The History of Early English Literature: Being the History of English Poetry from Its Beginnings to the Accession of King AElfred, Volume 2Macmillan, 1892 - 502 páginas |
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... formation of the whole poem ; and that the poem was made , as it stands , at the court of Offa , with the distinct purpose of instructing Ecgferth in the duties of a prince . Sweden and the Danish isles . It was kept alive II 17 BEOWULF.
... formation of the whole poem ; and that the poem was made , as it stands , at the court of Offa , with the distinct purpose of instructing Ecgferth in the duties of a prince . Sweden and the Danish isles . It was kept alive II 17 BEOWULF.
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... stand beside the long undis- covered sources of an historic river , beside whose waters a hundred famous cities have arisen . It is a moment of the same romantic pleasure when we first look at the earliest upwelling of the broad river ...
... stand beside the long undis- covered sources of an historic river , beside whose waters a hundred famous cities have arisen . It is a moment of the same romantic pleasure when we first look at the earliest upwelling of the broad river ...
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... stands , built by the prince over the treasures and bodies of his tribe . Near it is the cave , entered into by a rocky arch , within which are the treasures and the lair of the worm . A stream breaks out of the mouth of the cave , and ...
... stands , built by the prince over the treasures and bodies of his tribe . Near it is the cave , entered into by a rocky arch , within which are the treasures and the lair of the worm . A stream breaks out of the mouth of the cave , and ...
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... stand by thee . " Wiglaf's shield was soon burnt up , but he fought on under Beowulf's iron targe . The king smote hard again , but Naegling , Beo- wulf's sword , snapped asunder , an old gray brand , that never before had failed in ...
... stand by thee . " Wiglaf's shield was soon burnt up , but he fought on under Beowulf's iron targe . The king smote hard again , but Naegling , Beo- wulf's sword , snapped asunder , an old gray brand , that never before had failed in ...
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... stand ; when at the ale - bench he allotted helm and byrnie to the sitters in hall ( as a war- leader to his thegns , whom far off or near , the trustiest of men he was able to find ) - has utterly wasted these weeds of the battle ...
... stand ; when at the ale - bench he allotted helm and byrnie to the sitters in hall ( as a war- leader to his thegns , whom far off or near , the trustiest of men he was able to find ) - has utterly wasted these weeds of the battle ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
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