 Horse ! horse !" the Douglas cried, " and chase !* But soon he reined his fury's pace : " A royal messenger he came, Though most unworthy of the name. — A letter forged ! Saint Jude to speed! Did ever knight so foul a deed ! At first in heart it liked...  Marmion - Стр. 339авторы: sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1810Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | Gawin Douglas - 1874 - Страниц: 390
...instructed at home in the liberal arts and sciences. But if it be true that old ' Bell-the-Cat ' gave " Thanks to Saint Bothan, son of mine, Save Gawain, ne'er could pen a line—" t then the progress of the youthful Gavin must have been due in a great measure to his own natural... | |
 | Robert Dale Owen - 1875 - Страниц: 102
...exclamation, it is strictly in accordance with the spirit and prevailing opinions of the times : " A letter forged ! Saint Jude to speed ! Did ever knight...Save Gawain, ne'er could pen a line : So swore I, and so swear I still, Let my boy btshjp fret his fill." But the days are gone by when ignorance may be... | |
 | Robert Dale Owen - 1875 - Страниц: 110
...accordance with the spirit and prevailing opinions of the times : " A letter forged ! Saint Jude to speed 1 Did ever knight so foul a deed ! At first in heart...Save Gawain, ne'er could pen a line : So swore I, and so swear I still, Let my boy bishjp fret his fill." But the days are gone by when ignorance may be... | |
 | Thomas of Erceldoune - 1875 - Страниц: 196
...L. corrupts to chece hit, perhaps chesit, chose ! 1. 125. the\e] lykes, impersonal, te delectat. " At first in heart it liked me ill When the king praised his clerkly skill." — Scott, Marmion, vi. 15. 1. 126. byrde, bride, married lady ; Piers Plowman has burde, buirde, birde,... | |
 | Thomas Stephens - 1876 - Страниц: 558
...Walter Scott enunciated a striking historical truth, when he put in the mouth of Douglas these lines : A letter forged ! Saint Jude to speed, Did ever knight...Save Gawain, ne'er could pen a line ; So swore I, and so swear I still, Let my boy bishop fret his fill. In Wales a better spirit seems to have prevailed... | |
 | Kenelm Henry Digby - 1876 - Страниц: 428
...of active life, a certain prejudice against reading and calculating ; as Douglas says in Marmion : At first in heart it liked me ill, When the king praised...a line : So swore I, and I swear it still, Let my boy. bishop fret his fill. The poet Alain Chartier pours forth a doleful complaint of the ignorance... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1876 - Страниц: 446
...unworthy of the name. — A letter forged ! Saint Jude to speed ! Did ever knight so foul a deed ! t At first in heart it liked me ill, When the King praised...could pen a line : So swore I, and I swear it still, my boy-bishop fret his fill.— Old; .. .. ie Douglas blood, where he stood. he speak, and fairly ride,... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - 1876 - Страниц: 828
...fury's pace ; " A royal messenger he came, Though most unworthy of the name.— A letter forged ! St. ncn&l f , St. Bothan, son of mine, Save Gawain, ne'er could pen a line : So swore I, and I swear it still, wt... | |
 | Thomas Stephens, Benjamin Thomas Williams - 1876 - Страниц: 564
...Walter Scott enunciated a striking historical truth, when he put in the mouth of Douglas these lines : A letter forged ! Saint Jude to speed, Did ever knight...so foul a deed ! At first in heart it liked me ill W,en the King praised his clerkly skill. Thanks to Saint Bothan, son of mine, Save Gawain, ne'er could... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1877 - Страниц: 742
...1 horse!" the Douglas cried, "and chase!" But soon he reigned his fury's pace : " A royal messenger he came, Though most unworthy of the name. — A letter...it liked me ill, When the King praised his clerkly sL ill. Thanks to Saint Bothan, son of mine, Save Gawain, ne'er could pen a line : So swore I, and... | |
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