 ... 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,...  Second period: The middle age - Page 121by Joseph Henry Allen - 1883Full view - About this book
 | James J. Wilhelm - 1994 - 596 pages
...with sword. And thou were the goodliest person that ever came among press of 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." Then there was weeping... | |
 | Leeds Barroll - 1998 - 440 pages
...with sword. And thou were the goodliest person that ever came among press of 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... | |
 | Elizabeth M. Knowles - 1999 - 1160 pages
...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...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
...with sword. And thou were the goodliest person that ever came among press of 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,... | |
 | Roger Sherman Loomis - 2000 - 210 pages
...with sword! And thou were the goodliest person that ever came among press of 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... | |
 | Paul K. Saint-Amour - 2003 - 306 pages
...lady gentle pledged him courtly in the person that ever cam among press of cup. 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | J. William Jones - 2004 - 484 pages
...thou wert the kindest man that ever strake with sword; and thou wert the 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 the sternest knight to thy mortal foe that... | |
 | 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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