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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,... "
Christian History in Its Three Great Periods: Second period: The Middle Age - Page 125
by Joseph Henry Allen - 1884
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From Chaucer to Tennyson: With Twenty-nine Portraits and Selections from ...

Henry Augustin Beers - 1899 - 346 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 narratransiation of tive, was the translation made by...
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Washington, the Ideal of the South; Resurgent in Lee and Ross: Address ...

George Bruce Halsted - 1899 - 32 pages
...of any that' have loved. Most courteous wert thou, and gentle of all that sat in hall among dames; and thou wert the sternest knight to thy mortal foe that ever laid spear in the rest." Now one attempt to picture our ideal in action, and I have finished. The scene...
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Critical Confessions

Neal Brown - 1899 - 264 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. Hero worship may run an unchecked course with this great-hearted man, for all about him seems...
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Age of Chivalry; Or, King Arthur and His Knights

Thomas Bulfinch - 1900 - 490 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...
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The World's Best Essays, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Volume 6

David Josiah Brewer, Edward Archibald Allen, William Schuyler - 1900 - 454 pages
...man that ever strook with sword; and thou wert the goodliest person that ever came among the presse of knights. And thou wert the meekest man and the...sternest knight to thy mortal foe that ever put spear in rest." Complete. From * Brace bridge Hall. n FORTUNE TELLING Each city, each town, and every village,...
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Tom Beauling

Gouverneur Morris - 1901 - 232 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. ' ' ' They did not speak for some time, but looked out of the window at the spring. "Be like that,...
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Language Lessons from Literature: (1903)

Alice Woodworth Cooley, William Franklin Webster - 1903 - 236 pages
...thou wert the truest lover that ever loved woman ; and thou wert the kindest man that ever stroked sword ; and thou wert the goodliest person that ever...sternest knight to thy mortal foe that ever put spear in rest. SIR THOMAS MALORY. SECTION IV. CORRECT USB OP "SHALL" AND "WILL." Read " Sir Galahad's Oath "...
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The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 38

1876 - 818 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." It is evident that both Malory and the author of the " French book " believed far too sincerely in...
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Beiblatt zur Anglia, Volume 26

1915 - 418 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, usw. (bk. XXI, eh. XIII). ') Wenn er die tatsache, dafs der Junker bei tische vorschneidet, als...
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Bulfinch's Mythology: The Age of Fable, The Age of Chivalry, Legends of ...

Thomas Bulfinch - 1913 - 972 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...
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