A History of English Literature in a Series of Biographical SketchesNelson, 1892 - 550 pages |
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... steps which were taken , as the world grew from morning into prime , towards the produc- tion of that grand triumph of human thought and skill we call a modern book . 16 REMAINS OF CELTIC LITERATURE . Origin of the Ballad.
... steps which were taken , as the world grew from morning into prime , towards the produc- tion of that grand triumph of human thought and skill we call a modern book . 16 REMAINS OF CELTIC LITERATURE . Origin of the Ballad.
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... lated these graphic pictures of old Celtic life , have never been produced . A narrative in verse , called the Albanic Duan , is thought to have been composed in the eleventh century . ( 15 ) LATIN AUTHORS AMONG THE CELTS . 17 In Wales ,
... lated these graphic pictures of old Celtic life , have never been produced . A narrative in verse , called the Albanic Duan , is thought to have been composed in the eleventh century . ( 15 ) LATIN AUTHORS AMONG THE CELTS . 17 In Wales ,
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... thought to have been a monk of Bangor , is said also to have written a History of the Britons . The Latin poems of St. Columbanus , an Irish missionary to the Gauls , are spoken of by Moore as " shining out in this twilight period of ...
... thought to have been a monk of Bangor , is said also to have written a History of the Britons . The Latin poems of St. Columbanus , an Irish missionary to the Gauls , are spoken of by Moore as " shining out in this twilight period of ...
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... thought to be much older than the manuscript of it which we possess . Its hero , BEOWULF , is a Danish soldier , who , passing through many dangers by land and sea , slays a monster , Grendel , but is himself slain in an attack upon a ...
... thought to be much older than the manuscript of it which we possess . Its hero , BEOWULF , is a Danish soldier , who , passing through many dangers by land and sea , slays a monster , Grendel , but is himself slain in an attack upon a ...
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... thought than Anglo - Saxon children commonly enjoyed . When he had reached his twelfth year , he won as a prize a beautiful book of Saxon poetry , which his mother had promised to that one of her sons who should first commit its ...
... thought than Anglo - Saxon children commonly enjoyed . When he had reached his twelfth year , he won as a prize a beautiful book of Saxon poetry , which his mother had promised to that one of her sons who should first commit its ...
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