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... English Anglo - Saxon Poetry Anglo - Saxon Prose The Nation and the Language II . THE ANGLO - NORMAN PERIOD The New Invasion . Development of Middle English Literature The Age of Chaucer Geoffrey Chaucer : Poet of the Dawn . III . THE ...
... English Anglo - Saxon Poetry Anglo - Saxon Prose The Nation and the Language II . THE ANGLO - NORMAN PERIOD The New Invasion . Development of Middle English Literature The Age of Chaucer Geoffrey Chaucer : Poet of the Dawn . III . THE ...
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... English Literature begins almost coincidently with the arrival and settlement of large companies of our Teutonic ancestors in Britain about 450 A. D. Britain and the Romans . I. BRITAIN AND THE ENGLISH . So far as history records , the ...
... English Literature begins almost coincidently with the arrival and settlement of large companies of our Teutonic ancestors in Britain about 450 A. D. Britain and the Romans . I. BRITAIN AND THE ENGLISH . So far as history records , the ...
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... English conquest move , until even Northumbria was under the English power . Meanwhile the Saxons had not lagged behind their neighbors in the conquest of the island . Succes- sive migrations of this people had already won more than a ...
... English conquest move , until even Northumbria was under the English power . Meanwhile the Saxons had not lagged behind their neighbors in the conquest of the island . Succes- sive migrations of this people had already won more than a ...
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... English people : there were ( 1 ) the English of the north , covering the whole of Northumberland , and ( 2 ) the English of East Anglia in Norfolk and Suffolk ; Kent was fairly included within the borders of ( 3 ) the West Saxons ...
... English people : there were ( 1 ) the English of the north , covering the whole of Northumberland , and ( 2 ) the English of East Anglia in Norfolk and Suffolk ; Kent was fairly included within the borders of ( 3 ) the West Saxons ...
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... English art is found in our great Anglo - Saxon epic , three thousand lines in length , which preserves out of the ... English Writers , vol . ii . 2 Stopford Brooke , History of Early English Literature . BEOWULF 11 The title of the ...
... English art is found in our great Anglo - Saxon epic , three thousand lines in length , which preserves out of the ... English Writers , vol . ii . 2 Stopford Brooke , History of Early English Literature . BEOWULF 11 The title of the ...
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Page 313 - Guid faith he mauna fa' that. For a' that, and a' that, Their dignities, and a' that ; The pith o' sense, and pride o' worth, Are higher rank than a that. Then let us pray that come it may, As come it will for a' that ; That sense and worth, o'er a' the earth, May bear the gree, and a' that. For a
Page 204 - Her finger was so small, the ring, Would not stay on, which they did bring, It was too wide a peck: And to say truth (for out it must) It looked like the great collar (just) About our young colt's neck. Her feet beneath her petticoat, Like little mice, stole in and out, As if they fear'd the light: But O she dances such a way!
Page 287 - Is not a Patron, my Lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help...
Page 121 - Piece out our imperfections with your thoughts ; Into a thousand parts divide one man, And make imaginary puissance ; Think, when we talk of horses, that you see them Printing their proud hoofs i...
Page 452 - FLOWER in the crannied wall, I pluck you out of the crannies, I hold you here, root and all, in my hand, Little flower — but if I could understand What you are, root and all, and all in all, I should know what God and man is.
Page 120 - On this unworthy scaffold to bring forth So great an object; can this cockpit hold The vasty fields of France? or may we cram Within this wooden O the very casques That did affright the air at Agincourt?
Page 197 - Alas ! what boots it with uncessant care To tend the homely, slighted, shepherd's trade, And strictly meditate the thankless Muse ? Were it not better done, as others use, To sport with Amaryllis in the shade, Or with the tangles of Neaera's hair...
Page 145 - The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together : our virtues would be proud if our faults whipped them not; and our crimes would despair if they were not cherished by our virtues.
Page 456 - Love took up the harp of Life, and smote on all the chords with might; Smote the chord of Self, that, trembling, pass'd in music out of sight.
Page 205 - Tell me not, Sweet, I am unkind That from the nunnery Of thy chaste breast and quiet mind, To war and arms I fly. True, a new mistress now I chase, The first foe in the field; And with a stronger faith embrace A sword, a horse, a shield. Yet this inconstancy is such As you too shall adore; I could not love thee, dear, so much, Loved I not honour more.