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 - English literature |
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... Hygelac . 5 Hygelac was king of the Geats during the first part of the poem . He is identified with the historical Chlochilaicus , who was killed in a raid against the Franks and Frisians about 521 . 6 • Hygd is sometimes thought to ...
... Hygelac . 5 Hygelac was king of the Geats during the first part of the poem . He is identified with the historical Chlochilaicus , who was killed in a raid against the Franks and Frisians about 521 . 6 • Hygd is sometimes thought to ...
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... Hygelac . We were entertained here fit- tingly and delightfully . You have treated us well . If , ruler of men , I can at all earn your affection by " So I have ruled the Ring - Danes under the sky for a hundred half - years , protected ...
... Hygelac . We were entertained here fit- tingly and delightfully . You have treated us well . If , ruler of men , I can at all earn your affection by " So I have ruled the Ring - Danes under the sky for a hundred half - years , protected ...
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... Hygelac's horn and trumpet , as the good man came along the trail with a band of people . XLI " The bloody track of the Swedes and the Geats , He ordered then that the battle be announced in the enclosure up over the steep cliff , where ...
... Hygelac's horn and trumpet , as the good man came along the trail with a band of people . XLI " The bloody track of the Swedes and the Geats , He ordered then that the battle be announced in the enclosure up over the steep cliff , where ...
Contents
THE APPROACH TO ENGLISH LITERATURE | 1 |
THE EARLY PERIOD | 7 |
Mother Badger | 16 |
Copyright | |
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