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... , which , while most closely following the account here given , will form an independent whole , intelligible in itself . Strassburg , i . E. , March , 1877 . THE AUTHOR . TRANSLATOR'S NOTE . IN submitting this work to English readers.
... , which , while most closely following the account here given , will form an independent whole , intelligible in itself . Strassburg , i . E. , March , 1877 . THE AUTHOR . TRANSLATOR'S NOTE . IN submitting this work to English readers.
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... given him a costly ring , with which , on his return to the Myrgings , he has honoured his lord , Eadgils , in gratitude for the estate granted him . For that the queen , Ealhhild , daughter of Eadwine , has be- stowed a new bounty upon ...
... given him a costly ring , with which , on his return to the Myrgings , he has honoured his lord , Eadgils , in gratitude for the estate granted him . For that the queen , Ealhhild , daughter of Eadwine , has be- stowed a new bounty upon ...
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... given only for the sake of the pict- ure , not of the thing , proves himself an artist who , not strait- ened in his material , preserving repose in the midst of com- motion , freely choosing with clear insight , seeks to shape the ...
... given only for the sake of the pict- ure , not of the thing , proves himself an artist who , not strait- ened in his material , preserving repose in the midst of com- motion , freely choosing with clear insight , seeks to shape the ...
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... given to single conceptions and ideas ; an effect sen- suously strong , but not harmonious . The whole gives the impression of a union of deep , glowing passion and a certain unwieldiness , BEOWA AND BEOWULF . III . 23 Widsith , who 22 ...
... given to single conceptions and ideas ; an effect sen- suously strong , but not harmonious . The whole gives the impression of a union of deep , glowing passion and a certain unwieldiness , BEOWA AND BEOWULF . III . 23 Widsith , who 22 ...
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... given to hills and lakes whose position and surroundings were suggestive of the myth : as Beówan hamm and Grendles mere , with the West - Saxons in Wiltshire . The son of Ecg- theow was also celebrated in England as the conqueror of ...
... given to hills and lakes whose position and surroundings were suggestive of the myth : as Beówan hamm and Grendles mere , with the West - Saxons in Wiltshire . The son of Ecg- theow was also celebrated in England as the conqueror of ...
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Aelfred Aelfred's Aelfric Aldhelm alliteration alliterative ancient Anglo-Norman Annals appears battle Beda beginning belong Beowa Beowulf bishop Byrhtnoth Caedmon cæsura Charlemagne chiefly Christ Christian chronicle church close culture Cursor mundi Cynewulf death diction ecclesiastical elements England epic epoch epos especially fabliau feeling French Gawayne Genesis German Hampole Hence Henry Henry III hero holy homilies influence king knight land language later Latin learned legend less lines literature lives lord lyrical manner material ment metre monk narrative Norman Northumbrian Old English original passages perhaps period Piers Plowman poem Poesie poet poetical poetry popular prose reign religious rhyme Richard romance saga saints Saxon seems short couplets song Song of Roland spirit story strophe strophic form style Teutonic thee thegns theme thirteenth century thou tion tone tradition translation twelfth century verse Widsith William words writings
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