Chamber's Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History, Critical and Biographical, of Authors in the English Tongue from the Earliest Times Till the Present Day, with Specimens of Their Writings, Volume 1J. B. Lippincott, 1910 - American literature |
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Page 15
... Father . And I bide here , waiting till He on whose Rood I looked of old shall bring me to the happy place where the High God's folk are set at the evening meal . ' And with that the " oetry and the life of Cynewulf close . The time is ...
... Father . And I bide here , waiting till He on whose Rood I looked of old shall bring me to the happy place where the High God's folk are set at the evening meal . ' And with that the " oetry and the life of Cynewulf close . The time is ...
Page 45
... father is called King Murry , in the third his name is Allof . The ' Saracens ' slay Allof ; and though they will not kill Horn because of his beauty , they set him adrift in a boat with twelve companions . The boat carries them to ...
... father is called King Murry , in the third his name is Allof . The ' Saracens ' slay Allof ; and though they will not kill Horn because of his beauty , they set him adrift in a boat with twelve companions . The boat carries them to ...
Page 49
... Father , I shall fett her in , I trawe Withouten any faile . Mother , my father after thee sende , And biddes thee into yonder ship wende , Loke up and see the winde , For we bene ready to saile . Noah's Wife . Shem , go again to him ...
... Father , I shall fett her in , I trawe Withouten any faile . Mother , my father after thee sende , And biddes thee into yonder ship wende , Loke up and see the winde , For we bene ready to saile . Noah's Wife . Shem , go again to him ...
Page 54
... father cannot understand how so little a child can have so rich a reward , the parable of the Labourers in the Vineyard is told to enlighten him . Much of the poem is taken up with the glories of an apocalyptic vision ; and at last ...
... father cannot understand how so little a child can have so rich a reward , the parable of the Labourers in the Vineyard is told to enlighten him . Much of the poem is taken up with the glories of an apocalyptic vision ; and at last ...
Page 56
... father needed the help of friends to send him to school . The death of these friends seems to have cut short his career , and he describes himself as living in London , and on London , earning money by sing- ing requiems for hire ...
... father needed the help of friends to send him to school . The death of these friends seems to have cut short his career , and he describes himself as living in London , and on London , earning money by sing- ing requiems for hire ...
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