| Charles Winslow Hall - 1880 - 398 pages
...knights; and thou wast the meekest man and the gentlest that ever ate in hall among ladies; and thou wert the sternest knight to thy mortal foe that ever put spear in the rest." " Courtly, true, gallant, faithful, merciful, strong, gentle and unobtrusive, yet fearful in anger... | |
| Historical ballads - 1882 - 308 pages
...Southwark. 3 Go. 4 By chance it happened. 5 Now. 6 as I (to) you relate. 7 Nevertheless. 8 Ere or before. A Knight there was, and that a worthy man, That from the time that he first began To riden out, he loved chivalry, Truth and honour, freedom and courtesy. Full... | |
| William James Linton, Richard Henry Stoddard - 1883 - 384 pages
...of what degree, And eke in what array that they were in ; And at a knight then will I first begin. A KNIGHT there was, and that a worthy man, That from the time that he first began To riden out, he loved chivalry, Truth and honour, freedom and courtesy. Full... | |
| Philip George and son, ltd - 1883 - 282 pages
...him, "Thou wert the meekeat man, und the gentlest, that ever eat in hull among ladies ; and thou wert the sternest knight to thy mortal foe that ever put spear in rest." 9. The old hook makes Lancelot's remorse for Iiia crime against the king very great : — "... | |
| Joseph Henry Allen - 1884 - 336 pages
...; and thou wert the meekest man and the gentlest that ever ate in hall among ladies ; and thou wert the sternest knight to thy mortal foe that ever put spear in the rest ! ' Then there was weeping and dolour out of measure. Thus they kept Sir Launcelot's corpse on loft... | |
| 1887 - 708 pages
...the wary and sad ; Launcelot, " meekest man and the gentlest that 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 we... | |
| George Saintsbury - 1885 - 432 pages
...knights ; 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 the rest." La Morib d' Arthur. P. 1, 1. 1. Winning. If this is t!u right reading, it must mean " succeeding,"... | |
| George Saintsbury - 1885 - 424 pages
...knights; 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 the rest." La Morte <TArthur. P. 1, 1. 1. W1nning. If this is the right reading, it mtat mean "succeeding," "... | |
| Mary Sheldon Barnes - 1885 - 580 pages
...the whiche, my Boke was pruved for trewe." f/. From the Prologue to Chaucer's Canterbury Tales.' " A knight there was, and that a worthy man, That from the tim£ that he first began To rid6 out, he love'd chivalry, Truth and honor, freedom and courtesy. .... | |
| Mary Sheldon Barnes - 1885 - 612 pages
...By the whiche, my Boke was pruved for trewe." g. From the Prologue to Chaucer's Canterbury Tales.1 " A knight there was, and that a worthy man, That from the timd that he first began To ride1 out, he love'd chivalry, Truth and honor, freedom and courtesy. .... | |
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