Chambers's Cyclopædia of English Literature, Volume 1J.B. Lippincott Company, 1902 - American literature |
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Page vi
... in England ; Longfellow and Lowell or to give the spirit and quintessence of the had each published but one volume of original | several authors ; still less does it aim to CONTENTS . PAGE 79 88888 81 81 82 82 84 vi Preface.
... in England ; Longfellow and Lowell or to give the spirit and quintessence of the had each published but one volume of original | several authors ; still less does it aim to CONTENTS . PAGE 79 88888 81 81 82 82 84 vi Preface.
Page vii
... original works . In no case will one rise from articles of ours flattering himself that now he knows his author and may consider that subject settled . What we give him is little more than a catalogue raisonné , an illustrated ...
... original works . In no case will one rise from articles of ours flattering himself that now he knows his author and may consider that subject settled . What we give him is little more than a catalogue raisonné , an illustrated ...
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... original work of a still later period . up There existed then , close to the border - land between the English and the Cymry , a great body of living and growing poetry , and of im- aginative story - telling , which could hardly help ...
... original work of a still later period . up There existed then , close to the border - land between the English and the Cymry , a great body of living and growing poetry , and of im- aginative story - telling , which could hardly help ...
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... in which the bard tells of himself and his wanderings , may belong in its original form to the fifth century , but many additions were afterwards made to these ancient verses 4 The Oldest Engle - land LITERATURE BEFORE THE ENGLISH INVASION.
... in which the bard tells of himself and his wanderings , may belong in its original form to the fifth century , but many additions were afterwards made to these ancient verses 4 The Oldest Engle - land LITERATURE BEFORE THE ENGLISH INVASION.
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... original German seventh - century form of the poem . The Christian and chivalric elements of the later forms are entirely absent in the verses we possess . Waldhere flies with his love Hildeguthe from the Huns , and is She en- pursued ...
... original German seventh - century form of the poem . The Christian and chivalric elements of the later forms are entirely absent in the verses we possess . Waldhere flies with his love Hildeguthe from the Huns , and is She en- pursued ...
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