A First View of English and American LiteratureC. Scribner's Sons, 1910 - 488 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة v
... given to biography and de- scriptive sketches , especially in the later periods . Each main epoch has been prefaced by a full historical introduction , and summarized in the form of a review - commentary and questions , together with ...
... given to biography and de- scriptive sketches , especially in the later periods . Each main epoch has been prefaced by a full historical introduction , and summarized in the form of a review - commentary and questions , together with ...
الصفحة 2
... given with the same fer- vor . It is characteristic of the grim nature of the Anglo- Saxon that he should fill with terror and gloom the ele- ment which he most loved to inhabit . - " 2 Anglo - Saxon Religion . The poetry which has come ...
... given with the same fer- vor . It is characteristic of the grim nature of the Anglo- Saxon that he should fill with terror and gloom the ele- ment which he most loved to inhabit . - " 2 Anglo - Saxon Religion . The poetry which has come ...
الصفحة 7
... given him up for dead . Great is the jubila- tion when the hero returns to the mead - hall with his thanes , and throws upon the floor the two gigantic heads , which four men apiece can hardly carry . Beowulf and the Fire - Dragon ...
... given him up for dead . Great is the jubila- tion when the hero returns to the mead - hall with his thanes , and throws upon the floor the two gigantic heads , which four men apiece can hardly carry . Beowulf and the Fire - Dragon ...
الصفحة 8
... given to it , no doubt , by the English monks who transcribed the manu- script . Still , in general tone it is pagan , and in origin continental . the Church in Rome and from Christianized Ireland , preach- 8 Old English Period.
... given to it , no doubt , by the English monks who transcribed the manu- script . Still , in general tone it is pagan , and in origin continental . the Church in Rome and from Christianized Ireland , preach- 8 Old English Period.
الصفحة 9
... given of Beowulf . What virtues and personal qualities make Beowulf , the young gothic Prince , the typical hero of our race in its early state ? Grendel is called " God's denier " ; was he so thought of by the original makers of the ...
... given of Beowulf . What virtues and personal qualities make Beowulf , the young gothic Prince , the typical hero of our race in its early state ? Grendel is called " God's denier " ; was he so thought of by the original makers of the ...
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