Anglo-Saxon Literature
Earle
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- Literary English
- Everyday expressions
- Advanced vocabulary
- Long sentence structures
Quotes from this book
All the vernacular literatures have been influenced by the Latin, but of Anglo-Saxon literature alone can it be said that it has been subjected to no other influence.
The old Latin poetry was rhythmical, and fond of alliteration.
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- Chapter I.Sample
- Chapter II.
- I.
- THE BODLEIAN LIBRARY
- CORPUS CHRISTI COLLEGE, OXFORD,
- THE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY AT CAMBRIDGE
- RESEARCH, DISCOVERY, AND RECONSTRUCTION.
- INSCRIPTIONS
- OF VERNACULAR INSCRIPTIONS
- JEWELLERY.
- DRAWING AND ILLUMINATION OF BOOKS.
- ARCHITECTURE.
- SCULPTURE.
- BURIALS.
- Chapter III.
- THE GENEALOGIES
- THE LAWS.
- THE POETRY
- THE HOMILIES
- § 1.
- § 2.
- PSALM XLIX. (L.), 7:—“Hear, O my people,” &c.
- PSALM LXXVI. (LXXVII.)
- Chapter V.
- Chapter VI.
- “THE RUINED CITY.”82
- “THE WANDERER” (EARDSTAPA).85
- “THE MINSTREL’S CONSOLATION.”87
- Chapter VII.
- INE’S LAWS.
- ALFRED’S LAWS.
- ALFRED AND GUTHRUM’S PEACE.
- EADWARD AND GUTHRUM’S LAWS.
- ATHELSTAN’S LAWS.
- LEGAL DOCUMENTS.
- Chapter VIII.
- Chapter IX.
- Chapter X.
- Chapter XI.
- Chapter XII.
- INDEX.
- CORRIGENDA.