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... heads or divisions . First , and perhaps most important , are the heroic . These belong mostly to the border country , and are common to the two nations . For the dialect on either side of the border melts into one , and it is only from ...
... heads or divisions . First , and perhaps most important , are the heroic . These belong mostly to the border country , and are common to the two nations . For the dialect on either side of the border melts into one , and it is only from ...
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... head under which this class of literature has been divided . No portion of English popular poetry is more noteworthy . They took thorough possession of the mind of the lower orders , among whom their 6 INTRODUCTION .
... head under which this class of literature has been divided . No portion of English popular poetry is more noteworthy . They took thorough possession of the mind of the lower orders , among whom their 6 INTRODUCTION .
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... head . ' ' O staye , my liege , ' then sayd the duke ; ' O staye for love and charitiè : 85 Remember what the vision spoke , Nor meete your foe , if it may bee . ' ' O , staye mee not , thou worthye wight , This debt my loyal knights I ...
... head . ' ' O staye , my liege , ' then sayd the duke ; ' O staye for love and charitiè : 85 Remember what the vision spoke , Nor meete your foe , if it may bee . ' ' O , staye mee not , thou worthye wight , This debt my loyal knights I ...
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... head , ' said Robin That spares the sheriff and the sergeant . ' The surprising adventures of this robber - chief , ' says M. Thierry , ' his victories over the men of foreign race , were long the only stock of national history that a ...
... head , ' said Robin That spares the sheriff and the sergeant . ' The surprising adventures of this robber - chief , ' says M. Thierry , ' his victories over the men of foreign race , were long the only stock of national history that a ...
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... heads , trusted that some traitor in the band would sooner or later be found to betray the rest . But none arose , nor outside the band could any one be induced to disclose the secret of its hiding - places . A poor woman once said to ...
... heads , trusted that some traitor in the band would sooner or later be found to betray the rest . But none arose , nor outside the band could any one be induced to disclose the secret of its hiding - places . A poor woman once said to ...
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