 | Vida Dutton Scudder - 1895 - 364 pages
..."meekest man and the gentlest that 1 Emerson : The Sphinx, Stanza xvi. ever ate in hall among ladies ; and sternest knight to thy mortal foe that ever put spear in the rest : " — we know them all, as we know the man we talk to in the horse-cars, the acquaintance from whom... | |
 | Vida Dutton Scudder - 1895 - 368 pages
..."meekest man and the gentlest that 1 Emerson : The Sphinx, Stanza xvi. ever ate in hall among ladies ; and sternest knight to thy mortal foe that ever put spear in the rest: " — we know them all, as we know the man we talk to in the horse-cars, the acquaintance from whom... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1896 - 222 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." 279. On Badon Hill. Green, in his Short Jlistory of the English People, says : " It is certain that... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1896 - 122 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." Guinevere, like "Lancelot and Elaine," first appeared in the volume of 1859. The story is Tennyson's,... | |
 | Hélène Adeline Guerber - 1896 - 408 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 rest.' " CHAPTER XIV. TRISTAN AND ISEULT.' THE story of Tristan, which seems to have been current from... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1897 - 452 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." 279. On Badon Hill. Green, in his Short History of the English People, says : " It is certain that... | |
 | Vida Dutton Scudder - 1898 - 346 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." We have seen the ideal shift in the sixteenth century from knight to gentleman ; but the main lines... | |
 | Stephen Lucius Gwynn - 1899 - 254 pages
...there thou liest, that thou wert never matched of earthly knight's hands ; and thou wert the courtliest knight that ever bare shield; and thou wert the truest...to thy mortal foe that ever put spear in the rest.' " There, as I say, you have the true inspiration of the legend. Lancelot was a sinner, but a sinner... | |
 | Stephen Lucius Gwynn - 1899 - 250 pages
...there thou liest, that thou wert never matched of earthly knight's hands; and thou wert the courtliest knight that ever bare shield; and thou wert the truest...thy mortal foe that ever put spear in the rest.'" There, as I say, you have the true inspiration of the legend. Lancelot was a sinner, but a sinner who... | |
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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,... 
