Notes and Queries, Volumes 144-145Oxford University Press, 1923 |
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... Beowulf . ' the five new publications of the E.E.T.S. and In Middle English Sir I. Gollancz's Pearl , ' seeveral notable articles in Modern Philology are among the most interesting things , though there was not wanting some satisfactory ...
... Beowulf . ' the five new publications of the E.E.T.S. and In Middle English Sir I. Gollancz's Pearl , ' seeveral notable articles in Modern Philology are among the most interesting things , though there was not wanting some satisfactory ...
Page 327
... Beowulf's mother was a daughter of Hrethel , the king of the Geats , and on p . 4 of his Beowulf : An Introduction to the Study of the Poem ' ( 1921 ) , Professor R. W. Chambers states that we have no evi- dence outside ' Beowulf ' for ...
... Beowulf's mother was a daughter of Hrethel , the king of the Geats , and on p . 4 of his Beowulf : An Introduction to the Study of the Poem ' ( 1921 ) , Professor R. W. Chambers states that we have no evi- dence outside ' Beowulf ' for ...
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... Beowulf > Beowa ( as Boppe usz Tene- lant " ) are enumerated , and stress is laid upon the identity of relationship , in both English and Continental Saga , between the three princes . In addition to this , Hethcyn is named in the ...
... Beowulf > Beowa ( as Boppe usz Tene- lant " ) are enumerated , and stress is laid upon the identity of relationship , in both English and Continental Saga , between the three princes . In addition to this , Hethcyn is named in the ...
Page 329
... Beowulf . : ALFRED ANSCOMBE . 30 , Albany Road , Stroud Green , N.4 . SAMUEL RICHARDSON AND HIS FAMILY CIRCLE . - XVIII . ( See ante , pp . 5 ( v . refs . ) , 44 , 83 , 126 , 167 , 209 , 247 , 287 ) . His Descendants through the Rev ...
... Beowulf . : ALFRED ANSCOMBE . 30 , Albany Road , Stroud Green , N.4 . SAMUEL RICHARDSON AND HIS FAMILY CIRCLE . - XVIII . ( See ante , pp . 5 ( v . refs . ) , 44 , 83 , 126 , 167 , 209 , 247 , 287 ) . His Descendants through the Rev ...
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... Beowulf ' : - Only . Beowulf 251 : Nis pat seld - guma. his own Abbey of Holywood . " This is the first mention of John as Abbot and of his presumed burial at Holywood . So legend grows . The head found at Terregles in 1788 , which is ...
... Beowulf ' : - Only . Beowulf 251 : Nis pat seld - guma. his own Abbey of Holywood . " This is the first mention of John as Abbot and of his presumed burial at Holywood . So legend grows . The head found at Terregles in 1788 , which is ...
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