Chambers's Cyclopædia of English Literature, Volume 1J.B. Lippincott Company, 1902 - American literature |
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... called English , and spoken by a few hundred thousand islanders , were un- known outside the island . Queen Elizabeth ruled scarcely three million subjects , many of whom were not of English speech ; while to many more in the north and ...
... called English , and spoken by a few hundred thousand islanders , were un- known outside the island . Queen Elizabeth ruled scarcely three million subjects , many of whom were not of English speech ; while to many more in the north and ...
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... called he to the land . Loudly did he shout , and his laughter dreadful was , Full of terror to the Earth ! Sharp the edges of his swords , Grim was then his hate . He was greedy for the slaughter , Bitter in the battle work ; broke ...
... called he to the land . Loudly did he shout , and his laughter dreadful was , Full of terror to the Earth ! Sharp the edges of his swords , Grim was then his hate . He was greedy for the slaughter , Bitter in the battle work ; broke ...
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... called the Fallen Angels , the second the Harrowing of Hell , and the third the Temptation . The character of Satan in them differs greatly from that in Genesis A or B , and so does the description of hell . The bond of comradeship ...
... called the Fallen Angels , the second the Harrowing of Hell , and the third the Temptation . The character of Satan in them differs greatly from that in Genesis A or B , and so does the description of hell . The bond of comradeship ...
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... called literature . Old English writings , such as the Homilies of Elfric and the Translations of the Gospels made in the eleventh century , and now called the Hatton Gospels , were copied and modernised . Monasteries , remote from ...
... called literature . Old English writings , such as the Homilies of Elfric and the Translations of the Gospels made in the eleventh century , and now called the Hatton Gospels , were copied and modernised . Monasteries , remote from ...
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... called Cædmonian poems is in the Bodleian . The Fight at Finnsburg was found on the cover of a MS . of Homilies at Lambeth , Waldhere on two vellum leaves at Copenhagen ; the Battle of Brunanburh is in the Anglo - Saxon Chronicle , and ...
... called Cædmonian poems is in the Bodleian . The Fight at Finnsburg was found on the cover of a MS . of Homilies at Lambeth , Waldhere on two vellum leaves at Copenhagen ; the Battle of Brunanburh is in the Anglo - Saxon Chronicle , and ...
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