A Handbook of German LiteratureG. Bell and sons, 1895 - 157 pages |
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... story of that barbarian who , having lost his whole possessions at dice , set his freedom on the last throw , lost , and voluntarily allowed himself to be sold as a slave , Tacitus adds : " So great , even in a bad cause , is the ...
... story of that barbarian who , having lost his whole possessions at dice , set his freedom on the last throw , lost , and voluntarily allowed himself to be sold as a slave , Tacitus adds : " So great , even in a bad cause , is the ...
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... story of the first part . " Kriemhilde dreamt in her girlhood that she tamed a falcon many a day . But two eagles tore it to pieces before her eyes . Never had she felt so great a sorrow . " The falcon was Siegfried , the eagles Gunther ...
... story of the first part . " Kriemhilde dreamt in her girlhood that she tamed a falcon many a day . But two eagles tore it to pieces before her eyes . Never had she felt so great a sorrow . " The falcon was Siegfried , the eagles Gunther ...
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... story . Then Siegfried takes his queen home to the Netherlands , where he rules over the Nibelungen , and possesses the greatest treasure ever won by hero . After a lapse of time , how long we are not told , Sieg- fried , accompanied by ...
... story . Then Siegfried takes his queen home to the Netherlands , where he rules over the Nibelungen , and possesses the greatest treasure ever won by hero . After a lapse of time , how long we are not told , Sieg- fried , accompanied by ...
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... story of Hilde , which forms the first part of the poem , serves as a prologue to the longer and more interest- ing second " Lied , " the story of Gudrun , Hilde's daughter . Hilde . - Hagen , King of Ireland , puts to death every ...
... story of Hilde , which forms the first part of the poem , serves as a prologue to the longer and more interest- ing second " Lied , " the story of Gudrun , Hilde's daughter . Hilde . - Hagen , King of Ireland , puts to death every ...
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... stories are told with charming simplicity , Hartmann's epic poems are four in number . The two first belong to the Arthurian Legend . 1. Ereck und Enite ( the story called in Tennyson's " Idylls ' " " Geraint and Enid " ) tells how the ...
... stories are told with charming simplicity , Hartmann's epic poems are four in number . The two first belong to the Arthurian Legend . 1. Ereck und Enite ( the story called in Tennyson's " Idylls ' " " Geraint and Enid " ) tells how the ...
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