 In our forefathers tyme, whan Papistrie, as a standyng poole, couered and ouerflowed all England, fewe bookes were read in our long, sauyng certaine bookes of Cheualrie, as they sayd, for pastime and pleasure, which, as some say, were made in Monasteries,...  The Works of Walter Scott, Esq: Sir Tristram - Page 341by Walter Scott - 1813Full view - About this book
 | Thomas (of Ercildoune, called the Rhymer.) - 1804 - 514 pages
...a " standing poole, coverd and overflowed all England, few bookes " were red in our toong, savying certayne bookes of chivalrie, as " they sayd, for...pastime and pleasure, which, as some say, were " made in monasteries by idle monkes or wanton chanons. As " one, for example, Morte Arthurc, the whole pleasure... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges, Joseph Haslewood - 1810 - 618 pages
...as a standing poole, couered and ouerflowecl all England, few bookes were red in our toong, sailing certayne bookes of chivalrie, as they sayd for pastime and pleasure, which, as some say, were made in monasteries by idle monkes or wanton channons: as one for example, Morte Arthur, the whole pleasure... | |
 | Samuel Egerton Brydges, Joseph Haslewood - 1810 - 648 pages
...standing poole, couered and ouer£owed all England, few bookes were red in our toong, sailing cortayne bookes of chivalrie, as they sayd for pastime and pleasure, which, as some say, were made in monasteries by idle monkes or wanton channons: as one for example, Morte Arthur, the whole pleasure... | |
 | Thomas (the Rhymer) - 1811 - 568 pages
...the learned Ascham thus inveighs : " In our forefathers' " time, when Papistrie, as a standing poolc, covered and over" flowed all England, few bookes were...idle monkes or wanton chanons. As one, for ex" ample, Morte. Arthure, the whole pleasure of whiche booke *' standeth in two specyall poyntes ; in open mans... | |
 | Thomas (the Rhymer) - 1819 - 544 pages
...and betrayed. Neither is the profligacy of Sir Tristrem peculiar to that champion, being an atribute of many of the Knights of the Round Table, against...ries by idle monkes or wanton chanons. As one, for cx" ample, Morte Arthurc, the whole pleasure of whiche booke S-12 SIR TniSTilEM. " standeth in two... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1821 - 546 pages
...a standing poole, cover" ed and overflowed all England, few bookes were red in our " toong, savyng certayne bookes of chivalrie, as they sayd, " for...pastime and pleasure, which, as some say, were made in " monasteries by idle monkes or wanton chanons. As one, " for example, Morte Arthvre, the whole pleasure... | |
 | Thomas Warton - 1824 - 504 pages
...and ouerflowed all England, few bookes were red in our toong, sauyng certayne Bookes of Chiualrie, as they sayd for pastime and pleasure, which, as some say, were made in monasteries by idle monkes or wanton chanons : as one for example, MORTE ARTHUR, the whole pleasure... | |
 | Sir John Dorney Harding - 1838 - 86 pages
...papistrie, as a standing poole, covered and overflowed all England, few books were red in our toong savyng certayne bookes of chivalrie, as they sayd for pastime and pleasure, which, as some say, were made in monasteries by idle monkes or wanton chanons; as one for example, Morte Arthur, the whole pleasure... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1838 - 562 pages
...as a standing poole, covered and overflowed all England, few bookes were red in our toong, savying certayne bookes of chivalrie, as they sayd, for pastime and pleasure, which, as some »ay, were made in monasteries by idle monkes or wanton channns. As one, for example, Morte Arlhure,... | |
 | Thomas Warton - 1840 - 550 pages
...and ouerflowed all England, few bookes were red in our toong, sauyng certayne Bookes of Chiualrie, as they sayd for pastime and pleasure, which, as some say, were made in monasteries by idle monkes or wanton chanons : as one for example, MORTE ARTHUR, the whole pleasure... | |
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