History of English LiteratureA.L. Burt, 1979 - 1346 pages |
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... Cædmon , says Bede , their old was a more ignorant man than the others , who kn poetry ; so that in the hall , when they handed hi harp , he was obliged to withdraw , being unable to Jouffroy , " Problem of Human Destiny . " + Michelet ...
... Cædmon , says Bede , their old was a more ignorant man than the others , who kn poetry ; so that in the hall , when they handed hi harp , he was obliged to withdraw , being unable to Jouffroy , " Problem of Human Destiny . " + Michelet ...
Page 60
... Cædmon wh wrote the first hymn ; like him , at all events , who , pare phrasing the Bible with a barbarian's vigor and sublimity has shown the grandeur and fury of the sentiment wit which the men of these times entered into their new ...
... Cædmon wh wrote the first hymn ; like him , at all events , who , pare phrasing the Bible with a barbarian's vigor and sublimity has shown the grandeur and fury of the sentiment wit which the men of these times entered into their new ...
Page 186
... Cædmon and Adhelm , of Piers Plowman , and Robin Hood . Old Puttenham says : II . " In the latter end of the same king ( Henry the eight ) reigne , sprong up a new company of courtly makers , of whom Sir Thomas Wyat th ' elder and Henry ...
... Cædmon and Adhelm , of Piers Plowman , and Robin Hood . Old Puttenham says : II . " In the latter end of the same king ( Henry the eight ) reigne , sprong up a new company of courtly makers , of whom Sir Thomas Wyat th ' elder and Henry ...
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