A Handbook of German LiteratureG. Bell and sons, 1895 - 157 pages |
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... wrote of their freedom from all control , their lawlessness , and love of plunder . These bar- barians were the people who in the pride of their strength B were to crush out the effete civilization of the Roman THE ORIGIN OF GERMAN ...
... wrote of their freedom from all control , their lawlessness , and love of plunder . These bar- barians were the people who in the pride of their strength B were to crush out the effete civilization of the Roman THE ORIGIN OF GERMAN ...
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... wrote in rhyme , traces of which appear in the ninth century , and expressed his belief that the angels help pious poets in their work . The Ludwigslied , written probably by the monk Hucbald , celebrated the victory of King Ludwig III ...
... wrote in rhyme , traces of which appear in the ninth century , and expressed his belief that the angels help pious poets in their work . The Ludwigslied , written probably by the monk Hucbald , celebrated the victory of King Ludwig III ...
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... wrote six comedies in Latin prose on the model of Terence , several Legends , and a Eulogy of Kaiser Otto I. Hroswitha is remarkable as having been the first dramatist after the Romans . She treated her subjects with some of the ...
... wrote six comedies in Latin prose on the model of Terence , several Legends , and a Eulogy of Kaiser Otto I. Hroswitha is remarkable as having been the first dramatist after the Romans . She treated her subjects with some of the ...
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... wrote " Flore und Blancheflur , ” the well- known story of the two child - lovers - typical , perhaps , of the loves of flowers , lily and rose - adapted from the French , which had already appeared in the dialect of 66 ERSTE BLÜTEZEIT ...
... wrote " Flore und Blancheflur , ” the well- known story of the two child - lovers - typical , perhaps , of the loves of flowers , lily and rose - adapted from the French , which had already appeared in the dialect of 66 ERSTE BLÜTEZEIT ...
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... wrote a " Klage der Kunst " in which he lamented the too cold reception of poetry by an unappreciative world . The consideration of these minor poets brings us to the satirical writers of the period , the chief of whom are : Stricker ...
... wrote a " Klage der Kunst " in which he lamented the too cold reception of poetry by an unappreciative world . The consideration of these minor poets brings us to the satirical writers of the period , the chief of whom are : Stricker ...
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