 | Hélène Adeline Guerber - 1896 - 414 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 rest.' " CHAPTER XIV. TRISTAN AND ISEULT. THE story of Tristan, which seems to have been current from... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1897 - 452 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." 279. On Badon Hill. Green, in his Short History of the English People, says : " It is certain that... | |
 | Vida Dutton Scudder - 1898 - 346 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." We have seen the ideal shift in the sixteenth century from knight to gentleman ; but the main lines... | |
 | Henry Augustin Beers - 1899 - 346 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 narratransiation of tive, was the translation made by... | |
 | Stephen Lucius Gwynn - 1899 - 250 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.'" There, as I say, you have the true inspiration of the legend. Lancelot was a sinner, but a sinner who... | |
 | Stephen Lucius Gwynn - 1899 - 254 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.' " There, as I say, you have the true inspiration of the legend. Lancelot was a sinner, but a sinner... | |
 | Neal Brown - 1899 - 264 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 rest. Hero worship may run an unchecked course with this great-hearted man, for all about him seems... | |
 | Thomas Bulfinch - 1900 - 490 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,... | |
 | David Josiah Brewer, Edward Archibald Allen, William Schuyler - 1900 - 454 pages
...knights. 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 rest." Complete. From * Brace bridge Hall. n FORTUNE TELLING Each city, each town, and every village,... | |
 | Edmond Kelly - 1901 - 636 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 generosity and the gentleness Chivalry borrowed from Christ; but the loyalty has across it a bar... | |
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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... 
