A First View of English LiteratureC. Scribner's sons, 1923 - 424 من الصفحات |
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... later hands and given a Christian coloring . But from other sources we know who were the primitive gods of the race : Tiu , a mys- terious and dreadful deity of war ; Woden , father of the later dynasty of gods , and patron of seers and ...
... later hands and given a Christian coloring . But from other sources we know who were the primitive gods of the race : Tiu , a mys- terious and dreadful deity of war ; Woden , father of the later dynasty of gods , and patron of seers and ...
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... later , the only literature which remains to us was produced in Wessex . It is almost entirely a litera- ture of prose . The best of it was the work of King Alfred himself , or produced under his immediate encouragement . What King ...
... later , the only literature which remains to us was produced in Wessex . It is almost entirely a litera- ture of prose . The best of it was the work of King Alfred himself , or produced under his immediate encouragement . What King ...
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... later , treated Caedmon's theme , " the beginning of created things " ? From what source do we learn the name of the greatest poet of this time ? Relate the traditions concerning his life . Which of the writings attributed to him are ...
... later , treated Caedmon's theme , " the beginning of created things " ? From what source do we learn the name of the greatest poet of this time ? Relate the traditions concerning his life . Which of the writings attributed to him are ...
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... Later Life : English Period . - In 1386 Chaucer was sent to Parliament as member from Kent . This Parlia- ment was in opposition to Chaucer's patron , John of Gaunt , and Chaucer was deprived of his office as controller . Three years later ...
... Later Life : English Period . - In 1386 Chaucer was sent to Parliament as member from Kent . This Parlia- ment was in opposition to Chaucer's patron , John of Gaunt , and Chaucer was deprived of his office as controller . Three years later ...
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... later , in the Reformation . Chaucer paints the char- acter of the Parson , poor in this world's goods but " rich of holy thought and work , " with loving and reverent touch . The Parson's brother travels with him - a Plowman , a " true ...
... later , in the Reformation . Chaucer paints the char- acter of the Parson , poor in this world's goods but " rich of holy thought and work , " with loving and reverent touch . The Parson's brother travels with him - a Plowman , a " true ...
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