 | Charles Cowley - 1892 - 114 pages
...ever strake with sword ; and thou wert the goodliest person that ever came among press of knights; and the gentlest that ever ate in hall among ladies...sternest knight to thy mortal foe that ever put spear in rest." It is just this chivalrous combination of the strong arm and dauntless spirit with tenderness... | |
 | 1892 - 336 pages
...knights ; and thou was the meekest man and the gentlest that ever ate in hall among ladies; and thou were the sternest knight to thy mortal foe that ever put spear in the rest.' Shakspeare makes his ideal knight, Henry the Fifth, just before the Battle of Agincourt, speak thus... | |
 | Harold Littledale - 1893 - 378 pages
...; and thou was the meekest man and the gentlest that ever ate in hall among ladies ; and thou were the sternest knight to thy mortal foe that ever put spear in the rest." The " smaller time," line 262, is of course our own day. Compare Gareth's " lesser spear." The list... | |
 | 1911 - 400 pages
...knights. And thou was the meekest man and the gentlest that ever ate in hall among ladies. And thou were the sternest knight to thy mortal foe that ever put spear in the rest." (Boox XXI, chapter 13). While Sir Launcelot is the type of what vTis best in his own period and state... | |
 | 1912 - 620 pages
...all Christian knights, and now, I dare say, thou wert the courtliest knight that ever bare shield — and thou wert the kindest man that ever strake with...sternest knight to thy mortal foe that ever put spear in rest." BANQUET TO CONFEDERATE ALUMNI. JUNE 10, 1912. TOASTMASTER, HON. ARMISTEAD CHURCHILL GORDON,... | |
 | Henry Augustin Beers - 1894 - 328 pages
...; and thou were the meekest man and the gentlest that ever ate in hall among ladies; and thou were the sternest knight to thy mortal foe that ever put spear in the rest.' " Equally good, as an example of English prose narrative, was the translation made by John Bourchier,... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1894 - 348 pages
...; and thou were the meekest man and the greatest that ever ate in hall among ladies ; and thou were the sternest knight to thy mortal foe, that ever put spear in the rest." (Malory, xxi. 13.) 7, 10. — a strong sword and belt. In Malory, Galahad, in quest of the Grail, finds... | |
 | Sir Edward Strachey - 1894 - 280 pages
...knights; and thou was the meekest man and the gentlest that ever ate in hall among ladies; and thou were the sternest knight to thy mortal foe that ever put spear in the rest." The Squire. Here again I would refer you to the Globe Introduction for proof that in these and other... | |
 | Thomas Bulfinch - 1895 - 436 pages
...truest lover, of a sinful man, that ever loved woman ; and thou wert the kindest man that ever struck with sword. And thou wert the goodliest person that...put spear in the rest." Then there was weeping and dolor out of measure. Thus they kept Sir Launcelot's corpse fifteen days, and then they buried it with... | |
 | 1895 - 416 pages
...; and thou was the meekest man and the gentlest that ever ate in hall among ladies ; and thou were the sternest knight to thy mortal foe that ever put spear in the rest. MALORY. RIGHT valiant was he, God's body to see, Though he saw it not. Right valiant to move, But for... | |
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... and thou were the truest lover, of a sinful man, that ever loved woman ; and thou wert the kindest man that ever struck with sword. And thou wert the goodliest person that ever came among press of knights. And thou wert the meekest man, and the gentlest,... 
