 | 1894 - 926 pages
...; and thou was the meekest man and the gentlest that ever ate in hall among ladies ; and thon were the sternest knight to thy mortal foe that ever put spear in the rest." Squire. Here again I would refer you to the Globe Introduction for proof that in these and other instances... | |
 | Leeds Barroll - 1998 - 440 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. (157) The chivalric code exemplified by Lancelot's life shows us a social system based on an elaborate... | |
 | Elizabeth M. Knowles - 1999 - 1160 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...to thy mortal foe that ever put spear in the rest. i<> Sir ¡Miincelot U Morte D'Arthur I I48s) bk. 21, ch. i ? 16 And many men say that there is written... | |
 | Norman Davis - 1999 - 324 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' , ed. Vinaver (Oxford, 2nd edn 1967), iii. 1259). in Lombard Street. He ha(th) a book of my sister... | |
 | Roger Sherman Loomis - 2000 - 210 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!' What could be more absurd than to praise Lancelot for being the kindest man who ever struck with sword,... | |
 | Paul K. Saint-Amour - 2003 - 306 pages
...knights. 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. The Malory encomium is unquestionably the primary source text for Joyce's "Malory" parody, furnishing... | |
 | J. William Jones - 2004 - 484 pages
...goodliest person that ever came among press of knights; and thou wert the meekest man and the gentliest that ever ate in hall among ladies; and thou wert...sternest knight to thy mortal foe that ever put spear in rest.' — The Mart d' Arthur of Sir Thomas Malory. "With reverence and regret we repeat today Sir... | |
 | Edmund Henry Oliver - 2004 - 208 pages
...goodliest person that ever came among the press of knights, and thou wert the meekest man, and the greatest that ever ate in hall among ladies, and thou wert...sternest knight to thy mortal foe that ever put spear in breast." Wolfram van Eschenbach has given us in Parsifal the story of a knight in search of the Holy... | |
 | Ebenezer Cobham Brewer - 2004 - 592 pages
...; and thou were the meekest man and the gentlest that ever eat in hall among ladies; and thou were the sternest knight to thy mortal foe that ever put spear in rest." — Sir T. Malory, History of Prince, Arthur, iii. 176 (1470). NB — The Elaine above referred... | |
 | Richard W. Barber - 2005 - 220 pages
...with sword. And thou wert the goodliest person that ever came among press of knights, and thou wast the meekest man and the gentlest that ever ate in...to thy mortal foe that ever put spear in the rest Yet Lancelot is more than the sum of all the conventional chivalric virtues. His love for Guinevere,... | |
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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,... 
