Beowulf: An Old English PoemK. Paul, Trench, 1883 - 179 páginas |
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... water supply , which Beowulf - not unlike Faust in his old age - cured with dams and canals and reservoirs , and so got untold wealth . But why should we always try to explain away whatever seems strange to us ? We do not believe in ...
... water supply , which Beowulf - not unlike Faust in his old age - cured with dams and canals and reservoirs , and so got untold wealth . But why should we always try to explain away whatever seems strange to us ? We do not believe in ...
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... water compassed round ; and , glorious , set the light Of sun and moon o'er every land to glad the people's sight ; And all the corners of the earth he decked with leaf and tree ; And every kind of life he made in all that living be ...
... water compassed round ; and , glorious , set the light Of sun and moon o'er every land to glad the people's sight ; And all the corners of the earth he decked with leaf and tree ; And every kind of life he made in all that living be ...
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... thou the same Beowulf then , Who swam a match with Breca once upon the waters wide , When ye vainglorious searched the waves , and risked your lives for pride Upon the deep ? Nor hinder you could any friend 24 [ LINE 492-510 . BEOWULF . V.
... thou the same Beowulf then , Who swam a match with Breca once upon the waters wide , When ye vainglorious searched the waves , and risked your lives for pride Upon the deep ? Nor hinder you could any friend 24 [ LINE 492-510 . BEOWULF . V.
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... waters row ; Then ye twain did on the Ye stretched your arms upon the flood ; the sea - ways ye did mete ; O'er billows glided — with your hands them tossed- though fiercely beat The rolling tides and wintry waves ! Seven nights long ...
... waters row ; Then ye twain did on the Ye stretched your arms upon the flood ; the sea - ways ye did mete ; O'er billows glided — with your hands them tossed- though fiercely beat The rolling tides and wintry waves ! Seven nights long ...
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... water - beasts ; and nowise could he swim Swifter than me , or float away ; nor would I part from him . Together thus for five nights long upon the deep were we , Till coldest weather , northern wind , dark night , and stormy sea Beat ...
... water - beasts ; and nowise could he swim Swifter than me , or float away ; nor would I part from him . Together thus for five nights long upon the deep were we , Till coldest weather , northern wind , dark night , and stormy sea Beat ...
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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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