 | Joseph Henry Allen - 1884 - 336 pages
...tongue to tell the doleful complaints that he made for his brother. 'Ah, Launcelot,' he said, 'thou wert head of all Christian knights ; and now I dare say,'...' thou Sir Launcelot, there thou liest, that thou wert never matched of earthly knight's hand ; and thou wert the courtiest knight that ever bare shield... | |
 | George Saintsbury - 1885 - 432 pages
...tongue to tell the doleful complaints that he made for his brother. " Ah Sir Launcelot," said he, " thou were head of all christian knights." "And now I dare say," said Sir Bors, "that Sir Launcelot there thou liest, thou were never matched of none earthly knight's hands... | |
 | George Saintsbury - 1885 - 432 pages
...any tongue to tell the doleful complaints that he made for his brother. " Ah Sir Launcelot," said he, "thou were head of all Christian knights." "And now I dare say," said Sir Bors, "that Sir Launcelot there thou liest, thou were never matched of none earthly knight's hands... | |
 | Henry Augustin Beers - 1886 - 304 pages
...touching and beautiful is the oft-quoted lament of Sir Ector over Launcelot, in Malory's final chapter : " 'Ah, Launcelot,' he said, ' thou were head of all...thou were never matched of earthly knight's hand; and them were the courtiest knight that ever bare shield; and thou were the truest friend to thy lover... | |
 | Sir Thomas Malory - 1889 - 560 pages
...he awaked it were hard for any tongue to tell the doleful complaints that he made for his brother. Ah, Launcelot, he said, thou were head of all Christian...liest, that thou were never matched of earthly knight's hands ; and thou were the courtiest knight that ever bare shield ; and thou were the truest friend... | |
 | John Earle - 1890 - 612 pages
...when he awaked it were hard any tongue to tell the doleful complaints that he made for his brother. Ah, Launcelot, he said, thou were head of all Christian...said Sir Ector, thou Sir Launcelot, there thou liest, tbat thou were never matched of earthly knight's hand ; and thou were the courtiest knight that ever... | |
 | Henry Augustin Beers - 1890 - 320 pages
...is the oft-quoted lament of Sir Ector over Launcelot, in Malory's final chapter : " 'Ah, Launeelot,' he said, 'thou were head of all Christian knights;...say,' said Sir Ector, 'thou, Sir Launcelot, there thon liest, that thou were never matched of earthly knight's hand ; and tliou were the courtiest knight... | |
 | John Earle - 1892 - 314 pages
...when he awaked it were hard any tongue to tell the doleful complaints that he made for his brother. Ah, Launcelot, he said, thou were head of all christian...matched of earthly knight's hand ; and thou were the conrtiest knight that ever bare shield ; and thou were the truest friend to thy lover that ever bestrode... | |
 | 1911 - 400 pages
...the ideal of knighthood, and the epitaph spoken over him by Sir Ector expressed the opinion of all : "Ah, Launcelot, he said, thou were head of all Christian knights, and now I dare say, that thou were never matched of earthly knight's hand. And thou were the courteoust knight that ever... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1894 - 348 pages
...his brother could well address him in the words of the noblest praise ever given to any man : — ' " Ah, Launcelot, he said, thou were head of all Christian...matched of earthly knight's hand ; and thou were the courtliest knight that ever bare shield ; and thou were the truest friend to thy lover (friend) that... | |
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Launcelot, he said, thou were head of all Christian knights, and now I dare say, said Sir Ector, thou Sir Launcelot, there thou liest, that thou were never matched of earthly knight's hand. 
