The Philology of the English TongueClarendon Press, 1880 - 700 pagine |
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Pagina 26
... literature to call their language Seaxisc , but always ENGLISC1 . The explanation of this must be sought , as I have already indicated , in that early leadership which was enjoyed by the kingdom of Northumbria in the seventh and eighth ...
... literature to call their language Seaxisc , but always ENGLISC1 . The explanation of this must be sought , as I have already indicated , in that early leadership which was enjoyed by the kingdom of Northumbria in the seventh and eighth ...
Pagina 27
... literature of Northumbria perished in the ravages of the Danes , and not enough remains to give an intimation of what is lost . Meantime , the old mythic songs still held their own in the south , where no strong growth of Christian ...
... literature of Northumbria perished in the ravages of the Danes , and not enough remains to give an intimation of what is lost . Meantime , the old mythic songs still held their own in the south , where no strong growth of Christian ...
Pagina 28
... literature . He died in A.D. 709. He translated the Psalms of David into his native tongue , and composed popular hymns to drive out the old pagan songs . But though we can point to Aldhelm , and one or two other names of cultivated men ...
... literature . He died in A.D. 709. He translated the Psalms of David into his native tongue , and composed popular hymns to drive out the old pagan songs . But though we can point to Aldhelm , and one or two other names of cultivated men ...
Pagina 29
... literature starts up almost full - grown . It seems as if it grew up suddenly , and reached perfection at a bound without preparation or antecedents . It has been too much the habit to suppose that this phenomenon is sufficiently ...
... literature starts up almost full - grown . It seems as if it grew up suddenly , and reached perfection at a bound without preparation or antecedents . It has been too much the habit to suppose that this phenomenon is sufficiently ...
Pagina 31
... literature was strongest ; but its duration exceeds these limits at either end . 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 ...
... literature was strongest ; but its duration exceeds these limits at either end . 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 ...
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