And thou wert the meekest man, and the gentlest, that ever ate in hall among ladies. And thou wert the sternest knight to thy mortal foe that ever put spear in the rest. Choice Literature - Page 2521880Full view - About this book
| James J. Wilhelm - Arthurian romances - 1994 - 596 pages
...knights. And thou were 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." Then there was weeping and dolour out of measure. Thus they kept Sir Lancelot's corpse on... | |
| Leeds Barroll - Drama - 1998 - 440 pages
...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. (157) The chivalric code exemplified by Lancelot's life shows us a social system based on... | |
| Elizabeth M. Knowles - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1999 - 1160 pages
...ever came among press of knights; and thou wert the meekest man and the gentlest that ever ate in hall among ladies; and thou wert the sternest knight to thy mortal foe that ever put spear in the rest. i<> Sir ¡Miincelot U Morte D'Arthur I I48s) bk. 21, ch. i ? 16 And many men say that there... | |
| Norman Davis - Biography & Autobiography - 1999 - 324 pages
...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' , ed. Vinaver (Oxford, 2nd edn 1967), iii. 1259). in Lombard Street. He ha(th) a book of... | |
| Roger Sherman Loomis - Literary Criticism - 2000 - 210 pages
...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!' What could be more absurd than to praise Lancelot for being the kindest man who ever struck... | |
| Paul K. Saint-Amour - Law - 2003 - 306 pages
...knights. And thou were 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. The Malory encomium is unquestionably the primary source text for Joyce's "Malory" parody,... | |
| J. William Jones - History - 2004 - 484 pages
...came among press of knights; and thou wert the meekest man and the gentliest that ever ate in hall among ladies; and thou wert the sternest knight to thy mortal foe that ever put spear in rest.' — The Mart d' Arthur of Sir Thomas Malory. "With reverence and regret we repeat today Sir Ector's... | |
| Edmund Henry Oliver - Political Science - 2004 - 208 pages
...came among the press of knights, and thou wert the meekest man, and the greatest that ever ate in hall among ladies, and thou wert the sternest knight to thy mortal foe that ever put spear in breast." Wolfram van Eschenbach has given us in Parsifal the story of a knight in search of the Holy... | |
| Ebenezer Cobham Brewer - Literary Collections - 2004 - 592 pages
...; and thou were the meekest man and the gentlest that ever eat in hall among ladies; and thou were the sternest knight to thy mortal foe that ever put spear in rest." — Sir T. Malory, History of Prince, Arthur, iii. 176 (1470). NB — The Elaine above referred to... | |
| Richard W. Barber - History - 2005 - 220 pages
...ever came among press of knights, and thou wast the meekest man and the gentlest that ever ate in hall among ladies, and thou wert the sternest knight to thy mortal foe that ever put spear in the rest Yet Lancelot is more than the sum of all the conventional chivalric virtues. His love for... | |
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