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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... gold , but let him lie where he had been so long , inhabit his abode until the end of the world . He held to his high destiny ; the treasure is shown , obtained terribly ; that fate was too harsh which incited the people's king here . I ...
... gold , but let him lie where he had been so long , inhabit his abode until the end of the world . He held to his high destiny ; the treasure is shown , obtained terribly ; that fate was too harsh which incited the people's king here . I ...
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... gold spurs fastened proudly , girt with a very trusty sword on a silk girdle about his flank . When he was clasped in arms , his armor was splendid : the smallest latchet or loop shone with gold . Armed as he was , he listened to mass ...
... gold spurs fastened proudly , girt with a very trusty sword on a silk girdle about his flank . When he was clasped in arms , his armor was splendid : the smallest latchet or loop shone with gold . Armed as he was , he listened to mass ...
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... gold be caried fro this place Hoom to myn hous , or ellis un - to youres- For wel ye woot that al this gold is oures- Thanne were we in heigh felicitee . But trewely , by daye it may nat be ; Men wolde seyn that we were theves stronge ...
... gold be caried fro this place Hoom to myn hous , or ellis un - to youres- For wel ye woot that al this gold is oures- Thanne were we in heigh felicitee . But trewely , by daye it may nat be ; Men wolde seyn that we were theves stronge ...
Contents
THE APPROACH TO ENGLISH LITERATURE | 1 |
THE EARLY PERIOD | 7 |
BEOWULF | 11 |
Copyright | |
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