The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. ..., Volume 5A. and C. Black, 1880 |
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Page 12
... Book of the Bruce , composed about 1375 , refers to a prophecy of our bard , concerning the exploits and succession of Robert the First . After Bruce had slain the Red Cumin at Dumfries , in 1306 , the Bishop of 12 SIR TRISTREM .
... Book of the Bruce , composed about 1375 , refers to a prophecy of our bard , concerning the exploits and succession of Robert the First . After Bruce had slain the Red Cumin at Dumfries , in 1306 , the Bishop of 12 SIR TRISTREM .
Page 14
... slain the Lord Percie's steward , was impri- soned in the town of Ayr by the English , then masters of the country . Here Wallace suffered every sort of hardship , till his health sunk under it . His jailor , finding him in a swoon ...
... slain the Lord Percie's steward , was impri- soned in the town of Ayr by the English , then masters of the country . Here Wallace suffered every sort of hardship , till his health sunk under it . His jailor , finding him in a swoon ...
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... slain , at a place called Muichra , he had the curi- osity to examine the derivation of this last name . It sig- nifics , in Gaelic , The place of the Boar , and seems to attest the truth of the tradition . Indeed , most of the names of ...
... slain , at a place called Muichra , he had the curi- osity to examine the derivation of this last name . It sig- nifics , in Gaelic , The place of the Boar , and seems to attest the truth of the tradition . Indeed , most of the names of ...
Page 100
... slain , I too will slay . Gwalzmai . Trystan gyvaill rhianez , Cyn myned yn ngwaith gorwez , Goreu dim yw tangnevez . Trystan . O cav vy nghlez ar vy nghlun , A'm llaw zeau i'm difyn , Ai gwaeth vinnau nog undyn ? Gwalzmar . Trystan ...
... slain , I too will slay . Gwalzmai . Trystan gyvaill rhianez , Cyn myned yn ngwaith gorwez , Goreu dim yw tangnevez . Trystan . O cav vy nghlez ar vy nghlun , A'm llaw zeau i'm difyn , Ai gwaeth vinnau nog undyn ? Gwalzmar . Trystan ...
Page 133
... slain , and expostulates with them . A sergeant replies , that they used the mode always practised in their country , but that they were willing to look on and be instructed , if he would be pleased to carve a buck for their information ...
... slain , and expostulates with them . A sergeant replies , that they used the mode always practised in their country , but that they were willing to look on and be instructed , if he would be pleased to carve a buck for their information ...
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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...