A History of English Literature, in a Series of Biographical SketchesT. Nelson and Sons, 1871 - 549 pages |
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... prose ; but the division of the lines is generally marked by a point . " The chief Anglo - Saxon poems that have come down to us are the Romance of Beowulf , and Caedmon's Paraphrase . Beowulf is a nameless poem of more than 6000 lines ...
... prose ; but the division of the lines is generally marked by a point . " The chief Anglo - Saxon poems that have come down to us are the Romance of Beowulf , and Caedmon's Paraphrase . Beowulf is a nameless poem of more than 6000 lines ...
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... Who the flame scattered ( Holy and heaven - bright ) Of the hot fire , Swept it and dashed away , Through his great might , The beams of flame ; So that their bodies were not Injured aught . ALFRED THE GREAT , 21 ANGLO - SAXON PROSE .
... Who the flame scattered ( Holy and heaven - bright ) Of the hot fire , Swept it and dashed away , Through his great might , The beams of flame ; So that their bodies were not Injured aught . ALFRED THE GREAT , 21 ANGLO - SAXON PROSE .
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... prose and verse . The great subject of these Latin works was theology , as was natural from the circumstance that they were chiefly the productions of the cloister . ALDHELM . - Most ancient of the Anglo - Saxon writers in Latin was ...
... prose and verse . The great subject of these Latin works was theology , as was natural from the circumstance that they were chiefly the productions of the cloister . ALDHELM . - Most ancient of the Anglo - Saxon writers in Latin was ...
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... prose and verse , was very great . Sermons were often preached in Latin . JOSEPH OF EXETER . - Josephus Iscanus , or Joseph of Exeter , was the leading Latin poet of this day . His chief works were two epic poems - one on the Trojan War ...
... prose and verse , was very great . Sermons were often preached in Latin . JOSEPH OF EXETER . - Josephus Iscanus , or Joseph of Exeter , was the leading Latin poet of this day . His chief works were two epic poems - one on the Trojan War ...
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... prose . Mandeville's birth . His travels . His return . His book written . His wild stories . Value of his book . Illustrative extract . THE earliest writer of English prose , whose work survives , was Sir John de Mandeville . He was ...
... prose . Mandeville's birth . His travels . His return . His book written . His wild stories . Value of his book . Illustrative extract . THE earliest writer of English prose , whose work survives , was Sir John de Mandeville . He was ...
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