Word: northern
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...knows all about it" was on hand and said that the home of the bird is in the far north - in the most northern bed of coniferous forests and forests and that they are so seldom harrassed there that they know absolutely nothing of danger. Almost all Arctic birds are tamer than more southern bred species, but the Pine Grosbeak is the least timid of the Arctic race...
...period covered in the lecture was from Chaucer to Elizabeth. The first poet of note was John Barbour who was born in 1320. In 1375 he wrote his story of Robert the First, called, "The Bruce." The language was the Northern English much like that used by Chancer. Barbour was a man of varied culture, a master of pathos and a true poet. His work is full of dignity and some of his characters show that his own nature must have been that of a gentleman. There is in his work no trace of humor; his mind seemed to turn...
Representations from seven schools in Connecticut met in New Haven on Saturday to form an Interscholastic Football Association. The seven teams will be divided into two divisions called the Northern and Southern divisions, the championship to be decided by the winning teams of each division. A constitution and set of by-laws were adopted and it was voted to play under the inter-collegiate rules. The league will be composed of elevens from the Hartford, Bridgeport, New Haven and Norwich high schools, Hopkins grammar School of New Haven, and several others. The champion team will receive a silver cup from...
...mythical nature, and while we may smile at the old tales and legends it is to our advantage to know something of them. These old works have a poetical as well as a political value for us. At first there were the two distinct literatures of the Northern and Southern Celts, first of a Pagan type, and later influenced by Christianity...
...French Chansions de Geste begin, - the earliest, Konrad's Rolandsliid, about 1130 and rapidly follow Heinrich von Veldeke, and 'Courtoisie.' The attraction of this poetry led soon to a revival of the German heroic legends. The 12 century saw also the Celtic legends, which had come to be in Northern France the chief vehicles for conveying chivalric ideas, pass into Germany and became highly attractive to the Germans. Soon after narrative poetry after French models began in Germany, lyric poetry also began, showing the influence of both France and Provence. It seems to have appeared first along the upper Rhine...