 In our forefathers tyme, whan Papistrie, as a standyng poole, couered and ouerflowed all England, fewe bookes were read in our tong, sauyng certaine bookes of Cheualrie, as they sayd, for pastime and pleasure, which, as some say, were made in Monasteries,...  Sir Tristrem; a metrical romance, ed. by W. Scott - Seite 323von Thomas (of Ercildoune, called the Rhymer.) - 1804Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1833 - 574 Seiten
...fewe bookes were read in our tongue, savyng certaine bookes of chevalrie, as they said for pastyme and pleasure ; which as some say were made in monasteries by idle monks or wanton chanons. As for example, La Morte d' Arthur, the whole pleasure of which booke standeth... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1834 - 424 Seiten
...Englande, fewe bookes "were read in our tongue, savying certaine bookes of chevalrie, as they said for pastime and pleasure ; which, as some say, •were made in monasteries by idle monks, or wanton chanons. As for example, La Morte lf Arthur, the whole pleasure of which booke standeth... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1834 - 418 Seiten
...Englcmde, fewe bookes •were read in our tongue, savying certaine bookes of chevalrie, as they said for pastime and pleasure ; which, as some say, were made in monasteries by idle monks, or wanton chanons. As for example, La Morte d' Arthur, the whole pleasure of which booke standeth... | |
 | Sir John Dorney Harding - 1838 - 86 Seiten
...papistrie, as a standing poole, covered and overflowed all England, few books were red in our toong savyng certayne bookes of chivalrie, as they sayd for pastime...monkes or wanton chanons; as one for example, Morte Arthur, the whole pleasure of which booke standeth in two speciall poyntes, in open manslaghter and... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1838 - 562 Seiten
...learned Aseham thus inveighs: -'In our forefathers' lime, when papktrie, as a standing poole, covered and overflowed all England, few bookes were red in...they sayd, for pastime and pleasure, which, as some »ay, were made in monasteries by idle monkes or wanton channns. As one, for example, Morte Arlhure,... | |
 | Thomas Warton - 1840 - 550 Seiten
...and ouerflowed all England, few bookes were red in our toong, sauyng certayne Bookes of Chiualrie, as they sayd for pastime and pleasure, which, as some...monkes or wanton chanons : as one for example, MORTE ARTHUR, the whole pleasure of which booke standeth in two specyall poyntes, in open mans slaghter and... | |
 | Thomas Warton - 1840 - 548 Seiten
...and ouerflowed all England, few bookes were red in our toong, sauyng certayne Bookes of Chiualrie, as they sayd for pastime and pleasure, which, as some...monkes or wanton chanons: as one for example, MORTE ARTHUR, the whole pleasure of which booke standeth in two specyall poyntes, in open mans slaghter and... | |
 | John Skelton, Alexander Dyce - 1843 - 498 Seiten
...and ouerflowed all England, fewe bookes were red in our tonge, sauing certayne bookes of Chiualrie, as they sayd for pastime and pleasure, which, as some...Monkes, or wanton Chanons : as one for example Morte Arthur : the whole pleasure of which booke standeth in two speciall pointes, in open mans slaughter,... | |
 | John Skelton - 1856 - 470 Seiten
...all England, fewe bookes were red in our tonge, sauing certayne bookes of Chiualrie, as they sayd lor pastime and pleasure, which, as some say, were made...Monkes, or wanton Chanons : as one for example Morte Arthur : the whole pleasure of which booke standeth in two speciall pointes, in open mans slaughter,... | |
 | John Cordy Jeaffreson - 1858 - 436 Seiten
...overflowed all England, few bookes were red in our tongue, saving certayne bookes of chivalric, aa they were sayd for pastime and pleasure, which, as some say,...idle monkes, or wanton chanons ; as one for example, Mortc Arthur. . . . And yet ten Morte Arthures doe not the tenth part so much harme as one of these... | |
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