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... wrote would be familiar with English history , English social customs , the English language as spoken in England , and English geography and nature . Many Americans do not know these things . In consequence we overlook or misunder ...
... wrote would be familiar with English history , English social customs , the English language as spoken in England , and English geography and nature . Many Americans do not know these things . In consequence we overlook or misunder ...
Pagina 23
... death in combat with a fire - dragon . Perhaps the most famous figure of this age is the Ven- erable Bede ( 673-735 ) , a learned and pious monk who lived at Jarrow and wrote in Latin the Ecclesiastical His- 23 OLD ENGLISH : AGE OF POETRY.
... death in combat with a fire - dragon . Perhaps the most famous figure of this age is the Ven- erable Bede ( 673-735 ) , a learned and pious monk who lived at Jarrow and wrote in Latin the Ecclesiastical His- 23 OLD ENGLISH : AGE OF POETRY.
Pagina 24
... wrote Riddles on subjects from nature , and then turned to religious subjects . He is known to have written Christ and Elene , the latter a poem telling how the Empress Helena found the true cross . 867 AGE OF PROSE ( IN THE SOUTH ) ...
... wrote Riddles on subjects from nature , and then turned to religious subjects . He is known to have written Christ and Elene , the latter a poem telling how the Empress Helena found the true cross . 867 AGE OF PROSE ( IN THE SOUTH ) ...
Pagina 33
... wrote instead lines in which the number of syllables was fixed , accents came at regular intervals , and rime was much used . Chaucer , in the Prologue to the Canterbury Tales for instance , has lines normally of ten syllables , every ...
... wrote instead lines in which the number of syllables was fixed , accents came at regular intervals , and rime was much used . Chaucer , in the Prologue to the Canterbury Tales for instance , has lines normally of ten syllables , every ...
Pagina 34
... wrote principally in Latin . The upper classes used French . Eng- lish was the despised language of the conquered and was scarcely employed except for popular intercourse . In this time of only practical use it lost many of its in ...
... wrote principally in Latin . The upper classes used French . Eng- lish was the despised language of the conquered and was scarcely employed except for popular intercourse . In this time of only practical use it lost many of its in ...
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