Chivalry

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S. Sonnenschein & Company, lim., 1901 - Chivalry - 361 pages

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Page 275 - We few, we happy few, we band of brothers ; For he to-day that sheds his blood with me Shall be my brother ; be he ne'er so vile, This day shall gentle his condition...
Page 216 - Nay, said the queen, that shall I never do, but abstain you from such works : and they departed. But there was never so hard an hearted man but he would have wept to see the dolour that they made ; for there was lamentation as they had been stung with spears ; and many times they swooned, and the ladies bare the queen to her chamber.
Page 28 - Chivalry taught the world the duty of noble service willingly rendered. It upheld courage and enterprise in obedience to rule, it consecrated military prowess to the service of the Church, glorified the virtues of liberality, good faith, unselfishness, and courtesy, and, above all, courtesy to women. Against these may be set the vices of pride, love of bloodshed, contempt of inferiors, and loose manners. Chivalry was an imperfect discipline, but it was a discipline, and one fit for the times.
Page 208 - Celebrant carminibus antiquis (quod unum apud illos memoriae et annalium genus est) Tuistonem deum terra editum, et filium Mannum, originem gentis conditoresque.
Page 216 - For as well as I have loved thee, mine heart will not serve me to see thee; for through thee and me is the flower of kings and knights destroyed.
Page 271 - Ful worthy was he in his lordes werre, And therto hadde he riden, no man ferre, As wel in cristendom as in hethenesse, And evere honoured for his worthynesse. At Alisaundre he was whan it was wonne. Ful ofte tyme he hadde the bord bigonne...
Page i - Undoubted as is the influence of personality upon history, the attention directed to it has hitherto been rather one-sided ; the entire course of national life cannot be summed up in a few great names, and the attempt to do so is to confuse biography with history. This narrow view, besides ignoring other causes, leads to the overrating of details, and since a cause must be found somewhere, personal character becomes everything. The stability of law that is seen in a large number of instances cannot...
Page 320 - Oh, ye knights of England, where is the custom and usage of noble chivalry that was used in those days ? What do ye now, but go to the baynes [baths] and play at dice? And some, not well advised, use not honest and good rule, against all order of knighthood. Leave this, leave it ! and read the noble volumes of St. Graal, of Lancelot, of...
Page 271 - Aboven alle naciouns in Pruce. In Lettowe hadde reyced and in Ruce, No Cristen man so ofte of his degre. In Gernade atte siege hadde he be Of Algesir, and riden in Belmarie.
Page vi - ... nature of life around it, how far its methods or motives can be borrowed, why the fifteenth century gave pause to our art, why at a certain period cathedrals ceased to be built, and when it was we added great names in our turn to the list of painters. The music of Anglo-Saxon and of Dane will Music. to some make clearer the influence of skald and gleeman ; the effect of poetry will be noted, the growth of instruments, and the increasing complexity of music. Possibly the change in the landscape...

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