Specimens of English Prose Writers: From the Earliest Times to the Close of the Seventeenth Century, with Sketches, Biographical and Literary ...Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1807 |
Im Buch
Ergebnisse 1-5 von 62
Seite 6
... Holy Land , and han * thereof great solace and com- fort ; I John Mandeville , knight , albeit I be not worthy , that was born in England , in the town of St. Albans , passed the sea , in the year of our Lord Jesus Christ 1322 , in the ...
... Holy Land , and han * thereof great solace and com- fort ; I John Mandeville , knight , albeit I be not worthy , that was born in England , in the town of St. Albans , passed the sea , in the year of our Lord Jesus Christ 1322 , in the ...
Seite 7
... holy city of Jerusalem , and the holy places that are thereabout . And I shall tell the way that they should hold thither : for I have oftentimes passed and ridden the way , with good company of many lords , God be thanked . And ye ...
... holy city of Jerusalem , and the holy places that are thereabout . And I shall tell the way that they should hold thither : for I have oftentimes passed and ridden the way , with good company of many lords , God be thanked . And ye ...
Seite 12
... Holy Cross ; so that the fiends ne han no power over hem . But albeit that they ben withouten peril , zit nathales " ne ben they not withouten dread , when that they seen the devils visibly and bodily all about hem , that maken full ...
... Holy Cross ; so that the fiends ne han no power over hem . But albeit that they ben withouten peril , zit nathales " ne ben they not withouten dread , when that they seen the devils visibly and bodily all about hem , that maken full ...
Seite 17
... Holy Ghost , in making defence of all their ghostly enemies here in earth , to their salvation , both of body and soul , to worship and thanking of Him , that is Three and One , withouten beginning and withouten ending ; that is ...
... Holy Ghost , in making defence of all their ghostly enemies here in earth , to their salvation , both of body and soul , to worship and thanking of Him , that is Three and One , withouten beginning and withouten ending ; that is ...
Seite 18
... Holy Land , served to confirm , and even to mag- nify the accounts of the Arabians . These accounts , which were partly true and partly fabulous , falling into the hands of the monks , were mixed up with various legendary addi- tions of ...
... Holy Land , served to confirm , and even to mag- nify the accounts of the Arabians . These accounts , which were partly true and partly fabulous , falling into the hands of the monks , were mixed up with various legendary addi- tions of ...
Andere Ausgaben - Alle anzeigen
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Æneid Albion ancient anon Balin Bible bishop Britain Brute called castle cause Caxton champ of battle Chaucer Christ Christian Chronicle church clergy Corin daughter death defend Dioclesian divers duke edition Edward Edward III England English evil faith father France French friars Geoffrey of Monmouth God's Gogmagog Golden Legend grace Greek hath Henry VI Henry VIII holy scripture honour horse John John Paston king king Arthur king's knight lady land language Latin learning living Lollards London lord manner master monk neral noble order of chivalry person Polychronicon pope preaching prince printed queen quod reader realm reign Richard Richard II Romances saith sermon shew sir Thomas slain speak stile Testament thee ther thereof things thou tion translation truth unto Wherefore Wicliffe William Caxton wise words write written
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 463 - He had a walk for a hundred sheep ; and my mother milked thirty kine. He was able and did find the king a harness, with himself and his horse, while he came to the place that he should receive the king's wages. I can remember that I buckled his harness when he went to Blackheath Field. He kept me to school, or else I had not been able to preach before the king's majesty now.
Seite 436 - And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.
Seite 259 - ... and thou were the kindest man that ever struck with sword; and thou were the goodliest person that ever came among press of knights; and thou were the meekest man and the gentlest that ever ate in hall among ladies; and thou were the sternest knight to thy mortal foe that ever put spear in the rest.
Seite 463 - My father was a yeoman, and had no lands of his own, only he had a farm of three or four pound by year at the uttermost, and hereupon he tilled so much as kept half a dozen men. He had walk for a hundred sheep; and my mother milked thirty kine.
Seite 464 - He married my sisters with five pound, or twenty nobles apiece ; so that he brought them up in godliness and fear of God. He kept hospitality for his poor neighbours, and some alms he gave to the poor. And all this he did of the said farm, where he that now hath it payeth sixteen...
Seite 252 - I, according to my copy, have done set it in imprint, to the intent that noble men may see and learn the noble acts of chivalry, the gentle and virtuous deeds that some knights used in those days, by which they came to honour; and how they that were vicious were punished and oft put to shame and rebuke...
Seite 464 - In my time my poor father was as diligent to teach me to shoot, as to learn me any other thing, and so I think other men did their children : he taught me how to draw, how to lay my body in my bow, and not to draw with strength of arms as divers other nations do, but with strength of the body.
Seite 252 - For herein may be seen noble chivalry, courtesy, humanity, friendliness, hardiness, love, friendship, cowardice, murder, hate, virtue, and sin. Do after the good and leave the evil, and it shall bring you to good fame and renown.
Seite 259 - Christian knights; and now I dare say," said Sir Ector, "thou Sir Launcelot, there thou liest, that thou were never matched of earthly knight's hand ; and thou were the courtliest knight that ever bare shield ; and thou were the truest friend to thy lover that ever bestrode horse ; and thou were the truest lover of a sinful man that ever loved woman ; and thou were the kindest man that ever...
Seite 462 - He will not have it defended by Man, or Man's power, but by His Word only, by the which He hath evermore defended it, and that by a way far above man's power or reason, as all the stories of the Bible make mention.