 | Edward Gibbon - 1826 - 486 sider
...the popular romance of Arthur, and the Knights of the Round Table : their names were celebrated in Greece and Italy; and the voluminous tales of Sir...present age is inclined to question the existence of Arthur*. Resistance, if it cannot avert, must increase the Desolation miseries of conquest; and conquest... | |
 | Charles Forster - 1829 - 542 sider
...and in the immortal verse of Dante.* the Knights of the Round Table ; their names were celebrated in Greece and Italy ; and the voluminous tales of Sir...present age is inclined to question the existence of Arthur." Decl. and Fall, vol. vi. p. 392. The existence of Arthur, Mr. Gibbon rests on " the simple... | |
 | Dawson William Turner - 1864 - 178 sider
...Table : their names were celebrated in Greece and Italy ; and the voluminous tales of Sir Launcelot and Sir Tristram were devoutly studied by the princes...present age is inclined to question the existence of Arthur. — <?. Kingdoms founded by the Saxons — Kent, Sussex, Wessei, * A better derivation for... | |
 | Edward Isidore Sears - 1869 - 440 sider
...adorned the popular romance of Arthur and the knights of the round table ; their names were celebrated in Greece and Italy; and the voluminous tales of Sir Lancelot and Sir Tristram devontly studied by the princes and nobles who disregarded the genuine heroes and historians of antiquity.... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1875 - 672 sider
...adorned the popular romance of Arthur, and the Knights of the Round Table: their names were celebrated in Greece and Italy ; and the voluminous tales of Sir...present age is inclined to question the existence of Arthur."' Resistance, if it cannot avert, must increase the miseries of conquest ; and conquest has... | |
 | Thomas Meyrick - 1878 - 134 sider
...adventures which were achieved by the enterprising valour of the Normans. " At length the visionary fable melted into air, and by a natural, though unjust,...present .age is inclined to question the existence of Arthur." In a note Mr. Gibbon says : " As I am a stranger to the Welsh bards, Myrddin, Lloinach, and... | |
 | John Richard Green - 1879 - 708 sider
...prophecies were held in honour through the middle ages. voluminous tales of Sir Lancelot and Sir Tristram 16 were devoutly studied by the princes and nobles, who...unjust, reverse of the public opinion, the severity of historic criticism came to question the existence of Arthur. III. CONVERSION OF THE ENGLISH. FREEMAN.... | |
 | John Richard Green - 1879 - 216 sider
...prophecies were held in honour through the middle ages. voluminous tales of Sir Lancelot and Sir Tristram le were devoutly studied by the princes and nobles, who...unjust, reverse of the public opinion, the severity of historic criticism came to question the existence of Arthur. III. CONVERSION OF THE ENGLISH. FREEMAN.... | |
 | Charles Octavius S. Morgan - 1880 - 812 sider
...Every nation embraced and adorned the popular romance of Arthur and the Knights of V the Round Table. At length the light of science and reason was re-kindled...into air ; and by a natural though unjust reverse of public opinion, the severity of the present age is inclined to question the existence of Arthur." William... | |
 | Charles Wilkins - 1883 - 604 sider
...adorned the popular romance of Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table ; their names were celebrated in Greece and Italy, and the voluminous tales of Sir...present age is inclined to question the existence of Arthur." I hope the reader has relished the interlude — a truly magnificent one, in my opinion. Starting... | |
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... enchanted palaces, were blended with the more simple fictions of the West ; and the fate of Britain depended on the art, or the predictions, of Merlin. Every nation embraced and adorned the popular romance of Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table... 
