English Literature: From the beginnings to the age of Henry VIII, by Richard GarnettGrosset & Dunlap, 1903 - English literature |
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... thought in England , will be found to have a niche in these volumes . The illustrations form a feature of the book which is of supreme import- ance , but which must be left in the main to recommend itself . It will be admitted that no ...
... thought in England , will be found to have a niche in these volumes . The illustrations form a feature of the book which is of supreme import- ance , but which must be left in the main to recommend itself . It will be admitted that no ...
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... thought that even before the Saxon's advent , whatever visible traces of Roman dominion might remain , Roman influence was verging towards extinc- tion in Britain . The condition of the remains of several Roman cities at this day ...
... thought that even before the Saxon's advent , whatever visible traces of Roman dominion might remain , Roman influence was verging towards extinc- tion in Britain . The condition of the remains of several Roman cities at this day ...
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... thought to have been . How different it might have been if Carausius , near the end of the third century , had succeeded in his bold design of establishing an independent British kingdom ! How interesting the specula- tion whether , if ...
... thought to have been . How different it might have been if Carausius , near the end of the third century , had succeeded in his bold design of establishing an independent British kingdom ! How interesting the specula- tion whether , if ...
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... thought and the accumulation of knowledge has been hardly less favourable to poetry than to science . Beowulf does not stand quite alone among the Anglo - Saxon poems of the period ; enough , indeed , is left to have rendered probable ...
... thought and the accumulation of knowledge has been hardly less favourable to poetry than to science . Beowulf does not stand quite alone among the Anglo - Saxon poems of the period ; enough , indeed , is left to have rendered probable ...
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... thought is to be detected in it at any period . If the circumstances related of Caedmon's initiation into the poetic art are mythical , they at least attest the celebrity of the poems which gave birth to the legend ; if , on the other ...
... thought is to be detected in it at any period . If the circumstances related of Caedmon's initiation into the poetic art are mythical , they at least attest the celebrity of the poems which gave birth to the legend ; if , on the other ...
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Alfred Alfred's Anglo-Saxon literature appears ballad Beowulf Bible Bishop British Museum Caedmon Canterbury Canterbury Tales Caxton Celtic character Chaucer CHIG CHIG UNIV Christian Chronicle Church composition Confessio Amantis Conquest court Cynewulf dialect diction ecclesiastical Edward England English literature epic favour fifteenth century French Gower hath Henry VIII honour Huchown important influence Italian Italy John King Kingis Quair Knight kynges lady language Latin latter Layamon legend literary Lord Lydgate lyrical Mandeville mediæval merit metre metrical MICHI UNIV minstrel miracle play nevertheless noble Norman Northumbria Northumbrian original Ormulum Paston period Petrarch Piers Plowman poem poet poetical poetry popular prince printed probably prose religious remarkable rendered rhyme Richard romance RSITY Saxon says Scotland Scripture seems song speech spirit tale thee Thomas thou tion Title-page translation UNIV CHIG UNIV SITY UNIV UNIV verse writings written Wycliffe Wycliffe's
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Page 216 - And the Lord said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, 'Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward: "for all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.
Page 302 - I dought neither speak to prince or peer, Nor ask of grace from fair ladye.' 'Now hold thy peace!' the lady said, 'For as I say, so must it be.' He has gotten a coat of the even cloth, And a pair of shoes of velvet green ; And till seven years were gane and past, True Thomas on earth was never seen.
Page 304 - Now nay, now nay,' quoth Robin Hood, ' That boon I'll not grant thee ; I never ' hurt ' woman in all my life, Nor man in woman's company.
Page 258 - For herein may be seen noble chivalry, courtesy, humanity, friendliness, hardiness, love, friendship, cowardice, murder, hate, virtue, and sin. Do after the good and leave the evil, and it shall bring you to good fame and renown.
Page 77 - We must now proceed to the two great poems which were produced at the end of the eleventh or beginning of the twelfth century.
Page 305 - He belted on his guid braid sword, And to the field he ran; But he forgot the helmet good, That should have kept his brain. When Percy wi' the Douglas met, I wat he was fu
Page 353 - Toward me, the sweet port of his avail. Alas ! how oft in dreams I see Those eyes that were my food ; Which sometime so delighted me, That yet they do me good...
Page 352 - Where we did strain, trained with swarms of youth, Our tender limbs, that yet shot up in length. The secret groves, which oft we made resound Of pleasant plaint, and of our ladies' praise ; Recording oft what grace each one had found, What hope of speed, what dread of long delays.
Page 288 - Worship all ye that lovers be this May, For of your bliss the kalends are begun, And sing with us, away, winter away, Come, summer come, the sweet season and sun.
Page 308 - I think not nay, but, as ye say, It is no maiden's lore : But love may make me for your sake, As...