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" ... 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 were the meekest man and the gentlest that ever ate in hall among ladies; and thou were the sternest knight... "
Specimens of English prose-writers, from the earliest times to the close of ... - Page 259
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Fabliaux Or Tales, Abridged from French Manuscripts of the XIIth ..., Volume 2

Legrand (cit.) - English poetry - 1796 - 336 pages
...man that ever strooke with sword. And thou were the ' goodliest person that ever came among presse of knights. ' And thou were the meekest man, and the gentlest, that ever ' eate in hall among ladies. And thou were the sternest ' knight to thy mortal foe that ever put speare...
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Specimens of English Prose Writers: From the Earliest Times to the ..., Volume 1

George Burnett - Authors, English - 1807 - 944 pages
...kindest man that ever stroke with sword. And thou were the goodliest person that ever came among^rece 1 of knights. And thou were the meekest man, and the...thy mortal foe that ever put spear in rest, i press. THKr/n ri.- ?.- or r /;:"r• *.J.KT nore ut ?*»5»i. ir. 7tni r . 'hi'ts* N:>>OK Her Isorifc 'ww...
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The British Bibliographer, Volume 1

Sir Egerton Brydges, Joseph Haslewood - English literature - 1810 - 618 pages
...kindest man that euer stroke with sword. And thou were the goodliest parson that euer came among presse of knights. And thou were the meekest man and the gentlest that euer eate in hall among ladies. And thou were the sternest knight to thy mortall foe that euer put...
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La Mort D'Arthur: The Most Ancient and Famous History of the ..., Volume 3

Sir Thomas Malory - Arthurian romances - 1816 - 400 pages
...kindest man that ever struck with sword ; and thou were the goodlieet peñón that ever came among press of Knights; and thou were the meekest man and the gentlest» that ever eat in halt among ladies; and thou were the sternest Knight to thy mortal foe that ever put •pear...
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Bracebridge Hall; Or, The Humorists, Volume 1

Washington Irving - American fiction - 1822 - 412 pages
...man that ever strook with sword ; and thou were the goodliest person that ever came among the presse of knights. And thou were the meekest man and the gentlest that ever eate in hall among ladies. And thou were the sternest knight to thy. mortal foe that ever put speare...
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The History of Chivalry Or Knighthood and Its Times, Volume 1

Charles Mills - Chivalry - 1825 - 838 pages
...with sword ; and thou wert the goodliest person that 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 spere in the rest." * Next in rank to Sir...
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The History of Chivalry: Or, Knighthood and Its Times, Volume 1

Charles Mills - Chivalry - 1825 - 448 pages
...with sword ; and thou wert the goodliest person that 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 spere in the rest." * Next in rank to Sir...
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The Pocket Magazine

English literature - 1827 - 334 pages
...kindest man that ever strooke with sword. And thou were the goodliest person that ever came among presse of knights. And thou were the meekest man, and the gentlest, that ever eate in hall among ladies. And thou were the sternest knight to thy mortal foe that ever put speare...
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The Southern Review, Volume 5

1830 - 540 pages
...prece (press) of knyghtes. And thouwere the meekest man and the gentillest that ever ate in ha! amoug ladies. And thou were the sternest knight to thy mortal foe, that ever put spere in rest." But his renown as a scholar and a poet, though equally high among his contemporaries,...
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Washington Irving - American literature - 1835 - 276 pages
...man that ever strook with sword; and thou were the goodliest person that ever came among the presse of knights. And thou were the meekest man and the gentlest that ever eate in hall among ladies. And thou were the sternest knight to thy mortal foe that ever put speare...
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