Chambers's Cyclopædia of English Literature, Volume 1J.B. Lippincott Company, 1902 - American literature |
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... song and story saved the English land and folk and speech from Danish thraldom . The English language held its own when , later , Danish kings did rule the land ; it showed its irrepressible vitality during three centuries of depression ...
... song and story saved the English land and folk and speech from Danish thraldom . The English language held its own when , later , Danish kings did rule the land ; it showed its irrepressible vitality during three centuries of depression ...
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... song , one aphorism or sententious saying but few of the long series of his stories . Darwin something there should be , as a rule , to illus- had not yet put on paper the first rough sketch trate his average achievement , the standard ...
... song , one aphorism or sententious saying but few of the long series of his stories . Darwin something there should be , as a rule , to illus- had not yet put on paper the first rough sketch trate his average achievement , the standard ...
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... song ; so that we may even say that Dunstan , long years afterwards , derived from the nest of Irish scholars who were settled there part of the spirit which made his character , and began that Renais- sance of English learning which ...
... song ; so that we may even say that Dunstan , long years afterwards , derived from the nest of Irish scholars who were settled there part of the spirit which made his character , and began that Renais- sance of English learning which ...
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... songs . In these lays of religion , of war and agriculture , English poetry began in the ancient Engle - land while ... song . The Charm for Bewitched Land contains pure heathen lines such as : Hail be thou , Earth , mother of men ...
... songs . In these lays of religion , of war and agriculture , English poetry began in the ancient Engle - land while ... song . The Charm for Bewitched Land contains pure heathen lines such as : Hail be thou , Earth , mother of men ...
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... song . Silent in their dwellings They are sitting , bending forwards . name . Say what is my The Iceberg - Riddle xxxiv . Came a wondrous wight o'er the waves a - faring , Comely from his keel called he to the land . Loudly did he shout ...
... song . Silent in their dwellings They are sitting , bending forwards . name . Say what is my The Iceberg - Riddle xxxiv . Came a wondrous wight o'er the waves a - faring , Comely from his keel called he to the land . Loudly did he shout ...
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