A Manual of English Literature, Historical and Critical: With an Appendix on English MetresLongmans&Company, 1873 - 567 páginas |
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... tion in details . The discovery of the holy nails used in the Crucifixion receives especial prominence ; indeed , it almost throws the Invention of the Cross into the shade . The poem contains 1321 lines . Both stories , then , in ...
... tion in details . The discovery of the holy nails used in the Crucifixion receives especial prominence ; indeed , it almost throws the Invention of the Cross into the shade . The poem contains 1321 lines . Both stories , then , in ...
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... tion . The name of the author of Elene is given in runic letters at the close of the poem - it is Cynewulf . But who was Cynewulf ? and who wrote Andreas ? Grimm now proceeds to weave a pretty theory . Towards the end of Andreas occur ...
... tion . The name of the author of Elene is given in runic letters at the close of the poem - it is Cynewulf . But who was Cynewulf ? and who wrote Andreas ? Grimm now proceeds to weave a pretty theory . Towards the end of Andreas occur ...
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... tion ; of the theological virtues , and the gifts of the Holy Spirit . In the fourth , of the sacraments , purgatory , the re- surrection , the last judgment , and the state of the blessed . All these doctrines are given in the form of ...
... tion ; of the theological virtues , and the gifts of the Holy Spirit . In the fourth , of the sacraments , purgatory , the re- surrection , the last judgment , and the state of the blessed . All these doctrines are given in the form of ...
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... tion with the university in this century was long and im- portant , whom we have yet to mention . Robert Grossetête , Bishop of Lincoln , was long a teacher at Oxford , after- wards chancellor , and finally , in his episcopal capacity ...
... tion with the university in this century was long and im- portant , whom we have yet to mention . Robert Grossetête , Bishop of Lincoln , was long a teacher at Oxford , after- wards chancellor , and finally , in his episcopal capacity ...
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... tion of business at the papal court : — Des istis , das aliis , addis dona datis , Et cum satis dederis , quærunt ultra satis ; O vos , bursæ turgidæ , Romam veniatis , Romæ viget physica bursis constipatis . Prædantur marsupium singuli ...
... tion of business at the papal court : — Des istis , das aliis , addis dona datis , Et cum satis dederis , quærunt ultra satis ; O vos , bursæ turgidæ , Romam veniatis , Romæ viget physica bursis constipatis . Prædantur marsupium singuli ...
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