Beowulf; an introduction to the study of the poem with a discussion of the stories of Offa and Finn

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«wBEOWULFPRESSCAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITYC. F. CLAY, ManagerE.C.4LONDON : FETTERLANE,NEWYORK : THE MACMILLAN CO.BOMBAY \CALCUTTA MACMILLANAND CO., Ltd.}MADRAS JTORONTO:THE CO. OFCANADA, Ltd.TOKYO : MARUZEN-KABUSHIKI-KAISflAALL BIGHTS KESERVEDPLATE IBEOWULFAN INTRODUCTION^ TO THE STUDY OFTHE POEM WITH A DISCUSSION OFTHE STORIES OF OFFA AND FINNBYK. W. CHAMBEESDeymout er bintwo deloojes: en den agin dey moutent.Uncle Remus, TheStory ofthe Deluge.CAMBRIDGEAT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS1921^9-77-lil^TOPROF. WILLIAM WITHERLE LAWRENCEDear Prof. Lawrence,WheD, more than four years ago, I asked you to allow me todedicate this volume to you, it was as apurely personal token of gratitudefor the help I had received from what you have printed, and from whatprivately.you have written to meSince then much has happened: the debt is greater, and no longerinpurely personal. We this country can never forget what we owe toyour people. And the self-denial which led them voluntarily to stintthat wethemselves of food, in Europe might be fed, is one ofmanythingsabout which it is not easy to speak. Our heart must indeed have beenhardened ifwe had not considered the miracle of those loaves. But I fearthat to refer to that great debt in the dedication to this little book maydraw on me the ridicule incurred by the poorman who dedicated his bookto the Universe.Nevertheless, as a fellow of that College which has just received froman American donor the greatest ...
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