Twelve Centuries of English Poetry and Prose, Volume 1Scott, Foresman, 1910 - English literature |
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... play of diverse imaginations about the same theme . One passage of Milton can be set by the side of a similar passage in Caedmon , another can be paralleled in Marlowe , a third in Spenser . The story of the last fight of The Revenge ...
... play of diverse imaginations about the same theme . One passage of Milton can be set by the side of a similar passage in Caedmon , another can be paralleled in Marlowe , a third in Spenser . The story of the last fight of The Revenge ...
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... Plays ( 1768 ) 358 From the Lives of the English Poets : The Character of Addison ( 1779 ) ( 1799 ) 360 I Travelled Among Unknown Men ( 1799 ) 418 Three Years She Grew in Sun and Shower 418 A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal ( 1799 ) .. 419 ...
... Plays ( 1768 ) 358 From the Lives of the English Poets : The Character of Addison ( 1779 ) ( 1799 ) 360 I Travelled Among Unknown Men ( 1799 ) 418 Three Years She Grew in Sun and Shower 418 A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal ( 1799 ) .. 419 ...
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... play been true . Then the Scyldings ' queen spake : 1170 " Accept this beaker , my beloved lord , 1 dispenser of treasure ; may ' st be joyful , gold - friend of men ! And speak to the Geats with gentle words ! So man shall do . Be kind ...
... play been true . Then the Scyldings ' queen spake : 1170 " Accept this beaker , my beloved lord , 1 dispenser of treasure ; may ' st be joyful , gold - friend of men ! And speak to the Geats with gentle words ! So man shall do . Be kind ...
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... play to any of the heroes in the bosom of boats sought the land , doomed to fall in the fight . On the field † nobles 1 prince 2 The Germanic phalanx , in which the shields were overlapped . 3 shields made of linden wood 4 swords ...
... play to any of the heroes in the bosom of boats sought the land , doomed to fall in the fight . On the field † nobles 1 prince 2 The Germanic phalanx , in which the shields were overlapped . 3 shields made of linden wood 4 swords ...
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... played with Edward's heirs . Departed then the Northmen in the nailed ships , a dreary leaving of dartss on the dashing sea . O'er the deep water Dublin they sought , Ireland again , abashed . So the brethren both together , 60 King and ...
... played with Edward's heirs . Departed then the Northmen in the nailed ships , a dreary leaving of dartss on the dashing sea . O'er the deep water Dublin they sought , Ireland again , abashed . So the brethren both together , 60 King and ...
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