Chambers's Cyclopædia of English Literature, Volume 1J.B. Lippincott Company, 1902 - American literature |
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... early occupation of Britain by the Romans were swept away by the hurricane of fire and sword which the English ... earliest of the longer poems is Widsith , the Far - voyager . Its personal part , in which the bard tells of himself and ...
... early occupation of Britain by the Romans were swept away by the hurricane of fire and sword which the English ... earliest of the longer poems is Widsith , the Far - voyager . Its personal part , in which the bard tells of himself and ...
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... early ' Lay of the Rood ' written , it is supposed , by Cædmon , and a portion of which is quoted on the Ruthwell Cross . Cynewulf wished to record before he died the vision of the Cross which converted him . He found this poem of ...
... early ' Lay of the Rood ' written , it is supposed , by Cædmon , and a portion of which is quoted on the Ruthwell Cross . Cynewulf wished to record before he died the vision of the Cross which converted him . He found this poem of ...
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... early Renaissance in Europe . The story of its rise and its fall belongs to York . The story of its growth and development belongs to Wearmouth and Jarrow . Christianity reached York in the year 627 , when Paullinus baptised Eadwine ...
... early Renaissance in Europe . The story of its rise and its fall belongs to York . The story of its growth and development belongs to Wearmouth and Jarrow . Christianity reached York in the year 627 , when Paullinus baptised Eadwine ...
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... early in the twelfth century . In that case , it and other twelfth - century poems of little account bring us still nearer to Middle English poetry , if they do not form part of it ; but it is best , when we speak of literature , to ...
... early in the twelfth century . In that case , it and other twelfth - century poems of little account bring us still nearer to Middle English poetry , if they do not form part of it ; but it is best , when we speak of literature , to ...
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... earliest mention we have of a play of this kind is of one in honour of St Catherine , performed at Dunstable by a ... early dramas on such subjects as the Resurrection are thoroughly religious in feeling , following closely the Bible ...
... earliest mention we have of a play of this kind is of one in honour of St Catherine , performed at Dunstable by a ... early dramas on such subjects as the Resurrection are thoroughly religious in feeling , following closely the Bible ...
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