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... kind , or is he cynical ? Is he in love with external nature ? If so , with what phase or department of it ? Is he sincere or affected ? What else would you infer of his disposition and character ? Do you feel after reading him that you ...
... kind , or is he cynical ? Is he in love with external nature ? If so , with what phase or department of it ? Is he sincere or affected ? What else would you infer of his disposition and character ? Do you feel after reading him that you ...
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... kind , be given or referred to for study . How many authors shall be studied in this way and how long they shall be studied are questions difficult to answer . Much depends upon the attain- ments and maturity of the class , and much ...
... kind , be given or referred to for study . How many authors shall be studied in this way and how long they shall be studied are questions difficult to answer . Much depends upon the attain- ments and maturity of the class , and much ...
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... kind many , strange sea dragons , tempting the deep ; also in the headland - clefts nickers lying , which at morning time oft keep their sorrowful course on the sail - road , worms and wild beasts . TO THE TEACHER . - Note the two A. S. ...
... kind many , strange sea dragons , tempting the deep ; also in the headland - clefts nickers lying , which at morning time oft keep their sorrowful course on the sail - road , worms and wild beasts . TO THE TEACHER . - Note the two A. S. ...
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... kind ; the vessel gliding swiftly over the waves is compared to a bird ; the Grendel's eyes to fire ; his nails to steel ; the light which Beowulf finds in the Grendel's dwelling , under the waters , resembles the serene light of the ...
... kind ; the vessel gliding swiftly over the waves is compared to a bird ; the Grendel's eyes to fire ; his nails to steel ; the light which Beowulf finds in the Grendel's dwelling , under the waters , resembles the serene light of the ...
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... kind it was , and how fine it was , in the Battle Song of Brunanburh , 937 , and in the Song of the Fight at Maldon , 991. A still earlier fragment exists in a short account of the Battle of Finnesburg , probably of the same time and ...
... kind it was , and how fine it was , in the Battle Song of Brunanburh , 937 , and in the Song of the Fight at Maldon , 991. A still earlier fragment exists in a short account of the Battle of Finnesburg , probably of the same time and ...
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