The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages: Including Some Notices of the Ancient Historical Tapestries |
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Page 117
... ROMANCE AND CHIVALRY . " As ladies wont To finger the fine needle and nyse thread . " Faerie Queene . THOUGH , during bygone ages , the fingers of the fair and noble were often sedulously employed in the decoration and embellishment of ...
... ROMANCE AND CHIVALRY . " As ladies wont To finger the fine needle and nyse thread . " Faerie Queene . THOUGH , during bygone ages , the fingers of the fair and noble were often sedulously employed in the decoration and embellishment of ...
Page 119
... passed over with merely a mention : It is , naturally , too insignificant a subject to task the attention of those whose energies are devoted * to describing the warfare and welfare of kingdoms and thrones ROMANCE AND CHIVALRY . 119.
... passed over with merely a mention : It is , naturally , too insignificant a subject to task the attention of those whose energies are devoted * to describing the warfare and welfare of kingdoms and thrones ROMANCE AND CHIVALRY . 119.
Page 120
... romances of the days of chivalry present us with descriptions which , if they be somewhat redun- dant in ornament ... romance instead of describing the " clodes ryche , " to which we must now proceed . So highly was a facility in the ...
... romances of the days of chivalry present us with descriptions which , if they be somewhat redun- dant in ornament ... romance instead of describing the " clodes ryche , " to which we must now proceed . So highly was a facility in the ...
Page 121
... the damsels and knights of those days , when their Clothys wyth bestes & byrdes wer bete , t All abowte for pryde . " * Emare . † Bete - inlayed , embroidered . G 1 By that light Amadis saw his lady , and she ROMANCE AND CHIVALRY . 121.
... the damsels and knights of those days , when their Clothys wyth bestes & byrdes wer bete , t All abowte for pryde . " * Emare . † Bete - inlayed , embroidered . G 1 By that light Amadis saw his lady , and she ROMANCE AND CHIVALRY . 121.
Page 123
... Sir ! for you have made the noblest promise that ever king did , if you hold it . ' * Schyre - clear . ‡ Alner- + Hende - kind , obliging . § Launfal . 1 ' What promise was that ? ' quoth Lisuarte G 2 ROMANCE AND CHIVALRY . 123.
... Sir ! for you have made the noblest promise that ever king did , if you hold it . ' * Schyre - clear . ‡ Alner- + Hende - kind , obliging . § Launfal . 1 ' What promise was that ? ' quoth Lisuarte G 2 ROMANCE AND CHIVALRY . 123.
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