Shaw's New History of English Literature: Prepared on the Basis of "Shaw's Manual"Sheldon & Company, 1877 - 404 páginas |
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... written pieces , of Hrolfkraken , the Sea King , " and " The Surgeon's Song , " were contributions to Fraser's ... writing his " Outlines of English Literature , " a work expressly undertaken at the request of the authorities of the ...
... written pieces , of Hrolfkraken , the Sea King , " and " The Surgeon's Song , " were contributions to Fraser's ... writing his " Outlines of English Literature , " a work expressly undertaken at the request of the authorities of the ...
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... written in laws , in song , in 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 ...
... written in laws , in song , in 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 ...
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... written not earlier than the close of the tenth century . This most valuable of English records , now kept in the British Museum , was the work of a monk who wrote it from dictation . The writing is continuous , resembling our ...
... written not earlier than the close of the tenth century . This most valuable of English records , now kept in the British Museum , was the work of a monk who wrote it from dictation . The writing is continuous , resembling our ...
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... written by the monk of the seventh century . These poems of the Old English period , one produced while our ancestors were yet in paganism , the other after they had accepted Christianity , are the only extended works in verse which ...
... written by the monk of the seventh century . These poems of the Old English period , one produced while our ancestors were yet in paganism , the other after they had accepted Christianity , are the only extended works in verse which ...
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... written for the amuse- ment or instruction of comparatively ignorant people ; much of it was intended for recital to those who could not read . But there were monks in England who were studying and writing in Latin , then the only ...
... written for the amuse- ment or instruction of comparatively ignorant people ; much of it was intended for recital to those who could not read . But there were monks in England who were studying and writing in Latin , then the only ...
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