The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. ..., Volume 5A. and C. Black, 1880 |
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... England as a romance - writer , is established beyond all doubt by the words of De Brunne , " I see in song of sedgeing tale Of Erceldoune " - and that he is the Thomas who framed that " sedgeing tale " ( story for recitation ) of ...
... England as a romance - writer , is established beyond all doubt by the words of De Brunne , " I see in song of sedgeing tale Of Erceldoune " - and that he is the Thomas who framed that " sedgeing tale " ( story for recitation ) of ...
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... England . The Lincoln this couplet : - " But Jhesu Christ that dyd on tré , copy Save Inglysche men where so they fare . " Vol . iv . of this Edition . has Some metrical prophecies , vulgarly ascribed to Thomas of Erceldoune 20 SIR ...
... England . The Lincoln this couplet : - " But Jhesu Christ that dyd on tré , copy Save Inglysche men where so they fare . " Vol . iv . of this Edition . has Some metrical prophecies , vulgarly ascribed to Thomas of Erceldoune 20 SIR ...
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... England . This dynasty , with their martial nobility , down to the reign of Edward III . , continued to use , almost exclusively , the Romance or ancient French lan- guage ; while the Saxon , although spoken chiefly by the vulgar , was ...
... England . This dynasty , with their martial nobility , down to the reign of Edward III . , continued to use , almost exclusively , the Romance or ancient French lan- guage ; while the Saxon , although spoken chiefly by the vulgar , was ...
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... England . One consequence of the popularity of the British tales among the Anglo - Norman poets , was , that all those parts of modern France , in which the romance language prevailed , obtained an early and extensive acquaintance with ...
... England . One consequence of the popularity of the British tales among the Anglo - Norman poets , was , that all those parts of modern France , in which the romance language prevailed , obtained an early and extensive acquaintance with ...
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Walter Scott. man minstrels , who resided on the territories of the sovereigns of England , and tuned their harps to the fame of the ancient heroes of Britain . In process of time , when Normandy was acquired by the kings of France , the ...
Walter Scott. man minstrels , who resided on the territories of the sovereigns of England , and tuned their harps to the fame of the ancient heroes of Britain . In process of time , when Normandy was acquired by the kings of France , the ...
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adventure ancient Anglo-Norman Arthur bard bede Beliagog betwixt bidene bigan bitvene Brengwain Brittany Canados castle Chevrefoil chivalry Cornwall court dede dere Douke dragon fair folio forest Fragments French FYTTE Ganhardin gode gret Guenever Gwalzmai harp hath haue heighe hert hight Hodain Kaherdin King Arthur King Mark knight Lancelot du Lac lede lete leuedi lithe lond lord loue lover Meriadok metrical minstrels Moraunt Morgan neuer nought oghain outen oway poem prose Quath Queen Quen rede Rhymer Rohand romance of Sir Rouland schal sche schip schuld Scotland Scottish seems seighe seyd Sir Tristrem Sir Walter Scott slain sone sorwe stanza swete Swiche swithe tale thai thare ther Thomas of Erceldoune Thomas the Rhymer thou thurch Tramtris trem trewe Trystan Vrgan wald wele wene wold wounded yede Ysolt Ysonde
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Page 461 - And thou were the truest friend to thy lover that ever bestrad horse. And thou were the truest lover of a sinful man that ever loved woman. And thou were the kindest man that ever struck with sword.
Page 436 - In our forefathers tyme, whan Papistrie, as a standyng poole, couered and ouerflowed all England, fewe bookes were read in our long, sauyng certaine bookes of 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...
Page 458 - And there was all the hall fulfilled with good odours, and every knight had such meats and drinks as he best loved in this world. And when the Holy Grail had been borne through the hall, then the holy vessel departed suddenly, that they wist not where it became : then had they all breath to speak.
Page 82 - Erceldoune, but only pretends to tell the tale upon his authority. " I was at Erceldoune : With Tomas spak Y thare ; Ther herd Y rede in roune, Who Tristrem gat and bare,
Page 382 - Pinckt upon gold, and paled part per part, As then the guize was for each gentle swayne : In his right hand he held a trembling dart, Whose fellow he before had sent apart ; And in his left he held a sharpe bore-speare, With which he wont to launch the salvage hart Of many a lyon and of many a beare, That first unto his hand in chase did happen neare.
Page 81 - English as a separate work; but his adventures make a part of the collection, called the Morte Arthur, containing great part of the history of the Round Table, extracted at hazard, and without much art or combination, from the various French prose folios on that favourite topic.
Page 85 - ... later age, but more especially in the popular romances, a tedious circumlocutory style is perhaps the most general feature. Circumstantial to a degree of extreme minuteness, and diffuse beyond the limits of patience, the minstrels never touch upon an incident without introducing a prolix description.* This was a natural consequence of the multiplication of romantic fictions. It was impossible for the imagination of the minstrels to introduce the variety demanded by their audience, by the invention...
Page 436 - This is good stuffe, for wise men to laughe at, or honest men to take pleasure at. Yet I know, when Gods Bible was banished the Court, and Morte Arthure receiued into the Princes chamber.
Page 436 - Knightes, that do kill most men without any quarell, and commit fowlest aduoulteries by sutlest shiftes: as Sir Launcelote, with the wife of king Arthure his master: Syr Tristram with the wife of king Marke his vncle: Syr Lamerocke with the wife of king Lote, that was his own aunte.
Page 315 - Was mani wate eighe ; Maidens thare hondes wringe, Wives iammeren and crii ; The belles con thai ring, And masses con thai seye, For dole ; Prestes praied aye, For Tristremes sole. XIII. Ysonde to land wan, With seyl and with ore ; Sche mete an old man, Of...