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... present anthology is offered . The fundamental aim has been to give in every case complete works , or where this is obviously impossible ( as in The Faerie Queene or Paradise Lost , for example ) as many complete cantos or books as the ...
... present anthology is offered . The fundamental aim has been to give in every case complete works , or where this is obviously impossible ( as in The Faerie Queene or Paradise Lost , for example ) as many complete cantos or books as the ...
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... present anthology is offered . The fundamental aim has been to give in every case complete works , or where this is obviously impossible ( as in The Faerie Queene or Paradise Lost , for example ) as many complete cantos or books as the ...
... present anthology is offered . The fundamental aim has been to give in every case complete works , or where this is obviously impossible ( as in The Faerie Queene or Paradise Lost , for example ) as many complete cantos or books as the ...
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... presents before the warriors - nor have I heard of many who gave four precious things adorned with gold to others on ... present Hengest's troops with rings , with treasures of beaten gold , even as freely as he would cheer his Frisian ...
... presents before the warriors - nor have I heard of many who gave four precious things adorned with gold to others on ... present Hengest's troops with rings , with treasures of beaten gold , even as freely as he would cheer his Frisian ...
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... present of horses and treasures . So shall a kinsman do and in no case weave a net of treachery for the other by secret wiles , or prepare death for his comrade . To Hygelac , strong in battle , his nephew was very dear ; each was ...
... present of horses and treasures . So shall a kinsman do and in no case weave a net of treachery for the other by secret wiles , or prepare death for his comrade . To Hygelac , strong in battle , his nephew was very dear ; each was ...
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... present romance belongs . Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is generally admitted to be the finest of the English romances . It was written about 1370 , that is , by a contemporary of Chaucer . The author's name is unknown , but we have ...
... present romance belongs . Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is generally admitted to be the finest of the English romances . It was written about 1370 , that is , by a contemporary of Chaucer . The author's name is unknown , but we have ...
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battle Beowulf brave bright Cæsar Chas Cleo dear death doth earls earth Ecgtheow eyes Eyre Faerie Queene fair fair lady fear Firk Geats give gold grace green Grendel Grendel's mother hall hand hast hath head Healfdene hear heard heart heaven Heorot Hildeburh Hind Horn Hodge honor Hrothgar Hygelac Jane Johnson king kiss knight koude Lacy Lady Sneer Lady Teaz Lincoln live look lord mayor master mighty mind mistress mordre never Onela Ongentheow pray prince queen quoth Ralph Robin Robin Hood Rose Scyldings shoemaker Sir Gawain Sir Oliv Sir Pet Sir Peter sorrow soul speak Surf sweet sword Sybil tell thane thee ther thine things thought thyng treasure unto Vent warrior whan wife wise wolde words young