A Manual of English Literature: Historical and Critical : with an Appendix on English MetresLongmans, Green, 1885 - 634 pages |
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... LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE IN THE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE STEPHEN'S GREEN , DUBLIN FIFTH EDITION , REVISED ODLEMAN LIE FE OXFO LONDON LONGMANS , GREEN , AND CO . 1885 All rights reserved 269 e PREFACE ΤΟ THE FIFTH EDITION . THIS work remains what.
... LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE IN THE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE STEPHEN'S GREEN , DUBLIN FIFTH EDITION , REVISED ODLEMAN LIE FE OXFO LONDON LONGMANS , GREEN , AND CO . 1885 All rights reserved 269 e PREFACE ΤΟ THE FIFTH EDITION . THIS work remains what.
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... Language and Literature , 8 ; Alliterative Poems , 9-20 ; ' Sainte Marherete , ' ' Joseph of Arimathie , ' William of Palerne , ' ' Geste Hystoriale , ' Clannesse , ' ' Pacience , ' ' Plowman's Crede ' ; connection between alliteration ...
... Language and Literature , 8 ; Alliterative Poems , 9-20 ; ' Sainte Marherete , ' ' Joseph of Arimathie , ' William of Palerne , ' ' Geste Hystoriale , ' Clannesse , ' ' Pacience , ' ' Plowman's Crede ' ; connection between alliteration ...
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... language of Europe , and which a generous and expansive mind , sick of irrational or semi - rational local usages , and material isolation , would rejoice to employ . 3. The Venerable Beda ( 673-735 ) , in whom the Saxon in- tellect ...
... language of Europe , and which a generous and expansive mind , sick of irrational or semi - rational local usages , and material isolation , would rejoice to employ . 3. The Venerable Beda ( 673-735 ) , in whom the Saxon in- tellect ...
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... language . 2 5. The earliest in date of all the Anglo - Saxon poems appears to be The Gleeman's Song . It forms a part of the well - known Exeter MS . , given to the cathedral of that city by Bishop Leofric in the time of Edward the ...
... language . 2 5. The earliest in date of all the Anglo - Saxon poems appears to be The Gleeman's Song . It forms a part of the well - known Exeter MS . , given to the cathedral of that city by Bishop Leofric in the time of Edward the ...
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... language , by which they were surrounded , and especially the inhabitants of Italy . But the Anglo - Saxon , after his con- version at the end of the seventh century , never again applied this name to the subjects of the Roman empire ...
... language , by which they were surrounded , and especially the inhabitants of Italy . But the Anglo - Saxon , after his con- version at the end of the seventh century , never again applied this name to the subjects of the Roman empire ...
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