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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... whole of Northumbria received the faith from Irish missionaries , and set up a number of civilising monasteries on the Irish pattern . All the awakening and inspiring emotions of religion , out of which so much of literature is born ...
... whole of Northumbria received the faith from Irish missionaries , and set up a number of civilising monasteries on the Irish pattern . All the awakening and inspiring emotions of religion , out of which so much of literature is born ...
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... whole circle of tales ; and , oldest of all , the story of Sigmund , which after- wards was developed into the great Volsunga- Saga in the north , and in Germany into the Nibelungen Lied . Beowulf . We have one great saga of our own ...
... whole circle of tales ; and , oldest of all , the story of Sigmund , which after- wards was developed into the great Volsunga- Saga in the north , and in Germany into the Nibelungen Lied . Beowulf . We have one great saga of our own ...
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... whole . Grendel's dam is a sea - monster , and lives in a sea - cave ; her hands are armed with claws ; her blood eats like fire ; she is even more savage than her son . The place where she dwells among the cliffs , in a gorge where the ...
... whole . Grendel's dam is a sea - monster , and lives in a sea - cave ; her hands are armed with claws ; her blood eats like fire ; she is even more savage than her son . The place where she dwells among the cliffs , in a gorge where the ...
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... whole of the episodes and gives them life and movement , is largely used in the story of Hagar , and almost suggests the drama . The sacrifice of Isaac is full of Teutonic touches - the bale - fire , the white - haired gold - giver ...
... whole of the episodes and gives them life and movement , is largely used in the story of Hagar , and almost suggests the drama . The sacrifice of Isaac is full of Teutonic touches - the bale - fire , the white - haired gold - giver ...
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... whole of Sections x . , xi . , and xii . Section x . begins with the feast of Holofernes and the leading of Judith to his tent . He reels into his bed , drunken and shouting . ' Avenge , O God ! ' she cries , this burning at my heart ...
... whole of Sections x . , xi . , and xii . Section x . begins with the feast of Holofernes and the leading of Judith to his tent . He reels into his bed , drunken and shouting . ' Avenge , O God ! ' she cries , this burning at my heart ...
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