 | Frederic Harrison - 1886 - 472 pages
...for the Empress Eugenie (Paris, 4to, 1858), the text with a prose version, commentary, and glossary. sternest knight to thy mortal foe that ever put spear in the rest."1 Methinks that the tale of the death of Arthur, Guinevere, and of Lancelot, as told by Malory,... | |
 | Duchess - 1888 - 312 pages
...ASTOR, LENOX AND TILDEN FOUNDATIONS R 19V 7 L ' 0F IfEW YORIC THE HONOURABLE MRS. YEREIER, CHAPTER I. "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 honciur, freedom and courtesy."... | |
 | Sir Thomas Malory - 1889 - 560 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. Then there was weeping and dolour out of measure. Thus they kept Sir Launcelot's corpse on loft fifteen... | |
 | Henry Augustin Beers - 1890 - 320 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.' " Equally good, as an example of English prose narrative, was the translation made by John Bourchier,... | |
 | John Earle - 1890 - 552 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. — Morte Darthur. Sir John Fortescue. 1471-6. And sithyn it is necessarie that the Kynge be always... | |
 | 1890 - 176 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 dolor out of measure. Thus they kept Sir Launcelot's corpse fifteen days,... | |
 | 1892 - 862 pages
...first be-ganne To ryden osvte. he loued chevalrie, Treupe and honoure, fredome and curtesie. Modern: A knight there was, and that a worthy man That, from the time that he first began To ride out, he loved chivalry, Truth and honor, freedom and courtesy. Note... | |
 | Blanche Wilder Bellamy, Maud Wilder Goodwin - 1890 - 402 pages
...knights; and thou wert the meekest man and the gentlest that ever eat in hall among ladies ; and thou wert the sternest knight to thy mortal foe that ever put spear in rest. SWEET IS THE ROSEEDMUND SPENSER. SWEET is the rose, but grows upon a brere ; Sweet is the juniper,... | |
 | Frederic Harrison - 1891 - 140 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.11 Methinks that the tale of the death of Arthur, Guinevere, and of Lancelot, as told by Malory,... | |
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And thou were the truest lover of a sinful man that ever loved woman. And thou were the kindest man that ever struck 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... 
