. by H. M. KennedyG. Belland sons, 1904 |
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... as little lack of heroic leaders among the Britons as among the English . Many of their names are commemo- rated in the Welsh bardic songs , whose professed antiquity , it is true , cannot defend them against the suspicion.
... as little lack of heroic leaders among the Britons as among the English . Many of their names are commemo- rated in the Welsh bardic songs , whose professed antiquity , it is true , cannot defend them against the suspicion.
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Bernhard Aegidius Konrad ten Brink. it is true , cannot defend them against the suspicion of being , at least in part , patriotic fictions . Later chronicles , still more legendary than these songs , lavish on the name of Arthur all the ...
Bernhard Aegidius Konrad ten Brink. it is true , cannot defend them against the suspicion of being , at least in part , patriotic fictions . Later chronicles , still more legendary than these songs , lavish on the name of Arthur all the ...
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... true , been wholly without influence . They had not sufficed , however , to turn the course of organic develop- ment into other channels . Indeed , the most important edu- cational factor which , in the olden time , had penetrated from ...
... true , been wholly without influence . They had not sufficed , however , to turn the course of organic develop- ment into other channels . Indeed , the most important edu- cational factor which , in the olden time , had penetrated from ...
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... true character . For this measure moves majestically on with impassioned emphasis , clinging most closely to the subject - matter ; each syllable is uttered with force . The sentence rarely closes with the ending of the verse ; it ...
... true character . For this measure moves majestically on with impassioned emphasis , clinging most closely to the subject - matter ; each syllable is uttered with force . The sentence rarely closes with the ending of the verse ; it ...
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... true significance only in the lapse of centuries . Every new principle can take root only by joining and accommodating itself to what is already established . Christian missionaries in all times have deferred to customs and opinions as ...
... true significance only in the lapse of centuries . Every new principle can take root only by joining and accommodating itself to what is already established . Christian missionaries in all times have deferred to customs and opinions as ...
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Aelfred Aelfred's Aelfric Aldhelm alliteration alliterative ancient Anglo-Norman Annals appears battle Beda beginning belong Beowa Beowulf bishop Byrhtnoth Caedmon cæsura Charlemagne chiefly Christ Christian chronicle church close culture Cursor mundi Cynewulf death diction ecclesiastical elements England epic epoch epos especially fabliau feeling French Gawayne Genesis German Hampole Hence Henry Henry III hero holy homilies influence king knight land language later Latin learned legend less lines literature lives lord lyrical manner material ment metre monk narrative Norman Northumbrian Old English original passages perhaps period Piers Plowman poem Poesie poet poetical poetry popular prose reign religious rhyme Richard romance saga saints Saxon seems short couplets song Song of Roland spirit story strophe strophic form style Teutonic thee thegns theme thirteenth century thou tion tone tradition translation twelfth century verse Widsith William words writings
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