Twelve Centuries of English Poetry and Prose, Volume 1Scott, Foresman, 1910 - English literature |
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... Night ( 1785 ) . Address to the Deil ( 1785 ) 401 404 Proud Maisie . From The Heart of Mid- lothian ( 1818 ) 448 Address to the Unco Guid ( 1786 ) 405 County Guy . From Quentin Durward To a Mouse ( 1785 ) . 406 ( 1823 ) 448 To a Louse ...
... Night ( 1785 ) . Address to the Deil ( 1785 ) 401 404 Proud Maisie . From The Heart of Mid- lothian ( 1818 ) 448 Address to the Unco Guid ( 1786 ) 405 County Guy . From Quentin Durward To a Mouse ( 1785 ) . 406 ( 1823 ) 448 To a Louse ...
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... night had come he went to visit the lofty house , to see how the Ring - Danes time , soon among men , that it was all ready , 80 treasures at the feast . The hall arose high and horn - curved ; awaited fierce heat of hostile flame . Nor ...
... night had come he went to visit the lofty house , to see how the Ring - Danes time , soon among men , that it was all ready , 80 treasures at the feast . The hall arose high and horn - curved ; awaited fierce heat of hostile flame . Nor ...
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... night's space , till it drove us asunder . Weltering waves , coldest of tempests , 2 The divine smith , or Vulcan , of northern legend . | cloudy night , and the fierce north wind grimly assaulted us ; rough were the billows . The 6 ...
... night's space , till it drove us asunder . Weltering waves , coldest of tempests , 2 The divine smith , or Vulcan , of northern legend . | cloudy night , and the fierce north wind grimly assaulted us ; rough were the billows . The 6 ...
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... night ' neath heaven's vault , nor of man more harried in ocean - streams . Yet with life I escaped from the grasp dangers , aweary of toil . Then the sea bore me , the flood with its current , the boiling fiords , to the Finns ' land ...
... night ' neath heaven's vault , nor of man more harried in ocean - streams . Yet with life I escaped from the grasp dangers , aweary of toil . Then the sea bore me , the flood with its current , the boiling fiords , to the Finns ' land ...
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... night , the shadow - helm of men , came creeping , dusk under heaven . The company rose . Hrothgar then paid Beowulf reverence- one hero the other - and bade him hail , gave him command of the wine - hall and said : " Never since hand ...
... night , the shadow - helm of men , came creeping , dusk under heaven . The company rose . Hrothgar then paid Beowulf reverence- one hero the other - and bade him hail , gave him command of the wine - hall and said : " Never since hand ...
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