Fabliaux Or Tales, Abridged from French Manuscripts of the XIIth and XIIIth Centuries, Band 2J. Rodwell, 1815 - 304 Seiten |
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Aristotle arms Arthur Avalonia awhile barons beauteous behold beneath bless'd bower Bretany Carduel castle ceas'd chanc'd charms chivalry courser court cried dame damsel dear declar'd deed delight doom eyes Fabliau fair fair isle fairy faithless female gallant Gaul grace Gruélan Guenever guest hand heart Hippocrates honour hour king King Ban knight lady lance Lancelot du Lac Launcelot LAY OF SIR Line Line 14 lord lov'd love's lover loyal luckless Mademoiselle Marie maid mark'd mind mistress mortal mov'd Narcissus ne'er nigh Nogiva's nought o'er own'd pass'd plac'd prayer press'd prince queen remain'd rest return'd Rous'd royal RUTEBEUF Scarce seem'd Sir Gawaine Sir Gugemer Sir Lanval sire soul sovereign spake sped squire stay'd steed stood straight strange strove sweet sword tale thee thine thou thought tournament tower turn'd twain twas vale victor knight warriour ween ween'd wight word wrought youth
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Seite 216 - 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 ; and thou were the courtliest knight that ever bare shield ; and thou were the truest friend to thy lover that ever bestrode horse ; and thou were the truest lover of a sinful man that ever loved woman ; and thou were the...
Seite 231 - Immodice laesus, Arthurus tendit ad aulam Regis Avallonis ; ubi virgo regia vulnus Illius tractans, sanati membra reservat Ipsa sibi : vivuntque simul ; si credere fas est.
Seite 239 - The sea gradually encroaching on the shore hath ravined from Cornwall the whole tract of country called...
Seite 239 - Isles of Scilley, being about thirty miles, to this day retaineth that name, in Cornish, Lethowsow, and carrieth continually an equal depth of forty or sixty...
Seite 216 - 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.
Seite 216 - And thou were the truest friend to thy lover that ever bestrad horse. 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.
Seite 188 - Eftsoons they hie them all to look If haply in some dell or nook His body might be found. Through all the day they sped their quest ; The night fled on, they took no rest ; Returns the morning hour : When, lo ! at peeping of the dawn. It chanced a varlet boy was drawn Nigh to the mulberry-bower.
Seite 235 - THE FRANKLIN'S PROLOGUE THE PROLOGUE OF THE FRANKLIN'S TALE THISB olde gentil Britons in hir dayes Of diverse aventures maden layes, Rymeyed in hir firste Briton tonge; Which layes with hir instruments they songe, Or elles redden hem for hir plesaunce; And oon of hem have I in remembraunce, Which I shal seyn with good wil as I can.
Seite 225 - Hence, M. Le Grand conjectures, " that the crimson dye being, from its costliness, used only on cloths of the finest manufacture, the term crimson came at length to signify, not the colour, but the texture, of the stuff.
Seite 216 - that Sir Launcelot, there thou liest, thou were never matched of none earthly knight's hands ; and thou were the courtliest knight that ever bare shield ; and thou were the truest friend to thy lover that ever bestrode horse ; and thou were the truest lover, of a sinful man, that ever loved woman ; and thou were the kindest man that ever...