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, 1942 |
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... sword - his hand did not withhold the blow - so that the ring - sword sang a fierce battle - song on her head . Then the visitor discovered that the flashing sword would not cut her or harm her life , but the edge failed the prince in ...
... sword - his hand did not withhold the blow - so that the ring - sword sang a fierce battle - song on her head . Then the visitor discovered that the flashing sword would not cut her or harm her life , but the edge failed the prince in ...
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... sword , and carried away from his kins- men the brown - colored helmet , the ringed coat of mail , the old sword made by giants . Onela gave ing coiled thing went gliding , hastened to its fate . The shield protected the famous king ...
... sword , and carried away from his kins- men the brown - colored helmet , the ringed coat of mail , the old sword made by giants . Onela gave ing coiled thing went gliding , hastened to its fate . The shield protected the famous king ...
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... sword in his hand ; and then him thought sin and shame to throw away that noble sword , and so eft he hid the sword , and returned again , and told to the king that he had been at the water , and done his commandment . " What saw thou ...
... sword in his hand ; and then him thought sin and shame to throw away that noble sword , and so eft he hid the sword , and returned again , and told to the king that he had been at the water , and done his commandment . " What saw thou ...
Contents
THE APPROACH TO ENGLISH LITERATURE | 1 |
THE EARLY PERIOD | 7 |
Mother Badger | 16 |
Copyright | |
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