Century Readings for a Course in English LiteratureJohn William Cunliffe, James Francis Augustine Pyre, Karl Young Century, 1925 - 1196 pages |
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... mind , either way irreproachable , in olden wise . ' Beowulf , son of Ecgtheow , uttered to speech : - Now we sea - voyagers wish to say , we who have come from far , that we are purposing to go to Hygelac . Here we have been well ...
... mind , either way irreproachable , in olden wise . ' Beowulf , son of Ecgtheow , uttered to speech : - Now we sea - voyagers wish to say , we who have come from far , that we are purposing to go to Hygelac . Here we have been well ...
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... mind ap- pease . 25 None of ye all there is that is so mad To seek for grapes on brambles or on briars ; Nor none , I trow , that hath his wit so bad To set his hay for conies over rivers , Nor ye set not a drag - net for an hare ; And ...
... mind ap- pease . 25 None of ye all there is that is so mad To seek for grapes on brambles or on briars ; Nor none , I trow , that hath his wit so bad To set his hay for conies over rivers , Nor ye set not a drag - net for an hare ; And ...
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... mind . Alas , now drencheth my sweet foe , That with the spoil of my heart did go , And left me ; but , alas , why did he so ? And when the seas wax calm again , To chase from me annoy , 35 40 My doubtful hope doth cause me pain ; So ...
... mind . Alas , now drencheth my sweet foe , That with the spoil of my heart did go , And left me ; but , alas , why did he so ? And when the seas wax calm again , To chase from me annoy , 35 40 My doubtful hope doth cause me pain ; So ...
Page 62
... mind abhors And plaint eschews , yet thus will I begin : — The Greekes chieftains , all irked with the war , Wherein they wasted had so many years , And oft repulsed by fatal destiny , 20 24 A huge horse made , high raised like a hill ...
... mind abhors And plaint eschews , yet thus will I begin : — The Greekes chieftains , all irked with the war , Wherein they wasted had so many years , And oft repulsed by fatal destiny , 20 24 A huge horse made , high raised like a hill ...
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... mind , The sundry changes that in earth we find . 60 That musing on this worldly wealth in thought , Which comes , and goes , more faster than we see 65 The flickering flame that with the fire is wrought , My busy mind presented unto me ...
... mind , The sundry changes that in earth we find . 60 That musing on this worldly wealth in thought , Which comes , and goes , more faster than we see 65 The flickering flame that with the fire is wrought , My busy mind presented unto me ...
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