In our forefathers tyme, whan Papistrie, as a standyng poole, couered and ouerflowed all England, fewe bookes were read in our tong, sauyng certaine bookes of Cheualrie, as they sayd, for pastime and pleasure, which, as some say, were made in Monasteries,... The History of English Poetry, from the Close of the Eleventh to the ... - Page 291by Thomas Warton - 1824 - 482 pagesFull view - About this book
| George Gregory Smith - 1904 - 534 pages
...and ouerflowed all England, fewe bookes were read in our tong, sauyng certaine bookes of Cheualrie, as they sayd, for pastime and pleasure, which, as...Monkes or wanton Chanons: as 'one for example, Morte Arthure; the whole pleasure of which booke standeth in two speciall poyntes, in open mans slaughter... | |
| Roger Ascham - 1904 - 332 pages
...and ouerflowed all England, fewe bookes were read in our tong, sauyng certaine bookes of Cheualrie, as they sayd, for pastime and pleasure, which, as...Monkes, or wanton Chanons : as one for example, Morte Arthure : the whole pleasure Morte Arof which booke standeth in two speciall poyntes, thur. in open... | |
| Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher - 1908 - 482 pages
...and ouerflowed all England, few bookes were read in our long, sauyng certaine bookes of Cheualrie, as they sayd, for pastime and pleasure, which, as...Monkes, or wanton Chanons ; as one for example, Morte Arthure : the whole pleasure of which booke standeth in two special! poyntes, in open manslaughter,... | |
| 1908 - 446 pages
...and ouerflowed all England, few bookes were read in our 1ong, sauyng certaine bookes of Cheualrie, as they sayd, for pastime and pleasure, which, as...Monkes, or wanton Chanons ; as one for example, Morte Arthure : the whole pleasure of which booke standeth in two special! poyntes, in open manslaughter,... | |
| Roger Ascham - 1909 - 206 pages
...overflowed all England few books were read in our tongue, saving certain books of chivalry, as they said, for pastime and pleasure, which, as some say, were made in monasteries by idle monks or wan tou canons : as one, for example, " Morte Arthur," the whole pleasure of which book standeth... | |
| Thomas Nash - 1910 - 486 pages
...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...Monkes, or wanton Chanons: as one for example, Morte Arthure: the whole pleasure of which booke standeth in two speciall poyntes, in open mans slaughter,... | |
| Thomas Nash - 1910 - 496 pages
...and ouerflowed all England, fewe bookes were read in our tong, sauyng certaine bookes of Cheualrie, as they sayd, for pastime and pleasure, which, as...Monkes, or wanton Chanons: as one for example, Morte Arthure: the whole pleasure of which booke standeth in two speciall poyntes, in open mans slaughter,... | |
| Charles Wells Moulton - 1910 - 812 pages
...couered and ouerflowed all England, fewe bookes were read in our tong, sauyng certaine bookes Cheualrie, as they sayd, for pastime and pleasure, which, as...Monkes, or wanton Chanons : as one for example, Morte Arthure: the whole pleasure of which booke standeth in two speciall poyntes, in open mans slaughter,... | |
| Robert Maynard Leonard - 1911 - 452 pages
...overflowed all England, few books were read in our tongue, saving certain books of chivalry, as they said for pastime and pleasure ; which, as some say, were made in monasteries by idle monks or wanton canons. As one for example, ' Morte Arthur ', the whole pleasure of which book standeth... | |
| John Milton Berdan - 1920 - 602 pages
...couered and ouerflowed all England, fewe bookes were read in our tong, sauyng certaine bookes Cheualrie, as they sayd, for pastime and pleasure, which, as...were made in Monasteries, by idle Monkes, or wanton Canons: as one for example, Mori.-. Arthure: the whole pleasure of which booke standeth in two speciall... | |
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