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... performing services which his own father had performed , and which , as years and circumstances advanced , would be rendered to him- self . The gallantry of knighthood , that quality which distinguishes , and distin- guishes so much to ...
... performing services which his own father had performed , and which , as years and circumstances advanced , would be rendered to him- self . The gallantry of knighthood , that quality which distinguishes , and distin- guishes so much to ...
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... performing acts of ser- vice , when affection and duty commanded them from these simple circumstances and qualities , the most beautiful form of manners arose , that has ever adorned the history of man . It is impossible to mark the ...
... performing acts of ser- vice , when affection and duty commanded them from these simple circumstances and qualities , the most beautiful form of manners arose , that has ever adorned the history of man . It is impossible to mark the ...
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... perform . Knighthood was also distinct from nobility ; for the nobility of Eu- rope were the governors and lords of particular districts of a country , and although originally they held their dig- nities only for life , yet their title ...
... perform . Knighthood was also distinct from nobility ; for the nobility of Eu- rope were the governors and lords of particular districts of a country , and although originally they held their dig- nities only for life , yet their title ...
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... performing it . The dignity of obedi- ence , that principle which blends the various shades of social life , and which had its origin in the patriarchal manners of early Europe , was now fostered in the castles of the feudal nobility ...
... performing it . The dignity of obedi- ence , that principle which blends the various shades of social life , and which had its origin in the patriarchal manners of early Europe , was now fostered in the castles of the feudal nobility ...
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... performed in a church , or a hall of a castle , on the occasion of some great religious or civic festival . The candidate advanced to the altar , and , taking his sword from the scarf to which it was ap- pended , he presented it to the ...
... performed in a church , or a hall of a castle , on the occasion of some great religious or civic festival . The candidate advanced to the altar , and , taking his sword from the scarf to which it was ap- pended , he presented it to the ...
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Page 37 - ... sounds, That the fix'd sentinels almost receive The secret whispers of each other's watch: Fire answers fire; and through their paly flames Each battle sees the other's umber'd face: Steed threatens steed, in high and boastful neighs Piercing the night's dull ear; and from the tents, The armourers, accomplishing the knights, With busy hammers closing rivets up, Give dreadful note of preparation.
Page 171 - Townsfolk my strength ; a daintier judge applies His praise to sleight, which from good use doth rise; Some lucky wits impute it but to chance ; Others, because of both sides I do take My blood from them, who did excel in this, Think Nature me a man of arms did make. How far they shot awry ! the true cause is, STELLA looked on, and from her heavenly face Sent forth the beams which made so fair my race.
Page 123 - ... 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 spear in the rest...
Page 233 - The knights are dust, And their good swords are rust, Their souls are with the saints, we trust.
Page 50 - Nor wash his visage in the stream. Nor see the sun's departing beam. Till he on Hoder's corse shall smile Flaming on the fun'ral pile.
Page 204 - Histoire de la Domination des Arabes et des Maures en Espagne, et en Portugal, depuis l'Invasion de ces Peuples jusqu'à leur Expulsion définitive; rédigée sur l'Histoire traduite de l'Arabe en Espagnol de MJ Conde. Par M. de Mariés.
Page 170 - To slavery prone, and bade thee rise again, In all thy native pomp of freedom bold. Bright, at his call, thy Age of Men...
Page 39 - Upon the top of all his loftie crest, A bunch of haires discolourd diversly, With sprincled pearle, and gold full richly drest, Did shake, and seemd to daunce for jollity; Like to an almond tree ymounted hye On top of greene Selinis all alone, With blossoms brave bedecked daintily; Whose tender locks do tremble every one At every little breath, that under heaven is blowne.
Page 171 - Having this day my horse, my hand, my lance Guided so well that I obtained the prize, Both by the judgment of the English eyes And of some sent from that sweet enemy, France...
Page 177 - Call you that desperate, which, by a line Of institution, from our ancestors Hath been derived down to us, and received In a succession for the noblest way Of breeding up our youth, in letters, arms, Fair mien, discourses, civil exercise, And all the blazon of a gentleman ? Where can he learn to vault, to ride, to fence, To move his body gracefuller, to speak His language purer, or to tune his mind Or manners more to the harmony of nature, Than in these nurseries of nobility?