Shaw's New History of English LiteratureSheldon & Company, 1878 - 404 páginas |
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... story . Its culture was expressed in literature , in the delicacy of ornaments , in architecture , in oratory , and was far superior to that of any other European nation in the Middle Ages . Its refinement was equalled by its valor ...
... story . Its culture was expressed in literature , in the delicacy of ornaments , in architecture , in oratory , and was far superior to that of any other European nation in the Middle Ages . Its refinement was equalled by its valor ...
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... story runs , King Hrothgar and his chosen subjects were wont to sit in his great hall listening to music , and drinking for their pleasure ; but their pleasure was disturbed by their fear of Grendel , a grim and terrible giant , who ...
... story runs , King Hrothgar and his chosen subjects were wont to sit in his great hall listening to music , and drinking for their pleasure ; but their pleasure was disturbed by their fear of Grendel , a grim and terrible giant , who ...
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... story was not later than the beginning of the sixth century , the only MS . which has preserved the narrative for us was written not earlier than the close of the tenth century . This most valuable of English records , now kept in the ...
... story was not later than the beginning of the sixth century , the only MS . which has preserved the narrative for us was written not earlier than the close of the tenth century . This most valuable of English records , now kept in the ...
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... story may have been told for the purpose of winning the reverent esteem of the people for Caedmon's teachings . But without the story he would have been eminent among men . His work exerted an extraordinary influence upon the national ...
... story may have been told for the purpose of winning the reverent esteem of the people for Caedmon's teachings . But without the story he would have been eminent among men . His work exerted an extraordinary influence upon the national ...
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... story of their political life . In careful and successful research , in arrangement of materials , and in felicity of style , he rises far above all Gothic historians of that age . Asser , a devout bishop , was the friend and counsellor ...
... story of their political life . In careful and successful research , in arrangement of materials , and in felicity of style , he rises far above all Gothic historians of that age . Asser , a devout bishop , was the friend and counsellor ...
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