Biographia Britannica Literaria: Anglo-Saxon periodJ.W. Parker, 1842 - Anglo-Norman literature |
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... natives of the British Islands who are known to have enjoyed any literary reputation during the period of the Anglo - Saxon rule . And it is pro- posed by the Society , in continuing the work , to trace down the stream of British ...
... natives of the British Islands who are known to have enjoyed any literary reputation during the period of the Anglo - Saxon rule . And it is pro- posed by the Society , in continuing the work , to trace down the stream of British ...
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... native dress . In unskilful hands it sometimes became little more than alliterative prose ; but , as far as it is yet known to us , it never admitted any adventitious ornaments . Having been formed in a simple state of society , it ...
... native dress . In unskilful hands it sometimes became little more than alliterative prose ; but , as far as it is yet known to us , it never admitted any adventitious ornaments . Having been formed in a simple state of society , it ...
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... native ideas , and even with native superstitions . Not only the metaphors and epithets of the romances , and much of the old manners and feelings , were reproduced ( for Satan and Holofernes possess most of the attributes of Saxon ...
... native ideas , and even with native superstitions . Not only the metaphors and epithets of the romances , and much of the old manners and feelings , were reproduced ( for Satan and Holofernes possess most of the attributes of Saxon ...
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... native of Tarsus , was made Archbishop of Canterbury , and even at Rome was famous for his extensive acquaint- ance with profane as well as sacred literature , and that equally in the Latin and Greek languages . * His friend the Abbot ...
... native of Tarsus , was made Archbishop of Canterbury , and even at Rome was famous for his extensive acquaint- ance with profane as well as sacred literature , and that equally in the Latin and Greek languages . * His friend the Abbot ...
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... native tongue . Amongst those who had profited most by Adrian's teaching was Aldhelm of Sherburn . 2. The Anglo - Saxons approached the intellectual field which was thus laid open to them with extraordinary avidity . They were like the ...
... native tongue . Amongst those who had profited most by Adrian's teaching was Aldhelm of Sherburn . 2. The Anglo - Saxons approached the intellectual field which was thus laid open to them with extraordinary avidity . They were like the ...
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