Beowulf: An Old English PoemK. Paul, Trench, 1883 - 179 páginas |
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... original has been very faithfully repro- duced ; notably so in the account of the hero's fight with Gren- del's mother , in the depths of the haunted mere . " The Reliquary says— " We cordially commend the book , and assure our readers ...
... original has been very faithfully repro- duced ; notably so in the account of the hero's fight with Gren- del's mother , in the depths of the haunted mere . " The Reliquary says— " We cordially commend the book , and assure our readers ...
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... as Healfdene , etc. Halfdene is at any rate nearer the true form than Heelfdene , as he ran some risk of being called . The lines of the original poem are given at the top of each page . vi PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION . An autotype of.
... as Healfdene , etc. Halfdene is at any rate nearer the true form than Heelfdene , as he ran some risk of being called . The lines of the original poem are given at the top of each page . vi PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION . An autotype of.
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... stands alone , beyond all question or comparison the most interesting and the most . original of all the literary works bequeathed to us by our forefathers . Although much of it is at best only legendary , viii INTRODUCTION .
... stands alone , beyond all question or comparison the most interesting and the most . original of all the literary works bequeathed to us by our forefathers . Although much of it is at best only legendary , viii INTRODUCTION .
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... in other things , I cannot venture to hope that I have always , or often , succeeded in giving the sense of a difficult passage , or in making in- telligible in the translation what in the original is dark INTRODUCTION . XXV.
... in other things , I cannot venture to hope that I have always , or often , succeeded in giving the sense of a difficult passage , or in making in- telligible in the translation what in the original is dark INTRODUCTION . XXV.
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... original poem is divided into what may be called cantos , the divisions seem quite arbitrary , and are sometimes alto- gether inexplicable . I have , therefore , dis- regarded them , and have divided the translation . so that each part ...
... original poem is divided into what may be called cantos , the divisions seem quite arbitrary , and are sometimes alto- gether inexplicable . I have , therefore , dis- regarded them , and have divided the translation . so that each part ...
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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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