A History of English Literature for Secondary SchoolsHarper, 1894 - 394 halaman |
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... king of the English in 828 . From 835 to 1066. — Danish invasions ( 856 to 869 ) —Fife , Northum- bria , East Anglia ravaged , and King Edmund killed . Reign of Alfred the Great ( 871-901 ) . The Dane law defined in 878. After Alfred ...
... king of the English in 828 . From 835 to 1066. — Danish invasions ( 856 to 869 ) —Fife , Northum- bria , East Anglia ravaged , and King Edmund killed . Reign of Alfred the Great ( 871-901 ) . The Dane law defined in 878. After Alfred ...
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... King Alfred . The Saxon Chronicle is the most notable specimen of native English literary history of the Anglo - Saxon period ; it includes such excellent examples of historical verse as The Battle of Brunanburgh ( 937 ) and The Battle ...
... King Alfred . The Saxon Chronicle is the most notable specimen of native English literary history of the Anglo - Saxon period ; it includes such excellent examples of historical verse as The Battle of Brunanburgh ( 937 ) and The Battle ...
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... king to his people . The Saga of Beowulf It is a story of old Scandinavian life and pagan heroism . The scene is in Zealand and Gothland , and the Baltic Sound that separates them . In Zealand for many years had reigned King Hrothgar ...
... king to his people . The Saga of Beowulf It is a story of old Scandinavian life and pagan heroism . The scene is in Zealand and Gothland , and the Baltic Sound that separates them . In Zealand for many years had reigned King Hrothgar ...
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... king's kinsman , first heard of Grendel . Now Beowulf was the most daring Viking of his age , and the force of thirty heroes was in his hand - grip . No enterprise was too arduous for him ; he would go to Heorot , and offer his ser ...
... king's kinsman , first heard of Grendel . Now Beowulf was the most daring Viking of his age , and the force of thirty heroes was in his hand - grip . No enterprise was too arduous for him ; he would go to Heorot , and offer his ser ...
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... king of Gothland , and reigned - a brave and blameless ruler - fifty years . His last exploit was to choke with his terrible grip and slay a fire - dragon , fifty feet long , who wasted his land and guarded a treasure in a cav- ern ...
... king of Gothland , and reigned - a brave and blameless ruler - fifty years . His last exploit was to choke with his terrible grip and slay a fire - dragon , fifty feet long , who wasted his land and guarded a treasure in a cav- ern ...
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