English Literature: From the beginnings to the age of Henry VIII, by Richard GarnettGrosset & Dunlap, 1903 - English literature |
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... doubt Hygelac is to be identi- fied with Chochilaicus , recorded by Gregory of Tours and in the Gesta Regum Franciae to have been cut off while devastating the lands of the Attuarii , the very tribe ( Het - ware ) mentioned in Beowulf ...
... doubt Hygelac is to be identi- fied with Chochilaicus , recorded by Gregory of Tours and in the Gesta Regum Franciae to have been cut off while devastating the lands of the Attuarii , the very tribe ( Het - ware ) mentioned in Beowulf ...
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... doubt the substantial veracity of the story ; although , were it now possible to investigate the circumstances on the spot , we should probably find that Caedmon was already versed Poems attri- buted to Caedmon 来吧 Expulsion of Adam ...
... doubt the substantial veracity of the story ; although , were it now possible to investigate the circumstances on the spot , we should probably find that Caedmon was already versed Poems attri- buted to Caedmon 来吧 Expulsion of Adam ...
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... doubts and fears kept him back from song for half a century , excels chiefly in tender passages , such as the following description of the Dove and the olive - tree , Far and wide she flew , Giad in flying free , till she found a place ...
... doubts and fears kept him back from song for half a century , excels chiefly in tender passages , such as the following description of the Dove and the olive - tree , Far and wide she flew , Giad in flying free , till she found a place ...
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... doubt that the poet wrote about the middle of the eighth century , and that his home was Northumbria . As already observed , the existence of his poems as we now have them in the Wessex dialect is no objection to the latter supposition ...
... doubt that the poet wrote about the middle of the eighth century , and that his home was Northumbria . As already observed , the existence of his poems as we now have them in the Wessex dialect is no objection to the latter supposition ...
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... doubt with good reason , ascribes a still stronger influence upon Alfred's development to his mother Osburga . The anecdotes of his youth handed down may belong to the domain of legend , but if so this is the legend which has its basis ...
... doubt with good reason , ascribes a still stronger influence upon Alfred's development to his mother Osburga . The anecdotes of his youth handed down may belong to the domain of legend , but if so this is the legend which has its basis ...
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