Chamber's Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History, Critical and Biographical, of Authors in the English Tongue from the Earliest Times Till the Present Day, with Specimens of Their Writings, Volume 1J. B. Lippincott, 1910 - American literature |
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... fall on the foes , and the sword - play is fierce among the doomed . The gaunt wolf , the raven , and the dusky ... falling ; Brattling of the bolts of war ! Underneath the breast of men Grisly gripped the sharp - ground spears On the ...
... fall on the foes , and the sword - play is fierce among the doomed . The gaunt wolf , the raven , and the dusky ... falling ; Brattling of the bolts of war ! Underneath the breast of men Grisly gripped the sharp - ground spears On the ...
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... fall out of their places . Then the sun that erst o'er the elder world With such brightness shone for the sons of men Black - dark now becomes , changed to bloody hue . And the moon alike , who to man of old Nightly gave her light ...
... fall out of their places . Then the sun that erst o'er the elder world With such brightness shone for the sons of men Black - dark now becomes , changed to bloody hue . And the moon alike , who to man of old Nightly gave her light ...
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... fall upon it in England . Alcuin himself heard of the ravaging of Lindisfarne by the Vikings in 793 , and of the attack in the following year on Wearmouth , and cried out with pity and sorrow . The years that followed were years of ...
... fall upon it in England . Alcuin himself heard of the ravaging of Lindisfarne by the Vikings in 793 , and of the attack in the following year on Wearmouth , and cried out with pity and sorrow . The years that followed were years of ...
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... Fall of Man , was used to fill up the gap in Genesis A. We call this portion Genesis B , and it differs from the earlier Genesis not only in manner , metre , and language , but in sentiment and thought . It opens with the fall of the ...
... Fall of Man , was used to fill up the gap in Genesis A. We call this portion Genesis B , and it differs from the earlier Genesis not only in manner , metre , and language , but in sentiment and thought . It opens with the fall of the ...
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... fall . Their love is not shattered ; there is no mutual reproach . Eve's tenderness is as deep as Adam's repentance , and they fall to prayer . This is the close of Genesis B. It is full of Teutonic feeling . The fierce individuality ...
... fall . Their love is not shattered ; there is no mutual reproach . Eve's tenderness is as deep as Adam's repentance , and they fall to prayer . This is the close of Genesis B. It is full of Teutonic feeling . The fierce individuality ...
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