Chambers's Cyclopædia of English Literature, Volume 1J.B. Lippincott Company, 1902 - American literature |
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... 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 under ...
... 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 under ...
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... story - telling , which could hardly help influencing the Border - English when , after the first fierce years of the Conquest , the Welsh of West Wales , of Wales , and of Cumbria were so often either in alliance with the English or ...
... story - telling , which could hardly help influencing the Border - English when , after the first fierce years of the Conquest , the Welsh of West Wales , of Wales , and of Cumbria were so often either in alliance with the English or ...
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... story of Heremod ; the story of Thrytho , which belongs to the ancient saga of Offa ' ; the story of Ingeld and Froda and Freaware , which was the origin of a whole circle of tales ; and , oldest of all , the story of Sigmund , which ...
... story of Heremod ; the story of Thrytho , which belongs to the ancient saga of Offa ' ; the story of Ingeld and Froda and Freaware , which was the origin of a whole circle of tales ; and , oldest of all , the story of Sigmund , which ...
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... story of Beowulf overcoming in his last fight the Dragon is probably the story of the aging Summer contend- ing with the powers of incoming Winter , who attempts to grasp the treasures of the harvest . The Summer God saves the golden ...
... story of Beowulf overcoming in his last fight the Dragon is probably the story of the aging Summer contend- ing with the powers of incoming Winter , who attempts to grasp the treasures of the harvest . The Summer God saves the golden ...
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... story of Cædmon's birth as a poet . One night , having the care of the cattle , he fell asleep in the stable , and ... story , dull , unilluminated by any imagination ; and partly in imaginative episodes , in which the Fall of the rebel ...
... story of Cædmon's birth as a poet . One night , having the care of the cattle , he fell asleep in the stable , and ... story , dull , unilluminated by any imagination ; and partly in imaginative episodes , in which the Fall of the rebel ...
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