Twelve Centuries of English Poetry and Prose, Volume 1Scott, Foresman, 1910 - English literature |
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... knew , to watch with Pepys the coronation of the king or hear him piously thank God for the money won at gaming - these are things , it should seem , to arouse the most torpid imagination . If , from excursions of this nature , the ...
... knew , to watch with Pepys the coronation of the king or hear him piously thank God for the money won at gaming - these are things , it should seem , to arouse the most torpid imagination . If , from excursions of this nature , the ...
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... knew not , of hall - houses greatest ; and he , whose word was misery of men , aught of unhappiness . law far and wide , named it Heorot . * He belied not his promise , bracelets distri- buted , loud in the hall . There was sound of the ...
... knew not , of hall - houses greatest ; and he , whose word was misery of men , aught of unhappiness . law far and wide , named it Heorot . * He belied not his promise , bracelets distri- buted , loud in the hall . There was sound of the ...
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... knew court - usage . Wulfgar spake to his friendly lord : " Hither are borne , come from afar . o'er ocean's course , people of the Geats . Beowulf these sons of conflict name their chief . They make petition that they may hold with ...
... knew court - usage . Wulfgar spake to his friendly lord : " Hither are borne , come from afar . o'er ocean's course , people of the Geats . Beowulf these sons of conflict name their chief . They make petition that they may hold with ...
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when Healfdene's son was fain to go to his evening rest . He knew that conflict awaited the monster in the high hall so soon as they might no longer see the sun's light , and o'er all murk night , the shadow - helm of men , came ...
when Healfdene's son was fain to go to his evening rest . He knew that conflict awaited the monster in the high hall so soon as they might no longer see the sun's light , and o'er all murk night , the shadow - helm of men , came ...
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... knew not , when they entered the strife , the bold and eager sons of battle , and thought to hew him on every side his life to seek , that not the choicest of irons on earth , no battle - falchion , could ever touch the wicked scather ...
... knew not , when they entered the strife , the bold and eager sons of battle , and thought to hew him on every side his life to seek , that not the choicest of irons on earth , no battle - falchion , could ever touch the wicked scather ...
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