King Alfred in LiteratureJ. Murphy, 1902 - Broj stranica: 130 |
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account of Alfred's Ælfredi Alswitha Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Annals appears Asser Athelney Austin Ballads battle battle of Ethandune biography Bishop Bishop of Sherborne Blackmore Blanche Book Britannia brother cakes castle century cottage Cottle Cuthbert Danes Danish Danish camp daughter death declares defeat Denewulf disguise drama Edgiva edition of Asser Edric Edward Elvida England England's Darling English epic Ethelred Ethelswida fiction Fitchett five acts Florence of Worcester follows Grimbald Guthrum Haldane hero Hinguar Hubba Ibid John King Alfred King's König later legend Lives London Mallet Masque mentioned minstrel Neot Ordolf Oswith Oxford Parker passage patriotic Pauli play Plummer poem poet poetic Pope Preface present Prince Raven Rolls Series Rome saint Saxon scene Selwood Forest shepherd Simeon of Durham Spelman subsequent supposed supra tells Thomson tion translation victory vision wife William William of Malmesbury Winchester Wise words writers York
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Stranica 107 - BEHOLD a pupil of the monkish gown, The pious ALFRED, King to Justice dear ! Lord of the harp and liberating spear...
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Stranica 44 - Wrapt in pale tempest, labour'd through the clouds. The demons of destruction then, they say. Were all abroad, and mixing with the woof Their baleful power: The sisters ever sung, Shake, standard, shake this ruin on our foes.
Stranica 67 - Which is not garner' d up until 'tis cut ; Which is not fit for use until 'tis ground ; Nor use'd then till kneaded into bread ! Ne'er knew you this ? It seems you never did, Else had you known the value of the bread ; Thought of the ploughman's toil, the reaper's sweat, The miller's labour...
Stranica 11 - II [yElfred] fist escrivere un livre Engleis Des aventures e des leis E de batailles de la terre E des reis ki firent la guere E maint livre fist il escrivere U li bon clerc vont sovent lire.
Stranica 51 - Is it improbable to suppose, that a young hero was in love ? Is it inconsistent to represent the person, who was a legislator when advanced in years, as a lover in his youth ? Does it degrade the character of a hero to suppose, that he was in love with the Princess, whom he afterwards married ? Is it not rather injurious to his heroism to conclude, that he chose a consort whom he did not love ? If this reasoning is just, there will be no difficulty in vindicating the subsequent conduct of the hero.
Stranica 6 - Habbae, filiae videlicet Lodebrochi illud vexillum texuerunt, et totum paraverunt illud uno meridiano tempore*}. dicunt etiam, quod in omni bello, ubi praecederet idem signum, si victoriam adepturi essent, appareret in medio signi quasi corvus vivus volitans ; sin vero vincendi in futuro fuissent, penderet directe nihil movens: et hoc saepe probatum est.
Stranica 100 - A Heroicall Poem may be founded somwhere in Alfreds reigne. especially at his issuing out of Edelingsey on the Danes, whose actions are wel like those of Ulysses.