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... spirit ; often the wise men sat in assembly ; counsel devised they what for strong - souled men it were best to do against the perilous horrors . Sometimes they promised idolatrous honors at the temples , prayed in words that the spirit ...
... spirit ; often the wise men sat in assembly ; counsel devised they what for strong - souled men it were best to do against the perilous horrors . Sometimes they promised idolatrous honors at the temples , prayed in words that the spirit ...
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... spirit exulted . The fell wretch expected that ere day came he would dissever the life from the body of each , for in him the hope had risen of a gluttonous feast . Yet ' twas not his fate that he might more of the race of men eat after ...
... spirit exulted . The fell wretch expected that ere day came he would dissever the life from the body of each , for in him the hope had risen of a gluttonous feast . Yet ' twas not his fate that he might more of the race of men eat after ...
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... spirit to travel far into power of fiends . Then he who before in mirth of mood ( he was God's foe ) had perpetrated many crimes ' gainst the race of men , found that his body would not avail him , for him the proud kinsman of Hygelac ...
... spirit to travel far into power of fiends . Then he who before in mirth of mood ( he was God's foe ) had perpetrated many crimes ' gainst the race of men , found that his body would not avail him , for him the proud kinsman of Hygelac ...
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... spirit , to the high hall went , to see the rare wonder . The king himself also from his nuptial bower , guardian of ring treasures , with a large troop stept forth , rich in glory , for virtues famed ; and his queen with him the meadow ...
... spirit , to the high hall went , to see the rare wonder . The king himself also from his nuptial bower , guardian of ring treasures , with a large troop stept forth , rich in glory , for virtues famed ; and his queen with him the meadow ...
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... spirit , his courage , altho ' to his kinsmen he had not in sword - play been true . ‡ Then the Scyldings ' queen spake : 1170 " Accept this beaker , my beloved lord , 1 dispenser of treasure ; may ' st be joyful , gold - friend of men ...
... spirit , his courage , altho ' to his kinsmen he had not in sword - play been true . ‡ Then the Scyldings ' queen spake : 1170 " Accept this beaker , my beloved lord , 1 dispenser of treasure ; may ' st be joyful , gold - friend of men ...
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