The College Survey of English Literature: The early period. The sixteenth century. The seventeenth century. The eighteenth centuryBartlett Jere Whiting, Fred Benjamin Millett Harcourt, Brace, 1947 |
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... fight against three knights ; if the other three kill our man , all the land is yours , but if our one overcomes your three , all this land shall be ours . Let the fighting be tomorrow when the light of day appears . ' Then said King ...
... fight against three knights ; if the other three kill our man , all the land is yours , but if our one overcomes your three , all this land shall be ours . Let the fighting be tomorrow when the light of day appears . ' Then said King ...
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... fight the assault of fifteen several armadas all by turns aboard him , and by estimation eight hundred shot of great artillery , be- After the fight had thus without intermission con- tinued while the day lasted and some hours of the ...
... fight the assault of fifteen several armadas all by turns aboard him , and by estimation eight hundred shot of great artillery , be- After the fight had thus without intermission con- tinued while the day lasted and some hours of the ...
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... fight . KING HENRY being in danger , re - enter the PRINCE . ] Prince . Hold up thy head , vile Scot , or thou art like Never to hold it up again ! the spirits 40 Of valiant Shirley , Stafford , Blunt , are in my arms : It is the Prince ...
... fight . KING HENRY being in danger , re - enter the PRINCE . ] Prince . Hold up thy head , vile Scot , or thou art like Never to hold it up again ! the spirits 40 Of valiant Shirley , Stafford , Blunt , are in my arms : It is the Prince ...
Contents
THE APPROACH TO ENGLISH LITERATURE | 1 |
THE EARLY PERIOD | 7 |
BEOWULF | 11 |
Copyright | |
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