A First Sketch of English LiteratureCassell, 1892 - 1104 páginas |
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... common needs of life were foremost in man's thought . We have in this country two famous traditional periods of Celtic literature . One belongs to the Gael , the other to the Cymry ; and each centres in a battle . 5. About the Battle of ...
... common needs of life were foremost in man's thought . We have in this country two famous traditional periods of Celtic literature . One belongs to the Gael , the other to the Cymry ; and each centres in a battle . 5. About the Battle of ...
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... common name of Saxon . Anglo - Saxons meant , therefore , those Saxons who called themselves the Angles ; but Angle is no more than an imperfect re - translation of the Latin- ised name of the English . 2. Many Celts in our island had ...
... common name of Saxon . Anglo - Saxons meant , therefore , those Saxons who called themselves the Angles ; but Angle is no more than an imperfect re - translation of the Latin- ised name of the English . 2. Many Celts in our island had ...
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... common to the Celt and Teuton . When Lucan , who lived in the first century , sang of the liberty , and with that the great- ness , of Rome lost at Pharsalia , he said— " That liberty , ne'er to return again And flying civil war , her ...
... common to the Celt and Teuton . When Lucan , who lived in the first century , sang of the liberty , and with that the great- ness , of Rome lost at Pharsalia , he said— " That liberty , ne'er to return again And flying civil war , her ...
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... common country . 15. But they owed much to the fervour of the Celt . Dicuil , an Irish monk , who , in the year 825 , at the age of seventy , wrote a Latin description of the earth , says he had spoken with Culdees , or Celtic ...
... common country . 15. But they owed much to the fervour of the Celt . Dicuil , an Irish monk , who , in the year 825 , at the age of seventy , wrote a Latin description of the earth , says he had spoken with Culdees , or Celtic ...
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... common language of the learned , colloquy was a common way of teaching . Ælfric represents in his dialogue pupils , who beg to be taught , answering questions as to their respective trades ; and thus he brings out in a few pages a very ...
... common language of the learned , colloquy was a common way of teaching . Ælfric represents in his dialogue pupils , who beg to be taught , answering questions as to their respective trades ; and thus he brings out in a few pages a very ...
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