A History of English Literature in a Series of Biographical SketchesNelson, 1892 - 550 էջ |
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... hand grasping a couple of arrows . Before this grim warrior at the top of the scroll lie a shield and a bundle of spears . Face and feet are painted a dull yellow . Before his second effigy we have four smaller heads , with closed eyes ...
... hand grasping a couple of arrows . Before this grim warrior at the top of the scroll lie a shield and a bundle of spears . Face and feet are painted a dull yellow . Before his second effigy we have four smaller heads , with closed eyes ...
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... hand . Alfred the Great was born in 848 , at Wantage in Berkshire . Two visits to Rome in his early days gave him a wider range of observation and thought than Anglo - Saxon children commonly enjoyed . When he had reached his twelfth ...
... hand . Alfred the Great was born in 848 , at Wantage in Berkshire . Two visits to Rome in his early days gave him a wider range of observation and thought than Anglo - Saxon children commonly enjoyed . When he had reached his twelfth ...
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... hands of the Minstrels and the Monks . The minstrel , roaming through the land , sang ballads of love and war ; the ... hand to the Church . So it happened that the cloister doors were too often shut in the faces of the wearied gleemen ...
... hands of the Minstrels and the Monks . The minstrel , roaming through the land , sang ballads of love and war ; the ... hand to the Church . So it happened that the cloister doors were too often shut in the faces of the wearied gleemen ...
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... hands , veined as if with whip - cord , clutched fiercely at knife or bill - hook , and wheeled the weapon in flashing circles through the air . Love , too , was the minstrel's theme ; and here the power of his song struck even deeper ...
... hands , veined as if with whip - cord , clutched fiercely at knife or bill - hook , and wheeled the weapon in flashing circles through the air . Love , too , was the minstrel's theme ; and here the power of his song struck even deeper ...
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... hand turned a handle , while the other touched the keys of the instrument . The minstrel's dress , of which an idea may be gathered from the fol- lowing passage , bore some resemblance to that of the monks . An old letter , written by a ...
... hand turned a handle , while the other touched the keys of the instrument . The minstrel's dress , of which an idea may be gathered from the fol- lowing passage , bore some resemblance to that of the monks . An old letter , written by a ...
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