Chambers's Cyclopædia of English Literature, Volume 1J.B. Lippincott Company, 1902 - American literature |
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Page vi
... interest in our older litera- ture and a fuller knowledge of it , new facts , new theories , and new light on a thousand points , the increasing supply of new materials for selection , the continued activity of accepted authors , the ...
... interest in our older litera- ture and a fuller knowledge of it , new facts , new theories , and new light on a thousand points , the increasing supply of new materials for selection , the continued activity of accepted authors , the ...
Page vii
... interest him , to what he can read with pleasure and profit . The very shortness and fewness of the excerpts is a security that they shall only be taken as samples ; they are meant to whet the appetite , to stimulate curiosity , to be ...
... interest him , to what he can read with pleasure and profit . The very shortness and fewness of the excerpts is a security that they shall only be taken as samples ; they are meant to whet the appetite , to stimulate curiosity , to be ...
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... interest of the verses is not in these ques- tionable matters , but in the proud and pleasant account Widsith gives of himself as a wander- ing minstrel , and of the honour and gifts lavished on poets . We see him at the court of ...
... interest of the verses is not in these ques- tionable matters , but in the proud and pleasant account Widsith gives of himself as a wander- ing minstrel , and of the honour and gifts lavished on poets . We see him at the court of ...
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... interest - the Ruined Burg , the Wanderer , the Seafarer , the Wifes Complaint , and the Husband's Message . Along with these we may place a number of the Riddles , written , it is supposed , by Cynewulf when he was a wild young poet at ...
... interest - the Ruined Burg , the Wanderer , the Seafarer , the Wifes Complaint , and the Husband's Message . Along with these we may place a number of the Riddles , written , it is supposed , by Cynewulf when he was a wild young poet at ...
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... interest to Englishmen and with comments of his own . Among these was a full account of the geog- raphy of Germany , and of the countries where the English tongue had been spoken of old . To this he added the personal tales of two ...
... interest to Englishmen and with comments of his own . Among these was a full account of the geog- raphy of Germany , and of the countries where the English tongue had been spoken of old . To this he added the personal tales of two ...
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