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Pagina 18
... this Roman measure of distance . The French keep to their league ( lieue ) , the
measure which they had in use before the Romans troubled them , the old Keltic
leuga . In Saxon poetry we find the old highways called by the suggestive name ...
... this Roman measure of distance . The French keep to their league ( lieue ) , the
measure which they had in use before the Romans troubled them , the old Keltic
leuga . In Saxon poetry we find the old highways called by the suggestive name ...
Pagina 21
And eglantine , which has become the standard poetic name for the dog - rose ,
and which has such a French air , due to its having been adopted from the poetry
of the Fabliaux , is very probably a British word . With strong probability also may
...
And eglantine , which has become the standard poetic name for the dog - rose ,
and which has such a French air , due to its having been adopted from the poetry
of the Fabliaux , is very probably a British word . With strong probability also may
...
Pagina 26
We gather from the account in Będa , that the practice of making ballads was in a
high state of activity , and also that vernacular poetry was used as a vehicle of
popular instruction in the seventh century in Northumbria . And it is interesting to
...
We gather from the account in Będa , that the practice of making ballads was in a
high state of activity , and also that vernacular poetry was used as a vehicle of
popular instruction in the seventh century in Northumbria . And it is interesting to
...
Pagina 30
... interval at which Saxon literature was strongest ; but its duration exceeds these
limits at either end . We have poetry , laws , and annals before 880 30 SKETCH
OF THE RISE.
... interval at which Saxon literature was strongest ; but its duration exceeds these
limits at either end . We have poetry , laws , and annals before 880 30 SKETCH
OF THE RISE.
Pagina 31
We have poetry , laws , and annals before 880 , and we have large and important
continuations of Saxon Chronicles after 1066. Perhaps the most natural date to
adopt as the term of Saxon literature would be A.D. 1154 , the year of King ...
We have poetry , laws , and annals before 880 , and we have large and important
continuations of Saxon Chronicles after 1066. Perhaps the most natural date to
adopt as the term of Saxon literature would be A.D. 1154 , the year of King ...
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Informazioni bibliografiche
| Titolo | The Philology of the English Tongue Clarendon Press series |
| Autore | John Earle |
| Editore | Clarendon Press, 1871 |
| Provenienza dell'originale | Universitą di Princeton |
| Digitalizzato | 3 mar 2009 |
| Lunghezza | 599 pagine |
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