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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... thee , And give thee more than thou hast wit to ask . Faust . Ay , Mephistophilis , I give it thee . Meph . Then , Faustus , stab thine arm coura- geously . And bind thy soul that at some certain day Great Lucifer may claim it as his ...
... thee , And give thee more than thou hast wit to ask . Faust . Ay , Mephistophilis , I give it thee . Meph . Then , Faustus , stab thine arm coura- geously . And bind thy soul that at some certain day Great Lucifer may claim it as his ...
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... thee . Who is he that hideth counsel without knowl- edge ? therefore have I uttered that I understood not ; things too wonderful for me , which I knew Hear , I beseech thee , and I will speak : I will de- 20 mand of thee , and declare ...
... thee . Who is he that hideth counsel without knowl- edge ? therefore have I uttered that I understood not ; things too wonderful for me , which I knew Hear , I beseech thee , and I will speak : I will de- 20 mand of thee , and declare ...
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... thee ; The shooting stars attend thee ; And the elves also , Whose little eyes glow Like the sparks of fire , befriend thee . No will - o ' - the - wisp mis - light thee ; No snake or slow - worm bite thee ; But on , on thy way , Not ...
... thee ; The shooting stars attend thee ; And the elves also , Whose little eyes glow Like the sparks of fire , befriend thee . No will - o ' - the - wisp mis - light thee ; No snake or slow - worm bite thee ; But on , on thy way , Not ...
Contents
THE APPROACH TO ENGLISH LITERATURE | 1 |
THE EARLY PERIOD | 7 |
BEOWULF | 11 |
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