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" In our forefathers tyme, whan Papistrie, as a standyng poole, covered and overflowed all England, fewe bookes were read in our tong, savyng certaine bookes of chevalrie, as they sayd, for pastime and pleasure, which, as some say, were made in Monasteries... "
A History of the Church and Priory of Swine in Holderness ... - Page 139
by Thomas Thompson - 1824 - 268 pages
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The history of English poetry. To which are prefixed, three ..., Volume 3

Thomas Warton - 1840 - 550 pages
...ouerflowed all England, few bookes were red in our toong, sauyng certayne Bookes of Chiualrie, as they sayd for pastime and pleasure, which, as some say, were made in monasteries by idle monkes or wanton chanons : as one for example, MORTE ARTHUR, the whole pleasure of which booke standeth...
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The History of English Poetry: From the Close of the Eleventh ..., Volume 3

Thomas Warton - English poetry - 1840 - 548 pages
...ouerflowed all England, few bookes were red in our toong, sauyng certayne Bookes of Chiualrie, as they sayd for pastime and pleasure, which, as some say, were made in monasteries by idle monkes or wanton chanons: as one for example, MORTE ARTHUR, the whole pleasure of which booke standeth...
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The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart: Complete in One Volume. With ...

Walter Scott - 1841 - 848 pages
...ovi-rt!owtd .-ill England, t'ewe Iwokx were , 1 1 ;ul in our tongue, savjiug certuinc bookes of chevalrie, sk ? ' ail the monasteries, by idle monks or wanton chanons. As one, for example, La Morte d' Arthure ; tho whole...
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The Poetical Works of John Skelton: With Notes, and Some Account ..., Volume 2

John Skelton - English poetry - 1843 - 498 pages
...ouerflowed all England, fewe bookes were red in our tonge, sauing certayne bookes of Chiualrie, as they sayd for pastime and pleasure, which, as some say, were made in Monasteries, by idle Monkes, or wanton Chanons : as one for example Morte Arthur : the whole pleasure of which booke standeth...
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The Poetical Works of John Skelton: With Notes, and Some Account ..., Volume 2

John Skelton - English poetry - 1843 - 498 pages
...ouerflowed all England, fewe bookes were red in our tonge, sauing certayne bookes of Chiualrie, as they sayd for pastime and pleasure, which, as some say, were made in Monasteries, by idle Monkes, or wanton Chanons: as one for example Morte Arthur: the whole pleasure of which booke standeth...
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The Poetical Works of John Skelton, Volume 3

John Skelton - 1856 - 470 pages
...all England, fewe bookes were red in our tonge, sauing certayne bookes of Chiualrie, as they sayd lor pastime and pleasure, which, as some say, were made in Monasteries, by idle Monkes, or wanton Chanons : as one for example Morte Arthur : the whole pleasure of which booke standeth...
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The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott: With a Memoir of the Author, Volume 8

Walter Scott - English poetry - 1857 - 380 pages
...and overflowed all England, fewe books were read in our tongue, savying certaine bookes of chevalrie, as they said, for pastime and pleasure; which, as some say, were made in the monasteries, by idle monks or wanton chanons. As one, for example, La Morte d' Arthure; the whole...
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Novels and Novelists: From Elizabeth to Victoria, Volume 1

John Cordy Jeaffreson - Authors, English - 1858 - 436 pages
...England, few bookes were red in our tongue, saving certayne bookes of chivalric, aa they were sayd for pastime and pleasure, which, as some say, were made in monasteries, by idle monkes, or wanton chanons ; as one for example, Mortc Arthur. . . . And yet ten Morte Arthures doe...
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Remains of the Early Popular Poetry of England, Volume 1

William Carew Hazlitt - Ballads, English - 1864 - 320 pages
...the burning zeal of some good Ephesian. The following is extracted from the Scholemaster : — ' " In our forefathers' Time, when Papistry, as a standing...by idle Monks or wanton Canons. As one for example, JWorfe Arthur, the whole pleasure of which Book standeth in two special points — in open Manslaughter,...
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The Whole Works of Roger Ascham: A report and discourse of the affaires and ...

Roger Ascham, Giles Ascham - 1864 - 380 pages
...allured to wantonness, do now boldly contemn all severe books that sound to honesty and godliness. In our forefathers' time, when papistry, as a standing...by idle monks or wanton canons. As one for example, _Morte__ *• Arthur; the whole pleasure of which book standeth in two special points, in open man-...
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