Biographia Britannica Literaria: Anglo-Saxon periodJ.W. Parker, 1842 - Anglo-Norman literature |
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... continued strain of pomp and gran- deur , to which the Anglo - Saxon language itself was in its perfect state peculiarly suited . The principal charac- teristic of this poetry is an endless variety of epithet 8 [ Introd . ALLITERATION .
... continued strain of pomp and gran- deur , to which the Anglo - Saxon language itself was in its perfect state peculiarly suited . The principal charac- teristic of this poetry is an endless variety of epithet 8 [ Introd . ALLITERATION .
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... continued to be popular throughout the Anglo - Saxon period , is proved by many circumstances . Indeed their heroes were in most instances the direct ancestors of the Anglo - Saxon princes , and they must therefore always have been ...
... continued to be popular throughout the Anglo - Saxon period , is proved by many circumstances . Indeed their heroes were in most instances the direct ancestors of the Anglo - Saxon princes , and they must therefore always have been ...
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... continued influence in various ways . From time to time we detect them interweaving themselves with the graver recitals of the historian . As the Saxons became in course of time more and more firmly settled in , and identified with ...
... continued influence in various ways . From time to time we detect them interweaving themselves with the graver recitals of the historian . As the Saxons became in course of time more and more firmly settled in , and identified with ...
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... continued poem . That known as the Exeter Manuscript , is extremely miscellaneous : we find in it fragments of Cadmon and other religious poems , pious songs in praise of the Virgin , legends of the day of judgment , of the punishments ...
... continued poem . That known as the Exeter Manuscript , is extremely miscellaneous : we find in it fragments of Cadmon and other religious poems , pious songs in praise of the Virgin , legends of the day of judgment , of the punishments ...
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... continued wars of the ninth and tenth centuries , the peace- ful dictates of Christianity were among the last subjects that would be listened to by the excited warriors . The minstrel who would obtain praise or reward , sang matters of ...
... continued wars of the ninth and tenth centuries , the peace- ful dictates of Christianity were among the last subjects that would be listened to by the excited warriors . The minstrel who would obtain praise or reward , sang matters of ...
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