Biographia Britannica Literaria: Anglo-Saxon periodJ.W. Parker, 1842 - Anglo-Norman literature |
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... early ages essentially poetic ; man lived and acted according to his impulses and passions ; he was unacquainted with the business - like movements and feelings of more civilized existence ; when he was not occupied in imitating the ...
... early ages essentially poetic ; man lived and acted according to his impulses and passions ; he was unacquainted with the business - like movements and feelings of more civilized existence ; when he was not occupied in imitating the ...
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... early manners in this interesting poem . The fragment first printed by Hickes , and reprinted in Kemble's Beowulf under the title of " The Battle In their passage from one minstrel to another , these 6 [ Introd . THE MINSTREL'S POETRY .
... early manners in this interesting poem . The fragment first printed by Hickes , and reprinted in Kemble's Beowulf under the title of " The Battle In their passage from one minstrel to another , these 6 [ Introd . THE MINSTREL'S POETRY .
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... early Grecian cycles was among the Greeks themselves a matter of great uncertainty . The practice of singing detached . pieces also accounts for the fragments of larger poems which are still found in manuscripts ; the famous Exeter ...
... early Grecian cycles was among the Greeks themselves a matter of great uncertainty . The practice of singing detached . pieces also accounts for the fragments of larger poems which are still found in manuscripts ; the famous Exeter ...
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... early romances 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 ...
... early romances 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 ...
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... early in the lat- ter half of the same century , that we owe the establish- ment of learning among the Anglo - Saxons . Theodore , a native of Tarsus , was made Archbishop of Canterbury , and even at Rome was famous for his extensive ...
... early in the lat- ter half of the same century , that we owe the establish- ment of learning among the Anglo - Saxons . Theodore , a native of Tarsus , was made Archbishop of Canterbury , and even at Rome was famous for his extensive ...
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