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Page 119
... held Andro- meda , and in his arms he held her tenderly as he flew with her to her father's land . Who so grateful then as the king and queen of Ethiopia ? and who so happy as Andromeda ? for Perseus , her deliverer , dearest and ...
... held Andro- meda , and in his arms he held her tenderly as he flew with her to her father's land . Who so grateful then as the king and queen of Ethiopia ? and who so happy as Andromeda ? for Perseus , her deliverer , dearest and ...
Page 203
... held by her most dear , and the other gods smiled when they beheld her vying with Diana in the chase and following Adonis as he pursued the roe , the wolf , and the wild boar through the dark forest and up the mountain side . The pride ...
... held by her most dear , and the other gods smiled when they beheld her vying with Diana in the chase and following Adonis as he pursued the roe , the wolf , and the wild boar through the dark forest and up the mountain side . The pride ...
Page 255
... held in it , such as had never before been held all through the magnificent reign of Hrothgar . The best of the scalds sung songs in honour of the triumph of Beowulf , and the queen herself pledged the hero in a cup of mead and gave to ...
... held in it , such as had never before been held all through the magnificent reign of Hrothgar . The best of the scalds sung songs in honour of the triumph of Beowulf , and the queen herself pledged the hero in a cup of mead and gave to ...
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Acrisius Aphrodite Apollo Arachne arms Atalanta Baldur beautiful Beowulf birds blood Cathbad chariot Charlemagne child children of Lîr Conor creature cried cruel dark daughter dead dear death Deirdrê Diana dreams earth Echo Emain Macha Erin Eros Eurydice evil eyes face fair father fear fell fierce flowers Freya Ganelon gazed goddess gods gold golden Grendel grew grey Halcyone hand happiness heard heart hero honour Hrothgar Hyacinthus Kemoc king knew land Lavarcam listened live Loch Etive looked Marpessa Meleager Midas mighty monster mother mountain Naoise never night nymphs Odin Olympus Orpheus palace Pallas Athené passed Perseus Phaeton Polydectes Psyche queen river Roland Sea of Moyle slay sleep smiled song Sons of Usna sorrow soul spoke stood sweet swiftly sword thee thing thou told trees voice warriors weary wind wings woman words Zephyrus Zeus