Biographia Britannica Literaria: Anglo-Saxon periodJ.W. Parker, 1842 - Anglo-Norman literature |
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... poetry held a high rank both by its com- parative importance and by its own intrinsic beauties . Life itself , and the language of life , were in those early ages essentially poetic ; man lived and acted according to his impulses and ...
... poetry held a high rank both by its com- parative importance and by its own intrinsic beauties . Life itself , and the language of life , were in those early ages essentially poetic ; man lived and acted according to his impulses and ...
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... poetry held amongst the enjoyments of life . If the poet would paint to us the joy which reigned in the royal hall of Heorot , he tells us of the song that resounded there- scóp hwílum sang hádor on Heorote . ( Beowulf , v . 987 ...
... poetry held amongst the enjoyments of life . If the poet would paint to us the joy which reigned in the royal hall of Heorot , he tells us of the song that resounded there- scóp hwílum sang hádor on Heorote . ( Beowulf , v . 987 ...
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... poetry the deeds which fell under his eye , to turn into derision the coward or the vanquished enemy , and to laud and exalt the conduct of his patrons . No sooner has Beowulf accomplished the defeat of the terrible Grendel , than the ...
... poetry the deeds which fell under his eye , to turn into derision the coward or the vanquished enemy , and to laud and exalt the conduct of his patrons . No sooner has Beowulf accomplished the defeat of the terrible Grendel , than the ...
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... poets had , by degrees , composed a large mass of national poetry , which formed collectively one grand mythic cycle . Their education consisted chiefly in committing this poetry to memory , and it was thus preserved from age to age ...
... poets had , by degrees , composed a large mass of national poetry , which formed collectively one grand mythic cycle . Their education consisted chiefly in committing this poetry to memory , and it was thus preserved from age to age ...
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... poetry belonged to the whole class , without being known severally as the work of this or that individual , it happens that all the Anglo - Saxon national poetry is anonymous . In like manner , the ques- tion as to the authors of most ...
... poetry belonged to the whole class , without being known severally as the work of this or that individual , it happens that all the Anglo - Saxon national poetry is anonymous . In like manner , the ques- tion as to the authors of most ...
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