English Prose and Poetry: Selected and AnnotatedGinn, 1938 - 882 pages |
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Selected and Annotated John Matthews Manly. FROM BEOWULF 1 THE SLAYING OF GRENDEL ( 11. 64-874 ) THE DEATH OF GRENDEL'S MOTHER ( 11. 1321-1650 ) FROM. pleasant to hear that even his teachers them- selves learned and wrote at his mouth ...
Selected and Annotated John Matthews Manly. FROM BEOWULF 1 THE SLAYING OF GRENDEL ( 11. 64-874 ) THE DEATH OF GRENDEL'S MOTHER ( 11. 1321-1650 ) FROM. pleasant to hear that even his teachers them- selves learned and wrote at his mouth ...
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... Grendel's doings were publicly made known ; seafarers say that this hall , this best of houses , stands empty and useless for all men , as soon as evening light is hidden under the vault of heaven . Then my people , the best and wisest ...
... Grendel's doings were publicly made known ; seafarers say that this hall , this best of houses , stands empty and useless for all men , as soon as evening light is hidden under the vault of heaven . Then my people , the best and wisest ...
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... Grendel , sick unto death , was doomed to flee thence and seek his joyless abode ' neath the fen- cliffs . Full well he knew that the end of his life was come , the appointed number of his days . By that deadly fight the desire of all ...
... Grendel , sick unto death , was doomed to flee thence and seek his joyless abode ' neath the fen- cliffs . Full well he knew that the end of his life was come , the appointed number of his days . By that deadly fight the desire of all ...
Contents
BEOWULF | 28 |
Cynewulf and Cyneheard | 34 |
JOHN GOWER 1325?1408 | 51 |
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