English Literature: Considered as an Interpreter of English HistoryClaxton, 1877 - 488 páginas |
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... spirit of piratical adventure which had actuated the 1 His jurisdiction extended from Norfolk around to Sussex . This is the usually accepted division of tribes ; but Dr. Latham denies that the Jutes , or inhabitants of Jutland , shared ...
... spirit of piratical adventure which had actuated the 1 His jurisdiction extended from Norfolk around to Sussex . This is the usually accepted division of tribes ; but Dr. Latham denies that the Jutes , or inhabitants of Jutland , shared ...
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... spirit , as is evinced by their voyages to Iceland , Greenland , and thence to the Atlantic coast of North America , as early as the tenth and eleventh centuries . It is more directly to our purpose to observe their character as it is ...
... spirit , as is evinced by their voyages to Iceland , Greenland , and thence to the Atlantic coast of North America , as early as the tenth and eleventh centuries . It is more directly to our purpose to observe their character as it is ...
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... spirit of their ancestors . Immortal epics not only present magnificent displays of heroism for imita- tion , but , like the Iliad and Odyssey , still teach the theog- ony , national policy , and social history of a people , after the ...
... spirit of their ancestors . Immortal epics not only present magnificent displays of heroism for imita- tion , but , like the Iliad and Odyssey , still teach the theog- ony , national policy , and social history of a people , after the ...
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... spirit [ of the early British poetry ] is much more Druidical than Christian , ' " 2 and in its myste- rious and legendary nature , while it has been not without value as a historical representation of that early period , it has offered ...
... spirit [ of the early British poetry ] is much more Druidical than Christian , ' " 2 and in its myste- rious and legendary nature , while it has been not without value as a historical representation of that early period , it has offered ...
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... spirit of adventure - a rude knight - errantry — which characterized these northern sea - kings - that with such profit labor on the wide sea amid the contests of the ocean there they for riches and for deceitful glory explore its bays ...
... spirit of adventure - a rude knight - errantry — which characterized these northern sea - kings - that with such profit labor on the wide sea amid the contests of the ocean there they for riches and for deceitful glory explore its bays ...
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