| Richard W. Barber - History - 2005 - 220 pages
...King Arthure, as most fitte for the excellency of his person ... I labour to pourtraict in Arthure, before he was King, the image of a brave knight, perfected in the twelve private morall vertues, as Aristotle hath devised, the which is the purpose of these first twelve bookes: which... | |
| American literature - 2006 - 272 pages
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| Henry Morley - English literature - 1879 - 702 pages
...intention in the course of this work," he said only that he labored "to pourtraict in Artiiure, before, lie was king, the image of a brave knight, perfected in the twelve private moral verities, as Aristotle hath devised, the which is the purpose of these first twelve books ; which if... | |
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