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... give the whole bio- graphy of Beowulf , still less to write the history of the Geatish kingdom and its downfall . But it used knowledge of these things for its own purpose - to give that sense of perspective , of antiquity with a ...
... give the whole bio- graphy of Beowulf , still less to write the history of the Geatish kingdom and its downfall . But it used knowledge of these things for its own purpose - to give that sense of perspective , of antiquity with a ...
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... gives a unique testimonial to Conway's philological teaching : ' when he expounded the meaning of words , tracing their development from origins , he held me as under a spell . He could give a philological study of a single word ...
... gives a unique testimonial to Conway's philological teaching : ' when he expounded the meaning of words , tracing their development from origins , he held me as under a spell . He could give a philological study of a single word ...
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... give addresses in the City Temple , one on ' What Jews think of Christians ' and the other on ' What Christians think of Jews ' , it seemed perfectly natural that Dr. Claude Montefiore and Professor Burkitt should give them . In ...
... give addresses in the City Temple , one on ' What Jews think of Christians ' and the other on ' What Christians think of Jews ' , it seemed perfectly natural that Dr. Claude Montefiore and Professor Burkitt should give them . In ...
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THE ENGLISH EPIC TRADITION Warton Lecture on English Poetry | 35 |
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