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... prose , are still preserved : particularly , two literal versions of the four gospels3 , and the spurious Cadmon's beautiful poetical paraphrase of the Book of Genesis1 , and the prophet Daniel . The third may be properly styled the ...
... prose , are still preserved : particularly , two literal versions of the four gospels3 , and the spurious Cadmon's beautiful poetical paraphrase of the Book of Genesis1 , and the prophet Daniel . The third may be properly styled the ...
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... prose into English rhyme before the year 12002. We are sure that they were written after the year 1169 , as they contain the LIFE of St. Thomas of Becket3 . In the Bodleian library are three MSS . copies of these LIVES OF THE SAINTS ...
... prose into English rhyme before the year 12002. We are sure that they were written after the year 1169 , as they contain the LIFE of St. Thomas of Becket3 . In the Bodleian library are three MSS . copies of these LIVES OF THE SAINTS ...
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... prose , there is a homily or exhortation on the Lord's prayer in verse : which , as it was evidently transcribed rather before the reign of Richard the first , we may place with some degree of cer- tainty before the year 1185 . Vre ...
... prose , there is a homily or exhortation on the Lord's prayer in verse : which , as it was evidently transcribed rather before the reign of Richard the first , we may place with some degree of cer- tainty before the year 1185 . Vre ...
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... . The whole manuscri¡ . consisting of many detached pieces both in verse and prose , was perhaps written in the reign of Henry VI . 7 MSS . Coll . Jef . Oxon . 86. membr . 6 Owl . Blow northerne wynd , sent Northerne wynd , blou ,
... . The whole manuscri¡ . consisting of many detached pieces both in verse and prose , was perhaps written in the reign of Henry VI . 7 MSS . Coll . Jef . Oxon . 86. membr . 6 Owl . Blow northerne wynd , sent Northerne wynd , blou ,
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... prose . As thus : ' A wayle whiyt as whalles bon | a grein in golde that godly shon | a ' tortle that min hart is on | in tonnes trewe | Hire gladship nes never gon while y may glewe . ' Sometimes they wrote three or four verses ...
... prose . As thus : ' A wayle whiyt as whalles bon | a grein in golde that godly shon | a ' tortle that min hart is on | in tonnes trewe | Hire gladship nes never gon while y may glewe . ' Sometimes they wrote three or four verses ...
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