Animal Conventions in English Renaissance Non-religious Prose, 1550-1600 |
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... dragon , Hercules and the hydra , Hercules and the Nemean lion , and Hercules and the Erimanthian boar ; the English legend of St. George and the dragon ; and Spenser's Red Cross Knight and the dragon . In one of the English romances ...
... dragon , Hercules and the hydra , Hercules and the Nemean lion , and Hercules and the Erimanthian boar ; the English legend of St. George and the dragon ; and Spenser's Red Cross Knight and the dragon . In one of the English romances ...
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William Meredith Carroll. for help , killed a fearful dragon.42 In this fight , Sir Beues became unmistakably the champion of Christendom , of goodness and right , against the dragon , the symbol of paganism and the forces of evil . In ...
William Meredith Carroll. for help , killed a fearful dragon.42 In this fight , Sir Beues became unmistakably the champion of Christendom , of goodness and right , against the dragon , the symbol of paganism and the forces of evil . In ...
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... Dragon , the second of a dog , and the third of a Lion ( which all three in thank- fulnesse ... wonderfully exceeded ) , " tells the old story , attributed to Pliny , of the dragon that rescued its deliverer from danger ; the story of ...
... Dragon , the second of a dog , and the third of a Lion ( which all three in thank- fulnesse ... wonderfully exceeded ) , " tells the old story , attributed to Pliny , of the dragon that rescued its deliverer from danger ; the story of ...
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