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Page 91
... compositions of the later bards are almost our only source of in- formation , if we desire to form any idea of the intellectual horizon of the better situated classes outside the English pale . From the beginning of the thirteenth ...
... compositions of the later bards are almost our only source of in- formation , if we desire to form any idea of the intellectual horizon of the better situated classes outside the English pale . From the beginning of the thirteenth ...
Page 110
... compositions of the skalds . Such kennings as ' wolf of valour ' , ' glistening fierce dragon ' , ' fierce blood - stained raven ' , are common enough , and a bard may endeavour to find a different name or epithet for his lord in each ...
... compositions of the skalds . Such kennings as ' wolf of valour ' , ' glistening fierce dragon ' , ' fierce blood - stained raven ' , are common enough , and a bard may endeavour to find a different name or epithet for his lord in each ...
Page 120
... compositions . In the one case the liberality and munificence of an earthly patron is extolled , in the other the succour of the Virgin or of some saint is invoked . The themes and manner of treatment are , in part at any rate , a ...
... compositions . In the one case the liberality and munificence of an earthly patron is extolled , in the other the succour of the Virgin or of some saint is invoked . The themes and manner of treatment are , in part at any rate , a ...
Contents
LIST OF FELLOWS 1912 | 7 |
NINTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING JULY 5 1911 ADDRESS BY | 8 |
WARTON LECTURE ON ENGLISH POETRY | 8 |
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