From Beowulf to Edward GibbonRobert Shafer Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1931 - English literature |
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... thine elder and lord , people's leader , and life be thine , - no seemlier man will the Sea - Geats find at all to choose for their chief and king , for hoard - guard of heroes , if hold thou wilt thy kinsman's kingdom ! Thy keen mind ...
... thine elder and lord , people's leader , and life be thine , - no seemlier man will the Sea - Geats find at all to choose for their chief and king , for hoard - guard of heroes , if hold thou wilt thy kinsman's kingdom ! Thy keen mind ...
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... thine eyes the slights and deceits and to offer thy devotion to thine own destruc- 35 of thy lady , her snatching in jest and keeping tion , yet go , run , fly into the country ; neither water thou thy plants , in that thou departest ...
... thine eyes the slights and deceits and to offer thy devotion to thine own destruc- 35 of thy lady , her snatching in jest and keeping tion , yet go , run , fly into the country ; neither water thou thy plants , in that thou departest ...
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Robert Shafer. yea , if she have any jewel of thine in her custody , rather lose it than go for it , lest in seeking to recover a trifle thou renew thine old trouble . Be not curious to curl thy hair , nor careful to be neat in thine ...
Robert Shafer. yea , if she have any jewel of thine in her custody , rather lose it than go for it , lest in seeking to recover a trifle thou renew thine old trouble . Be not curious to curl thy hair , nor careful to be neat in thine ...
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