A Hand-book of English and American Literature: Historical and Critical : with Illustrations of the Writings of Each Successive Period : for the Use of Schools and Academies |
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... the German or Teutonic element forms so large a portion of the family . † Gif was the old form of if . From the Ballad of Chevy Chase . ? Psalm exix . 148 , scrit ) ; 2. The Iranic , or language of 10 HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE .
... the German or Teutonic element forms so large a portion of the family . † Gif was the old form of if . From the Ballad of Chevy Chase . ? Psalm exix . 148 , scrit ) ; 2. The Iranic , or language of 10 HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE .
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... ballads . Three literary works are extant which are especially prized by philologists as showing the transitional stage in the lan- guage . They are the works of LAYAMON , the ANCREN RIWLE , and the ORMULUM . They were written probably ...
... ballads . Three literary works are extant which are especially prized by philologists as showing the transitional stage in the lan- guage . They are the works of LAYAMON , the ANCREN RIWLE , and the ORMULUM . They were written probably ...
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... ballad poetry . * In these rude rhymes we obtain a more vivid glimpse of the national life of the people than through the more pol- ished productions of the learned . Among the ballads which may be referred to this time are Chevy ...
... ballad poetry . * In these rude rhymes we obtain a more vivid glimpse of the national life of the people than through the more pol- ished productions of the learned . Among the ballads which may be referred to this time are Chevy ...
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... ballads utterly fail to express the vigor and rude melody of the originals . The most popular ballads suffered the most , by being transmitted orally from generation to generation , each reciter trying to make the meaning more ...
... ballads utterly fail to express the vigor and rude melody of the originals . The most popular ballads suffered the most , by being transmitted orally from generation to generation , each reciter trying to make the meaning more ...
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... ballad of Chevy- Chase . Indeed , the border feuds were the subject of many of the finest of the old ballads . THE FIRST FIT.1 The Perse owt of Northumberland , And a vowe to God mayd he , That he wolde hunte in the mountaynes Off ...
... ballad of Chevy- Chase . Indeed , the border feuds were the subject of many of the finest of the old ballads . THE FIRST FIT.1 The Perse owt of Northumberland , And a vowe to God mayd he , That he wolde hunte in the mountaynes Off ...
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