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... speech that he heard it utter . The speech of the cross , in which it tells of its origin in the forest , its removal to be made into a cross for " the Master of mankind , " its horror at the role it had to play but its determination to ...
... speech that he heard it utter . The speech of the cross , in which it tells of its origin in the forest , its removal to be made into a cross for " the Master of mankind , " its horror at the role it had to play but its determination to ...
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... speech in Book I , rallying his fallen host , beside the trancelike , nightmare tone of Eve's description of her dream to Adam in Book V , and then turn to God's gentle teasing of Adam about his desire for a mate in Book VIII or the ...
... speech in Book I , rallying his fallen host , beside the trancelike , nightmare tone of Eve's description of her dream to Adam in Book V , and then turn to God's gentle teasing of Adam about his desire for a mate in Book VIII or the ...
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... speech in such documents as the fifteenth - century Paston Letters , family letters which , while wholly informal and unliterary , nevertheless have style - the style of fluent , educated speech , only slightly less discursive than ...
... speech in such documents as the fifteenth - century Paston Letters , family letters which , while wholly informal and unliterary , nevertheless have style - the style of fluent , educated speech , only slightly less discursive than ...
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CHAPTER PAGE 1 ANGLOSAXON LITERATURE | 3 |
CHAPTER PAGE | 5 |
THE VICTORIAN POETS 993 | 13 |
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