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 139by Thomas Thompson - 1824 - 268 pagesFull view - About this book
| Sir Mungo William MacCallum - Arthurian romances - 1894 - 462 pages
...and ouerflowed all England, fewe bookes were read in our tong, sauyng certaine bookes of cheualrie, as they said, for pastime and pleasure ; which, as some say, were made in Monastries by idle monkes or wanton chanons. As one, for example, Morte Arthur, the whole pleasure... | |
| Heinrich Spies - English language - 1897 - 350 pages
...ouerflowed all England, fewe bookes were read in our tow/, sauyng certaine bookes Cheualrie, 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 Arthure:"') Morte Darthure, dagegen mehrere in der... | |
| Sir Thomas Malory - Arthurian legends - 1897 - 426 pages
...ouerflowed all England, fewe bookes were read in our long, sauyng certaine bookes Cheualrie, 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 Arthure : the whole pleasure of -, which booke... | |
| Henry Augustin Beers - English literature - 1898 - 350 pages
...books were read in the " Morte our tongue saving certain books of chivalry, as they said, for Dartur-" pastime and pleasure, which, as some say, were made...idle monks or wanton canons : as one, for example, "Morte Arthure," the whole pleasure of which book standeth in two special points, in open manslaughter... | |
| Roger Ascham - Latin language - 1898 - 336 pages
...ouerflowed all England, fewe bookes were read in our tong, sauyng certaine bookes Cheualrie, 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. Morte Arthure : the whole pleasure of... | |
| Henry Augustin Beers - English literature - 1899 - 346 pages
...were read in the " Morte our tongue saving certain books of chivalry, as they said, for Darturpastime and pleasure, which, as some say, were made in monasteries...idle monks or wanton canons : as one, for example, "Morte Arthure," the whole pleasure of which book standeth in two special points, in open manslaughter... | |
| Edward Archibald Allen, William Schuyler - American essays - 1900 - 478 pages
...wits 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,9 the whole pleasure of which book standeth in two special points, in open manslaughter... | |
| Walter Scott - 1900 - 760 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... | |
| Walter Scott - 1900 - 396 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... | |
| Robert Chambers, David Patrick - Authors, English - 1901 - 862 pages
...all England, fewe bookes were read in our long, sauyng certaine bookes of Cheualrie, as they sayd, e infant Monkes or wanton Chanons : as one for example, Morte Arthure : the whole pleasure of which booke standeth... | |
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