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Page xiii
... pray some prayer more or less for his soul . Nor must we forget that it was by the prayer of those ladies for whom Gawaine had done battle in a right- wise quarrel , ' that his ghost was permitted to give Arthur a last warning ...
... pray some prayer more or less for his soul . Nor must we forget that it was by the prayer of those ladies for whom Gawaine had done battle in a right- wise quarrel , ' that his ghost was permitted to give Arthur a last warning ...
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... prayer might be the more accept- able unto God . So in the greatest church of London ( whether it were Paul's or not , the French book maketh no men- tion ) all the estates were long or day in the church for to pray . And when matins ...
... prayer might be the more accept- able unto God . So in the greatest church of London ( whether it were Paul's or not , the French book maketh no men- tion ) all the estates were long or day in the church for to pray . And when matins ...
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... prayed him heartily of his best advice . All the barons said they would pray him and desire him . So Merlin was sent for , and fair desired of all the barons to give them best counsel . I shall say you , said Merlin , I warn you all ...
... prayed him heartily of his best advice . All the barons said they would pray him and desire him . So Merlin was sent for , and fair desired of all the barons to give them best counsel . I shall say you , said Merlin , I warn you all ...
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... pray you : and so he took the shield that was unknown and left his own , and so rode unto the island , and put him and his horse in a great boat , and when he came on the other side he met with a damsel , and she said , O knight Balin ...
... pray you : and so he took the shield that was unknown and left his own , and so rode unto the island , and put him and his horse in a great boat , and when he came on the other side he met with a damsel , and she said , O knight Balin ...
Page 70
... prayed the hermit to pray for him . He said he would , and betook him to God : and so he mounted on horseback , and rode towards Camelot a long while . With that they heard a knight call loud that came after them , and he said , Knight ...
... prayed the hermit to pray for him . He said he would , and betook him to God : and so he mounted on horseback , and rode towards Camelot a long while . With that they heard a knight call loud that came after them , and he said , Knight ...
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Page v - Christendom. There I read it in the oath of every knight, that he should defend to the expense of his best blood, or of his life, if it so...
Page v - Next, (for hear me out now, readers,) that I may tell ye whither my younger feet wandered ; I betook me among those lofty fables and romances,* which recount in solemn cantos the deeds of knighthood founded by our victorious kings, and from hence had in renown over all Christendom.
Page 462 - Then Sir Bedivere cried: Ah my lord Arthur, what shall become of me, now ye go from me and leave me here alone among mine enemies? Comfort thyself...
Page xxxvi - But love, first learned in a lady's eyes, Lives not alone immured in the brain; But, with the motion of all elements, Courses as swift as thought in every power, And gives to every power a double power, Above their functions and their offices.
Page 9 - When Sir Ector beheld the sword he returned again and came to the church, and there they...
Page 469 - Morte d'Arthur. — SIR THOMAS MALORY'S BOOK OF KING ARTHUR AND OF HIS NOBLE KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE. The original Edition of CAXTON, revised for Modern Use. With an Introduction by Sir EDWARD STRACHEY, Bart. pp. xxxvii., 509. ' 'It is with perfect confidence that we recommend this edition of the old romance to every class of readers.
Page 468 - 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.
Page 462 - Bedivere, take thou Excalibur, my good sword, and go with it to yonder water side, and when thou comest there, I charge thee throw my sword in that water, and come again, and tell me what thou there seest. My lord, said Bedivere, your commandment shall be done, and lightly bring you word again.
Page xxxi - ... every man will say it is a great cruelty to put to death such honest persons, who by their own wills put themselves into your grace to save their company.
Page xxiii - Hath been derived down to us, and received In a succession for the noblest way Of breeding up our youth, in letters, arms, Fair mien, discourses, civil exercise, And all the blazon of a gentleman ? Where can he learn to vault, to ride, to fence, To move his body gracefuller, to speak His language purer, or to tune his mind Or manners more to the harmony of nature, Than in these nurseries of nobility?