Twelve Centuries of English Poetry and Prose, Volume 1Scott, Foresman, 1910 - English literature |
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... pains have been spared to provide it . In the case of selections hitherto not specially edited , this frequently involved great labor , and the editors learned how much easier it is to make an anthology than to equip it for intelligent ...
... pains have been spared to provide it . In the case of selections hitherto not specially edited , this frequently involved great labor , and the editors learned how much easier it is to make an anthology than to equip it for intelligent ...
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... pain ; a deadly wound flee to his fen - mound ; he knew his fingers ' appeared on , his shoulder , his sinews started , power his bone - casings burst . To Beowulf was in the fierce one's grasp . ' Twas a dire journey the war - glory ...
... pain ; a deadly wound flee to his fen - mound ; he knew his fingers ' appeared on , his shoulder , his sinews started , power his bone - casings burst . To Beowulf was in the fierce one's grasp . ' Twas a dire journey the war - glory ...
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... pain has him in its grip compelling straitly clasped , 970 in its deadly bonds ; there shall he await , the crime - stained wretch , the Final Doom , as the Lord of Splendor shall mete it to him . " Then less noisy was Ecglaf's son in ...
... pain has him in its grip compelling straitly clasped , 970 in its deadly bonds ; there shall he await , the crime - stained wretch , the Final Doom , as the Lord of Splendor shall mete it to him . " Then less noisy was Ecglaf's son in ...
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... pain to each earl , when of Eschere , on the sea - shore , the head they found . The flood boiled with blood , the people looked on at the hot glowing gore . The horn at times sang a ready war - song . The band all sat . They saw in the ...
... pain to each earl , when of Eschere , on the sea - shore , the head they found . The flood boiled with blood , the people looked on at the hot glowing gore . The horn at times sang a ready war - song . The band all sat . They saw in the ...
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... pain on the war under water . Indeed the struggle would have been ended outright , had not God me shielded . Not able was I , in the conflict , with Hrunting aught to accomplish , though that weapon was good ; 1660 but the Ruler of men ...
... pain on the war under water . Indeed the struggle would have been ended outright , had not God me shielded . Not able was I , in the conflict , with Hrunting aught to accomplish , though that weapon was good ; 1660 but the Ruler of men ...
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