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... arms would pledge , When beer had roused their bosoms , to bide with fierce sword - edge , Within these walls of wassail , Grendel's coming - on . But then would be this mead - house , This lordly chamber , gore - stained when the day ...
... arms would pledge , When beer had roused their bosoms , to bide with fierce sword - edge , Within these walls of wassail , Grendel's coming - on . But then would be this mead - house , This lordly chamber , gore - stained when the day ...
Page 233
... arms against him . The destruction of Deme- trius , son to Philip the Second 75 of Mace- 10 don , turned upon the father , who died of repentance . And many like examples there are ; but few or none where the fathers had good by such ...
... arms against him . The destruction of Deme- trius , son to Philip the Second 75 of Mace- 10 don , turned upon the father , who died of repentance . And many like examples there are ; but few or none where the fathers had good by such ...
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... arms , to arms ! " the fierce Virago cries , And swift as lightning to the combat flies . All side in parties , and begin th ' attack ; Fans clap , silks rustle , and tough whale- bones crack ; 40 Heroes ' and Heroines ' shouts confus ...
... arms , to arms ! " the fierce Virago cries , And swift as lightning to the combat flies . All side in parties , and begin th ' attack ; Fans clap , silks rustle , and tough whale- bones crack ; 40 Heroes ' and Heroines ' shouts confus ...
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Literary Masters of England Nelson Sherwin Bushnell,Paul Milton Fulcher,Warner Taylor Snippet view - 1936 |
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