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... Ring , Sprague concocted an elaborately- invented world à la Howard's Hyborian Age : but , where Howard's imaginative integrity , or forethought , or something , lapsed , leading him into gross errors of taste in the devisal of pseudo ...
... Ring , Sprague concocted an elaborately- invented world à la Howard's Hyborian Age : but , where Howard's imaginative integrity , or forethought , or something , lapsed , leading him into gross errors of taste in the devisal of pseudo ...
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... Ring ; but its lure is too powerful . Instead , he puts it on , crying : “ I do not choose now to do what I came to do . I will not do this deed . The Ring is mine ! " 25 Gollum attacks Frodo , bites off Frodo's ring finger , and takes the ...
... Ring ; but its lure is too powerful . Instead , he puts it on , crying : “ I do not choose now to do what I came to do . I will not do this deed . The Ring is mine ! " 25 Gollum attacks Frodo , bites off Frodo's ring finger , and takes the ...
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... ring of invisibility ( Gyges ' ring ) ; the ring that bears a curse ( And- vari's ring ) ; the hero's incurable wound ( Philoktetes , Am- fortas ) ; the wicked , gold - hoarding dragon ( Fáfnir ) ; " 1 the reforging of the hero's broken ...
... ring of invisibility ( Gyges ' ring ) ; the ring that bears a curse ( And- vari's ring ) ; the hero's incurable wound ( Philoktetes , Am- fortas ) ; the wicked , gold - hoarding dragon ( Fáfnir ) ; " 1 the reforging of the hero's broken ...
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THE SWORDS OF FAERIE | 3 |
WILLIAM MORRIS | 31 |
LORD DUNSANY | 48 |
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