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" ... and thou were the truest lover, of a sinful man, that ever loved woman; and thou wert the kindest man that ever struck with sword. And thou wert the goodliest person that ever came among press of knights. And thou wert the meekest man, and the gentlest,... "
Christian History in Its Three Great Periods: Second period: The Middle Age - Page 125
by Joseph Henry Allen - 1884
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English Prose: Its Elements, History, and Usage

John Earle - 1890 - 552 pages
...strake with sword ; and thou were the goodliest person 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 thy mortal foe that ever put spear in the rest. — Morte Darthur. Sir...
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From Chaucer to Tennyson: English Literature in Eight Chapters

Henry Augustin Beers - 1890 - 320 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 hall among ladies; and thou were the sternest knight to thy mortal foe that ever put spear in the rest.' " Equally good, as an...
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Illustrations of Tennyson

John Churton Collins - 1891 - 244 pages
...lament over Launcelot in chapter clxxvi. of the Eomance : — Thou wert the goodliest person that ever came among press of knights, and thou wert the meekest...and the gentlest that ever ate in hall among ladies. In the portrait of Lavaine — rapt By all the sweet and sudden passion of youth Towards greatness...
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The Choice of Books

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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Memoir of the Hon. Josiah Gardner Abbott ...: Read Before the Old Residents ...

Charles Cowley - 1892 - 114 pages
...ever strake with sword ; and thou wert the goodliest person that ever came among press of knights; and the gentlest that ever ate in hall among ladies...sternest knight to thy mortal foe that ever put spear in rest." It is just this chivalrous combination of the strong arm and dauntless spirit with tenderness...
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The Deeds of Beowulf

1892 - 336 pages
...strake with sword ; and thou were the goodliest person 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 thy mortal foe that ever put spear in the rest.' Shakspeare makes his ideal...
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Queen's Quarterly, Volume 18

1911 - 400 pages
...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 thy mortal foe that ever put spear in the rest." (Boox XXI, chapter 13)....
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Essays on Lord Tennyson's Idylls of the King

Harold Littledale - 1893 - 378 pages
...strake with sword ; and thou were the goodliest person 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 thy mortal foe that ever put spear in the rest." The " smaller time," line...
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Le Morte Darthur: Sir Thomas Malory's Book of King Arthur and of His Noble ...

Sir Thomas Malory - 1893 - 584 pages
...strake with sword ; and thou were the goodliest person ever came among press of knights; and thou was the meekest man and the gentlest that ever ate in hall among ladies; and thon were the sternest knight to thy mortal foe that ever put spear in the rest.' Let me compare with...
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The Alumni Bulletin

1912 - 620 pages
...thou wert the kindest man that ever strake with sword ; and thou wert the goodliest person that ever came among press of knights; and thou wert the meekest...sternest knight to thy mortal foe that ever put spear in rest." BANQUET TO CONFEDERATE ALUMNI. JUNE 10, 1912. TOASTMASTER, HON. ARMISTEAD CHURCHILL GORDON,...
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