Twelve Centuries of English Poetry and Prose, Volume 1Scott, Foresman, 1910 - English literature |
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... things , it should seem , to arouse the most torpid imagination . If , from excursions of this nature , the student ... thing , however , cannot be too often repeated . The most successful teacher of literature is he who brings to it a ...
... things , it should seem , to arouse the most torpid imagination . If , from excursions of this nature , the student ... thing , however , cannot be too often repeated . The most successful teacher of literature is he who brings to it a ...
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... things we spoken : If I should lose my life for thy need , that thou wouldst ever be to me , when I am gone , in a father's stead . Be a guardian thou to my fellow thanes , 1 Hunferth ( cf. 1. 499 ) have 1479 to my near comrades , if ...
... things we spoken : If I should lose my life for thy need , that thou wouldst ever be to me , when I am gone , in a father's stead . Be a guardian thou to my fellow thanes , 1 Hunferth ( cf. 1. 499 ) have 1479 to my near comrades , if ...
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... things provided for a thane's need , such as in that day farers over the sea should have . The great - hearted rested . High rose the hall vaulted and gold - hued ; therein slept the guest , until the black raven , blithe - hearted ...
... things provided for a thane's need , such as in that day farers over the sea should have . The great - hearted rested . High rose the hall vaulted and gold - hued ; therein slept the guest , until the black raven , blithe - hearted ...
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... things . " When he received this answer , then he began forthwith to sing , in praise of God the creator , the verses and the words which he had never heard , the order of which is this : " Now must we praise the Guardian of heaven's ...
... things . " When he received this answer , then he began forthwith to sing , in praise of God the creator , the verses and the words which he had never heard , the order of which is this : " Now must we praise the Guardian of heaven's ...
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... things were thus prepared he should notify his arrival to king Aganippus and his daughter . The messenger quickly returning , carried Leir to another city , and there kept him concealed , till he had done everything that Cordeilla had ...
... things were thus prepared he should notify his arrival to king Aganippus and his daughter . The messenger quickly returning , carried Leir to another city , and there kept him concealed , till he had done everything that Cordeilla had ...
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