Masterworks of World Literature, Volume 1Edwin Mallard Everett Dryden Press, 1955 - 1000 pages |
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Page 550
... whole Christian repudiation of Islam and the whole commitment of strong and sure men to their God and king and to all of France . The Song of Roland is of the literary type called the chanson de geste , that is , a song of history or of ...
... whole Christian repudiation of Islam and the whole commitment of strong and sure men to their God and king and to all of France . The Song of Roland is of the literary type called the chanson de geste , that is , a song of history or of ...
Page 895
... whole intent was to betake themselves to their heels , alighted from his horse , and got upon a big large rock , which was in the way , and with his great Brackmard sword laid such load upon those runawayes , and with maine strength ...
... whole intent was to betake themselves to their heels , alighted from his horse , and got upon a big large rock , which was in the way , and with his great Brackmard sword laid such load upon those runawayes , and with maine strength ...
Page 917
... whole world for his country , and extended his society and friendship to all mankind ; not as we do , who look no further than our feet . When the vines of my village are nipped with the frost , my parish priest presently concludes ...
... whole world for his country , and extended his society and friendship to all mankind ; not as we do , who look no further than our feet . When the vines of my village are nipped with the frost , my parish priest presently concludes ...
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