Beowulf: An Old English PoemK. Paul, Trench, 1883 - 179 páginas |
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... these chroniclers is a remark- able confirmation of the passages in the poem which tell of Higelac's fatal expedition to Fries- land and slaughter by the Hetwars , and we thus get , what Kemble craved in vain , a key X INTRODUCTION .
... these chroniclers is a remark- able confirmation of the passages in the poem which tell of Higelac's fatal expedition to Fries- land and slaughter by the Hetwars , and we thus get , what Kemble craved in vain , a key X INTRODUCTION .
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... tell with sympathetic humour the stories of the old gods , and , in the Sagas of Olaf Tryggvason and St. Olaf , touch with strange gentleness the heathenism which those monarchs SO un- sparingly and even cruelly rooted out . I ought ...
... tell with sympathetic humour the stories of the old gods , and , in the Sagas of Olaf Tryggvason and St. Olaf , touch with strange gentleness the heathenism which those monarchs SO un- sparingly and even cruelly rooted out . I ought ...
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... tell for sooth to whom that lordly freight was driven . * Then , when his father passed from earth Beowulf long while reigned , The Scylding people's king beloved , and fame ' mong nations gained ; Till after him high Halfdene rose ...
... tell for sooth to whom that lordly freight was driven . * Then , when his father passed from earth Beowulf long while reigned , The Scylding people's king beloved , and fame ' mong nations gained ; Till after him high Halfdene rose ...
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... tell the tale to any man is grief my spirit loathes , The shame and deadly scathe that Grendel's evil heart has done To Heorot and to me ! My thanes are minished , one by one ; By Grendel's horror Weird has swept the warrior band away ...
... tell the tale to any man is grief my spirit loathes , The shame and deadly scathe that Grendel's evil heart has done To Heorot and to me ! My thanes are minished , one by one ; By Grendel's horror Weird has swept the warrior band away ...
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... tell'st of Breca and his deed ! The truth now shalt thou hear , * The inhabitants of that part of Norway called formerly Raumaríki , now Romsdal . That I was stronger ' mong the waves , ―more LINE 510-533 . ] 25 GRENDEL .
... tell'st of Breca and his deed ! The truth now shalt thou hear , * The inhabitants of that part of Norway called formerly Raumaríki , now Romsdal . That I was stronger ' mong the waves , ―more LINE 510-533 . ] 25 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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