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" ... remarkable to be suppressed ; it was a brass ring, resembling a dog's collar, but without any opening, and soldered fast round his neck, so loose as to form no impediment to his breathing, yet so tight as to be incapable of being removed, excepting... "
The New England Historical and Genealogical Register - Page 242
1882
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 33

1820 - 590 pages
...his breathing, yet so tight as to be incapable of being removed, excepting by the use of the file. On this singular gorget was engraved in Saxon characters,...of the following purport : — " Gurth, the son of Beowulph, is the born thrall of Cedric of Rotherwood. " ' I. 7-10. The Fool, whose whole part is copied...
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The British review and London critical journal

1820 - 524 pages
...his breathing, yet so tight as to be incapable of being removed, excepting by the use of the file. On this singular gorget was engraved in Saxon characters,...of the following purport: — ' Gurth, the son of Beowulph, is the born thrall of Cedric of ttotherwood.' " Beside this swine-herd, for such was Gurth's...
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Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 6

1820 - 774 pages
...his breathing, yet so tight as to be incapable of being removed, excepting by the use of the h'le. On this singular gorget was engraved in Saxon characters,...of the following purport : — * Gurth, the son of Beowulph, is the born thrall of Cedric of Rotherwood.' " This Born-Thrall has some difficulty in getting...
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The Edinburgh Monthly Review, Volume 3

1820 - 774 pages
...soldered fast round his neck, so loose as to form no impediment to his breathing, yet so tight as to be incapable of being removed, excepting by the use of...inscription of the following purport : — * Gurth, the ion of Beowulph, is the born thrall of Cedric of Rotherwood.' " I. Pp. 7 — 10. Gurth was a swine-herd...
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The Literary chronicle and weekly review, Volume 2, Issues 33-83

1820 - 856 pages
...soldered fast round his neck, so loose as to form no impediment for his breathing, yet so tight as to be incapable of being removed, excepting by the use of...was -engraved, in Saxon characters, an inscription to the following purport. — " Gurth, the son of Beow»ik>h, is the born thrall of Cedric, of Rotherwood."...
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Edinburgh Monthly Review, Volume 3

1820 - 760 pages
...his breathing, yet so tight as to be incapable of being removed, excepting by the use of the file. On this singular gorget was engraved in Saxon characters,...inscription of the following purport :— ' Gurth, the «on of Beowulph, is the born thrall of Cedric of Rotherwood.' " I. Pp. 7 — 10. Gurth was a swine-herd...
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Ivanhoe;: A Romance, Volume 1

Walter Scott - 1820 - 356 pages
...his breathing, yet so tight as to be incapable of being removed, excepting by the use of the file. On this singular gorget was engraved in Saxon characters,...of the following purport : — " Gurth, the son of Beowulph, is the born thrall of Cedric of Rotherwood." Beside this swine-herd, for such was Gurth's...
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Historical romances of the author of Waverley, Volume 1

sir Walter Scott (bart [novels, collected]) - 1822 - 550 pages
...his breathing, yet so tight as to be incapable of being removed, excepting by the use of the file. On this singular gorget was engraved in Saxon characters,...inscription of the following purport:—" Gurth, the son of Beowulph, is the born thrall of Cedric of Rotherwood." Beside the swine-herd, for such was Gurth's...
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Sketches of birds in short enigmatical verses

Samuel Roper - 1832 - 178 pages
...his breathing, yet so tight as to be incapable of being removed, excepting by the use of the file. On this singular gorget was engraved, in Saxon characters,...inscription of the following purport, ' Gurth, the son of Beowulph, is the bom thrall of Cedric of Rotherwood.' " — Ivanltoc, vol. i. chap. 1 . 39. With a...
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Public and Private Economy, Part 2

Theodore Sedgwick - 1838 - 218 pages
...to his breathing, yet so tight as to be incapable of being removed, except by the use of the file. On this singular gorget was engraved in Saxon characters...inscription of the following purport : ' Gurth, the son of Beowulph, is the born thrall of Cedric of Rotherwood.' " Here are the materials for a contrast between...
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