Biographia Britannica Literaria: Anglo-Saxon periodJ.W. Parker, 1842 - Anglo-Norman literature |
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... as it was discussed among its profoundest teachers , and as it was presented in simpler form to the ears of the multitude . Lastly , amongst the VOL . I. B numerous manuscripts which the hand of time has spared to INTRODUCTORY ESSAY ...
... as it was discussed among its profoundest teachers , and as it was presented in simpler form to the ears of the multitude . Lastly , amongst the VOL . I. B numerous manuscripts which the hand of time has spared to INTRODUCTORY ESSAY ...
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Thomas Wright. numerous manuscripts which the hand of time has spared to us , the lighter literature of our Saxon forefathers pre- sents itself continually under many varying forms . § I. Anglo - Saxon Poetry and Romance . 1. The first ...
Thomas Wright. numerous manuscripts which the hand of time has spared to us , the lighter literature of our Saxon forefathers pre- sents itself continually under many varying forms . § I. Anglo - Saxon Poetry and Romance . 1. The first ...
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... manuscripts ; the famous Exeter manuscript is chiefly made up of such pieces . Beowulf bears internal evidence of having passed through many hands in its way from the age of paganism in which it was certainly moulded , up to that when ...
... manuscripts ; the famous Exeter manuscript is chiefly made up of such pieces . Beowulf bears internal evidence of having passed through many hands in its way from the age of paganism in which it was certainly moulded , up to that when ...
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... manuscripts , the Saxon poetry is always written continuously like prose , perhaps for the sake of convenience , but the division of the lines is generally marked by a point . Some Anglo - Saxon scholars , and the Germans more ...
... manuscripts , the Saxon poetry is always written continuously like prose , perhaps for the sake of convenience , but the division of the lines is generally marked by a point . Some Anglo - Saxon scholars , and the Germans more ...
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... manuscripts of Anglo - Saxon religious poetry , unless it be some very insignificant fragments , of an earlier date than the tenth century , nor does there occur any mention of such manuscripts before the time of King Alfred - the ...
... manuscripts of Anglo - Saxon religious poetry , unless it be some very insignificant fragments , of an earlier date than the tenth century , nor does there occur any mention of such manuscripts before the time of King Alfred - the ...
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