From Beowulf to Edward GibbonRobert Shafer Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1931 - English literature |
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Robert Shafer. FROM BEOWULF TO THOMAS HARDY BEOWULF 1 1. There is only one extant manuscript of Beowulf . It is bound with some other Anglo - Saxon texts in a volume belonging to the collection of Sir Robert Cotton ( 1571-1631 ) , which ...
Robert Shafer. FROM BEOWULF TO THOMAS HARDY BEOWULF 1 1. There is only one extant manuscript of Beowulf . It is bound with some other Anglo - Saxon texts in a volume belonging to the collection of Sir Robert Cotton ( 1571-1631 ) , which ...
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... Beowulf hear- ing , 50 folk's good shepherd , such firm resolve . Then was laughter of liegemen loud resounding with winsome words . Came Wealhtheow forth , queen of Hrothgar , heedful of courtesy , 55 gold - decked , greeting the ...
... Beowulf hear- ing , 50 folk's good shepherd , such firm resolve . Then was laughter of liegemen loud resounding with winsome words . Came Wealhtheow forth , queen of Hrothgar , heedful of courtesy , 55 gold - decked , greeting the ...
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... Beowulf hear- ing , folk's good shepherd , such firm resolve . Then was laughter of liegemen loud resounding with winsome words . Came Wealhtheow forth , 55 queen of Hrothgar , heedful of courtesy , gold - decked , greeting the guests ...
... Beowulf hear- ing , folk's good shepherd , such firm resolve . Then was laughter of liegemen loud resounding with winsome words . Came Wealhtheow forth , 55 queen of Hrothgar , heedful of courtesy , gold - decked , greeting the guests ...
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