Selections from the Early Ballad Poetry of England and ScotlandRichard John King Pickering, 1842 - 291 страници |
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... wounded . " But the troubles of Hrothgar were not yet brought to an end . The mother of Grendel , a mysterious being who inhabited the " terror of waters , the cold streams , " arrived on the ensuing night at the palace , determined to ...
... wounded . " But the troubles of Hrothgar were not yet brought to an end . The mother of Grendel , a mysterious being who inhabited the " terror of waters , the cold streams , " arrived on the ensuing night at the palace , determined to ...
Страница xi
... wounded ; he expires at the mouth of the cavern , after requesting Wiglaf that his funeral mound may be raised " aloft on the promontory which shall rise high on Hronesnæs , for a memorial to my people , that the sea sailors may ...
... wounded ; he expires at the mouth of the cavern , after requesting Wiglaf that his funeral mound may be raised " aloft on the promontory which shall rise high on Hronesnæs , for a memorial to my people , that the sea sailors may ...
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... recitation took place to amuse some knight who had been wounded in the tournay , or a more serious field . The list of names given to the shorter poems of the Jongleurs is in itself curious . Most of INTRODUCTION . XXV.
... recitation took place to amuse some knight who had been wounded in the tournay , or a more serious field . The list of names given to the shorter poems of the Jongleurs is in itself curious . Most of INTRODUCTION . XXV.
Страница 102
... wounded sore , And sawe the wild - worme hanginge there ; His sworde he from his scabberde drewe : A piteous case , as ye shall heare . For when the two hostes sawe the sworde , They joyned battayle instantlye ; Till of soe manye noble ...
... wounded sore , And sawe the wild - worme hanginge there ; His sworde he from his scabberde drewe : A piteous case , as ye shall heare . For when the two hostes sawe the sworde , They joyned battayle instantlye ; Till of soe manye noble ...
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... wounded soe ; He thruste himselfe upon the speare , And strucke the king a deadlye blowe . Then grimmlye dyed sir Mordered , Presentlye upon that tree : And bloody streames ranne from the kinge Ere to the duke returned hee . Sir Lukyn ...
... wounded soe ; He thruste himselfe upon the speare , And strucke the king a deadlye blowe . Then grimmlye dyed sir Mordered , Presentlye upon that tree : And bloody streames ranne from the kinge Ere to the duke returned hee . Sir Lukyn ...
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