A Student's History of English Literature |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 65
Page 2
... called style , and which reflect more or less of the personality which gave them birth . Hence it has happened frequently that books designed to inform have also partaken of these other qualities as well , and have found a permanent ...
... called style , and which reflect more or less of the personality which gave them birth . Hence it has happened frequently that books designed to inform have also partaken of these other qualities as well , and have found a permanent ...
Page 5
... called Essex ; to the south of them lay the domain of the South Saxons , who have left their name in Sussex ; while the more powerful kindred of the West Saxons covered the territory as far west as Cornwall , and won in time the ...
... called Essex ; to the south of them lay the domain of the South Saxons , who have left their name in Sussex ; while the more powerful kindred of the West Saxons covered the territory as far west as Cornwall , and won in time the ...
Page 9
... called Exeter Book , a priceless volume of Anglo - Saxon man- uscript , presented to the Cathedral at Exeter by Bishop Leofric ( 1046-73 ) , still in the possession of the cathedral . Sometimes called The Scop , or The Traveller's Song ...
... called Exeter Book , a priceless volume of Anglo - Saxon man- uscript , presented to the Cathedral at Exeter by Bishop Leofric ( 1046-73 ) , still in the possession of the cathedral . Sometimes called The Scop , or The Traveller's Song ...
Page 17
... called alliteration , and this is the most conspicuous feature of Anglo- Saxon poetry . The common type of verse is found in lines 4 , 5 , 7 , 8 , 11 , where two syllables alliterating in the first half - verse are followed by one such ...
... called alliteration , and this is the most conspicuous feature of Anglo- Saxon poetry . The common type of verse is found in lines 4 , 5 , 7 , 8 , 11 , where two syllables alliterating in the first half - verse are followed by one such ...
Page 18
... called the " helm " of the Scyld- ings . In descriptive passages the poet loved to let his fancy play about his theme , reintroducing the idea , but turning his phrase to let light fall upon it from some other side . Thus , in ...
... called the " helm " of the Scyld- ings . In descriptive passages the poet loved to let his fancy play about his theme , reintroducing the idea , but turning his phrase to let light fall upon it from some other side . Thus , in ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Addison Alfred Anglo-Saxon appeared Bacon beauty became Ben Jonson Beowulf Byron Cędmon Canterbury Tales career Carlyle century character Charles Charles Lamb Chaucer Church classic Coleridge composition criticism Cynewulf death drama Dryden early edited England epic essays euphuism expression fame famous fiction Francis Bacon friends genius Geoffrey Chaucer Hamlet Henry hero honor humor impressive influence interest Ivanhoe John John Bunyan John Dryden John Ruskin Johnson Jonathan Swift King later Latin lines lish literary lived London Lord Macaulay ment Milton moral narrative nature novel novelist Paracelsus passages passion period plays poem poet poet's poetry Pope Pope's prose published Puritan Quincey romance Ruskin satire Saxon scene Scott Scriblerus Club Shakespeare Shelley song spirit stanza story student style SUGGESTIONS FOR STUDY Swift Tatler Tennyson tion translation verse volume Widsith William Wordsworth writer wrote