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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... took their flesh , turned toward home , blowing loudly many re- the company had all come into the pleasing castle ... took out the first stomach , cut it away with a sharp knife and sewed up the flesh . After that they cut at the four ...
... took their flesh , turned toward home , blowing loudly many re- the company had all come into the pleasing castle ... took out the first stomach , cut it away with a sharp knife and sewed up the flesh . After that they cut at the four ...
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... took such an habit as he had . greatly , but sighed . And so he did all the observ- ance of the service himself , both the dirge , and on the morn he sang mass . And there was ordained an horse - bier ; and so with an hundred torches ...
... took such an habit as he had . greatly , but sighed . And so he did all the observ- ance of the service himself , both the dirge , and on the morn he sang mass . And there was ordained an horse - bier ; and so with an hundred torches ...
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... took four other sticks , them up . The horse that fell was strained in. court , who are not adorned with one of these girdles . The horses of the army , and those of the royal stables , having been daily led before me , were no longer ...
... took four other sticks , them up . The horse that fell was strained in. court , who are not adorned with one of these girdles . The horses of the army , and those of the royal stables , having been daily led before me , were no longer ...
Contents
THE APPROACH TO ENGLISH LITERATURE | 1 |
THE EARLY PERIOD | 7 |
BEOWULF | 11 |
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