 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 ever ate in hall among ladies. And thou were the sternest knight to...  The Atlantic Monthly - Page 541894Full view - About this book
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1897 - 452 pages
...bestrode horse ; and thou were the truest lover of a sinful man that ever loved woman ; and thou were the kindest man that ever strake with sword ; and thou...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
...kindest man that ever strake with sword ; and thou were the goodliest person that ever came within press of knights ; and thou was the meekest man and...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
...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...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... | |
 | Neal Brown - 1899 - 264 pages
...strake with sword; and thou were the goodliest person ever came among press of knights ; and thou were the meekest man and the gentlest that ever ate in...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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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,... | |
 | Gouverneur Morris - 1901 - 232 pages
...person that ever came among press of knights.' " They spoke in hushed voices, as if saying a litany. " 'And thou was the meekest man and the gentlest that...to thy mortal foe that ever put spear in the rest. ' ' ' They did not speak for some time, but looked out of the window at the spring. "Be like that,... | |
 | Sir Thomas Malory - 1901 - 608 pages
...press of knights ; and tht was the meekest man and the gentlest that ever ate in hall among ladie; and thou were the sternest knight to thy mortal foe that ever put spear i the rest.' Let me compare with this Chaucer's description of the knight of his times : — ' A knight... | |
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