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" 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. "
Bracebridge Hall: Or, The Humorists, a Medley - Page 136
by Washington Irving - 1867 - 465 pages
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A Select Collection of Old Plays: Antiquary

English drama - 1780 - 542 pages
...care, tae feel no farrow. Springloiii. The emperor, hears no fuch mufick ; nor Feels content like this. Each city, each town, and every -village ^ Affords us either an alms or pillage. And if the 'weather lie cold and raiu. Then in a barn we tumble injiraw. Jf inarm and fair, by yea-ccck and nay~cock. The...
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Fabliaux Or Tales, Abridged from French Manuscripts of the XIIth ..., Volume 2

Legrand (cit.) - English poetry - 1796 - 336 pages
...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...' knight to thy mortal foe that ever put speare in the rest.' Verse 5. 'Far roam' 'd 'the warriour, captive knights he freed &c.' To deliver knights,...
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Sir Tristrem; a metrical romance, ed. by W. Scott

Thomas (of Ercildoune, called the Rhymer.) - 1804 - 514 pages
...thou wert the goodliest " person that ever came among press of knights ; and thou wert " the meekest man, and the gentlest, that ever eate in hall among " ladies ; and thou wcrt the sternest knight to thy mortal foe " that ever put spear into the rest." — Morte Arthur,...
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Specimens of English prose-writers, from the earliest times to the ..., Volume 1

George Burnett - 1807 - 508 pages
...that ever came amongp-cce1 of 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 rest. i press, vn. THE BOOK OF THE FEATS OF ARMS, AND OF CHIVALRY. THIS book was written by...
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Specimens of English Prose Writers: From the Earliest Times to the ..., Volume 1

George Burnett - Authors, English - 1807 - 944 pages
...that ever came among^rece 1 of 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 rest, i press. THKr/n ri.- ?.- or r /;:"r• *.J.KT nore ut ?*»5»i. ir. 7tni r . 'hi'ts*...
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Palmerin of England, Volume 4

Francisco de Morais - 1807 - 464 pages
...the goodliest person of a dog that ever came among company of knights ; and thou wert the meekest dog and the gentlest that ever eate in hall among ladies ; and thou wert the sternest dog to thy raorta foe, that ever took Lion by the throat t" <2 F 3 329 treme anguish...
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The British Bibliographer, Volume 1

Sir Egerton Brydges, Joseph Haslewood - English literature - 1810 - 618 pages
...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 speare in the rest." — B. iii. ch. 176. Few panegyrics, (allowing for the...
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Fabliaux Or Tales, Abridged from French Manuscripts of the XIIth ..., Volume 2

Legrand (cit.) - English poetry - 1815 - 290 pages
...were the ' goodliest person that ever came among presse of ' knights. And thou were the meekest mail, and the ' gentlest, that ever eate in hall among ladies....knight to thy mortal foe that ' ever put speare in the rest.' Page 35, Line 5. ' Far roam'd the warriour, cap^ ' tvee knights he freed, &;c.' To deliver...
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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
...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 in the rett.*' i Then there was weeping and dolour out of measure. Thus they kept Sir Launcelot's...
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The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott, Baronet, Volume 4

Walter Scott - English poetry - 1821 - 546 pages
...thou " wert the goodliest person that ever came among press of " knights ; and thou wert the meekest man, and the gentlest, " that ever eate in hall among ladies ; and thou wert the stern" est knight to thy mortal foe that ever put spear into the " rest." — Morte Arthur,...
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