Beowulf: An Old English PoemK. Paul, Trench, 1883 - 179 páginas |
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... songs and ballads , and should in due time have been fused together into the poem of Beowulf . If there is any truth , then , in this theory , the * D. S. 741 . poem tells us not of foreign races , but of XX INTRODUCTION .
... songs and ballads , and should in due time have been fused together into the poem of Beowulf . If there is any truth , then , in this theory , the * D. S. 741 . poem tells us not of foreign races , but of XX INTRODUCTION .
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... Song , far more serious and more insurmountable ; and , on the whole , one would rather bear the ills one has than fly to Dr. Haigh's . Some writers have professed to find a ' genuine Pagan ring ' in the poem . To me , I confess , it ...
... Song , far more serious and more insurmountable ; and , on the whole , one would rather bear the ills one has than fly to Dr. Haigh's . Some writers have professed to find a ' genuine Pagan ring ' in the poem . To me , I confess , it ...
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... Song of Brunan- burh , would soon leave the ear at once wearied and unsatisfied . The common ballad measure has seemed to me on the whole the best fitted to give a close , but I hope a fairly readable , version of a work too little ...
... Song of Brunan- burh , would soon leave the ear at once wearied and unsatisfied . The common ballad measure has seemed to me on the whole the best fitted to give a close , but I hope a fairly readable , version of a work too little ...
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... song . But the fiend Grendel , vexed at the happiness of the Danes , comes down from the misty moors , and nightly kills and devours the sleepers in the hall . Twelve years this trouble lasts , and Hrothgar and his thanes are helpless ...
... song . But the fiend Grendel , vexed at the happiness of the Danes , comes down from the misty moors , and nightly kills and devours the sleepers in the hall . Twelve years this trouble lasts , and Hrothgar and his thanes are helpless ...
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... lord in woe and trouble lie , And boundless grief . And so to men ' twas told in mournful song And clearly known how Grendel strove and waged with Hrothgar long A war of hate and crime and feud , -long LINE 128-152 . ] 9 GRENDEL .
... lord in woe and trouble lie , And boundless grief . And so to men ' twas told in mournful song And clearly known how Grendel strove and waged with Hrothgar long A war of hate and crime and feud , -long LINE 128-152 . ] 9 GRENDEL .
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bade battle beneath Beowulf bold bore brave bright Cheaper Edition chief cloth corselet Danes deadly dear death deeds Demy 8vo dragon dread Eadgils Eanmund earls earth Ecgtheow's English eotens Essay Fcap fierce fight Finn fire Fourth Edition Frisian Frontispiece gainst gave gifts gilt glorious gold goodly Gothic Goths Grein Grendel Grendel's mother grief guard Halfdene's hall hand Healfdene heart helm helmet Hengest Heorot hero Higelac Hildeburh Hnæf hoard Hrethel Hrothgar Hrunting Hygd Kemble king knight land Large crown 8vo Large post 8vo Library Edition LL.B Maps mighty mong monster neath Note o'er Onela Ongentheow people's poem Portrait Prof rings Scyldings Scylfing Second Edition Sermons shield slain Small 8vo Small crown 8vo Songs sorrow spake story strife sword tale thane thee Third Edition thou Translated treasure twas valiant vellum vols Wægmund warrior waves ween Wiglaf wondrous words wrath wrought
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