Age of Chivalry: Or Legends of King ArthurJ.E. Tilton, 1863 - 414 sider |
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... held unrivalled sway over the imaginations of our ancestors , for many centuries , will not be without benefit to the read- er , in addition to the amusement it may afford . The tales , though not to be trusted for their facts , are ...
... held unrivalled sway over the imaginations of our ancestors , for many centuries , will not be without benefit to the read- er , in addition to the amusement it may afford . The tales , though not to be trusted for their facts , are ...
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... held local sway , as far as each could enforce his dominion , and occasionally those chiefs would unite for a common object ; but , in ordinary times , they were much more likely to be found in hostility to one another . In such a state ...
... held local sway , as far as each could enforce his dominion , and occasionally those chiefs would unite for a common object ; but , in ordinary times , they were much more likely to be found in hostility to one another . In such a state ...
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... held out as the recompense of his well - directed valor . Religion united its influ- ence with those of loyalty and love , and the order of knighthood , endowed with all the sanctity and religious awe that attended the priesthood ...
... held out as the recompense of his well - directed valor . Religion united its influ- ence with those of loyalty and love , and the order of knighthood , endowed with all the sanctity and religious awe that attended the priesthood ...
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... held in the highest estimation by his coun- trymen , the Britons , who carried with them into Wales , and into the kindred country of Armorica , or Brittany , the memory of his exploits , which their national vanity insensibly ...
... held in the highest estimation by his coun- trymen , the Britons , who carried with them into Wales , and into the kindred country of Armorica , or Brittany , the memory of his exploits , which their national vanity insensibly ...
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... Held up their pearléd wrists and took her in , Bearing her straight to aged Nereus ' hall , Who , piteous of her woes , reared her lank head , And gave her to his daughters to imbathe In nectared lavers strewed with asphodel , And ...
... Held up their pearléd wrists and took her in , Bearing her straight to aged Nereus ' hall , Who , piteous of her woes , reared her lank head , And gave her to his daughters to imbathe In nectared lavers strewed with asphodel , And ...
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adventure answered armor arms Arthur's court asked battle behold Bendigeid Vran Branwen brother Caerleon called Camelot castle celot chamber Cornwall counsel Countess damsel daughter death Dyved earl Elphin Enid fair Isoude feast fell forest Geraint gladly Guenever hand hath head heard Heaven Hector de Marys hermit hoary-headed honor horse host island Kilwich King Arthur knight knighthood Kynon lady lance land lord maiden Manawyddan marvel Matholch Merlin never noble Owain palace pray Pryderi Pwyll Queen Guenever quest returned Rhiannon rode Round Table saluted Sangreal shield Sir Bedivere Sir Bohort Sir Galahad Sir Gawain Sir Hector Sir Kay Sir Laun Sir Launcelot Sir Lionel Sir Lucan Sir Modred Sir Palamedes Sir Perceval Sir Tristram slain slay smote spear sword Taliesin thou art thou hast thou shalt thou wilt thur told took tournament unto thee Welsh wife wound yonder youth Yspadaden Penkawr
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Side 256 - ... and thou were the kindest man that ever struck 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.
Side 246 - Then Sir Bedivere departed, and went to the sword, and lightly took it up, and went to the water side, and there he bound the girdle about the hilts, and then he threw the sword as far into the water as...
Side 246 - That is untruly said of thee, said the king ; therefore go thou lightly again, and do my command as thou art to me lief and dear, spare not, but throw it in.
Side 135 - Out upon the wharfs they came, Knight and burgher, lord and dame, And round the prow they read her name, The Lady of Shalott. Who is this? and what is here? And in the lighted palace near Died the sound of royal cheer; And they cross'd themselves for fear, All the knights at Camelot: But Lancelot mused a little space; He said, "She has a lovely face; God in his mercy lend her grace, The Lady of Shalott.
Side 390 - The eye of the trained hawk, the glance of the threemewed falcon was not brighter than hers. Her bosom was more snowy than the breast of the white swan, her cheek was redder than the reddest roses.
Side 205 - Camelot, for to joust and tourney yet once more before ye depart." But all the meaning of the king was to see Sir Galahad proved. So then were they all assembled in the meadow. Then Sir Galahad, by request of the king and queen, put on his harness and his helm, but shield would he take none for any prayer of the king. And the queen was in a tower, with all her ladies, to behold that tournament. Then Sir Galahad rode into the midst of the meadow; and there he began to break spears marvellously, so...
Side 264 - Or the grape's ecstatic juice. Flush'd with mirth and hope they burn, But none from Cattraeth's vale return, Save Aeron brave, and Conan strong, (Bursting through the bloody throng) And I, the meanest of them all, That live to weep and sing their fall.
Side 82 - ... charged them never to do outrageousity nor murder, and always to flee treason ; also, by no means to be cruel, but to give mercy unto him that asketh mercy, upon pain of forfeiture of their worship and lordship of King Arthur for evermore ; and always to do ladies, damosels, and gentlewomen succour, upon pain of death.
Side 135 - The first house by the water-side, Singing in her song she died, The Lady of Shalott. Under tower and balcony, By garden-wall and gallery, A gleaming shape she floated by, Dead-pale between the houses high, Silent into Camelot.
Side 246 - Alas, said the king, this is to me a full heavy sight, to see this noble duke so die for my sake, for he would have holpen me, that had more need of help than I. Alas, he would not complain him, his heart was so set to help me : now Jesu have mercy upon his soul ! Then Sir Bedivere wept .for the death of his brother.