| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1897 - 452 pages
...; 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... | |
| Vida Dutton Scudder - 1898 - 346 pages
...; 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... | |
| Stephen Lucius Gwynn - 1899 - 250 pages
...thou wert the goodliest person that ever came among press of knights; and thou wert the meekest man, and the gentlest, that ever ate in hall among ladies;...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... | |
| Stephen Lucius Gwynn - 1899 - 254 pages
...thou wert the goodliest person that ever came among press of knights ; and thou wert the meekest man, and the gentlest, that ever ate in hall among ladies;...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... | |
| Neal Brown - 1899 - 264 pages
...; 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 to have... | |
| Henry Augustin Beers - 1899 - 346 pages
...; 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... | |
| George Bruce Halsted - 1899 - 32 pages
...of any that' have loved. Most courteous wert thou, and gentle of all that sat in hall among dames; and thou wert the sternest knight to thy mortal foe that ever laid spear in the rest." Now one attempt to picture our ideal in action, and I have finished. The scene... | |
| David Josiah Brewer, Edward Archibald Allen, William Schuyler - 1900 - 454 pages
...wert the goodliest person that ever came among the presse of knights. And thou wert the meekest man and the gentlest that ever ate in hall among ladies....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, Afford... | |
| Thomas Bulfinch - 1900 - 490 pages
...thou wert the goodliest person that ever came among press of knights. And thou wert the meekest man, and the gentlest, that ever ate in hall among ladies....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... | |
| Gouverneur Morris - 1901 - 232 pages
...'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. ' ' ' They did not speak for some time, but looked out of the window at the spring. "Be like... | |
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