Two lectures read before the Essay society of Exeter college, Oxford [by R.J. King.].private distribution, 1840 - 100 sider |
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... gold with which the region abounded , he stole the golden ball with which the King's son used to divert himself ; but as he was entering his mother's house , pur- sued by two fairies who had witnessed the theft , his foot stumbled , and ...
... gold with which the region abounded , he stole the golden ball with which the King's son used to divert himself ; but as he was entering his mother's house , pur- sued by two fairies who had witnessed the theft , his foot stumbled , and ...
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... gold , and on their heads were coronets , set " With sixty gemmys and mo ' . " One of them bore a golden basin , and the other a towel of white silk ; and approaching the unhappy Knight they saluted him courteously- " Damesels , he said ...
... gold , and on their heads were coronets , set " With sixty gemmys and mo ' . " One of them bore a golden basin , and the other a towel of white silk ; and approaching the unhappy Knight they saluted him courteously- " Damesels , he said ...
Side 13
... gold clere , " which , like that of Fortunatus , was never to be emptied , whatever calls might be made on it , but " a mark of gold " always presented itself " as oft as he put the honde therein : " this purse , however , only retained ...
... gold clere , " which , like that of Fortunatus , was never to be emptied , whatever calls might be made on it , but " a mark of gold " always presented itself " as oft as he put the honde therein : " this purse , however , only retained ...
Side 17
... gold , which made a pleasant music on the wind as she rode on . The poitrel alone was worth an earl's ransom . On her wrist was a ger faulcon , and two white greyhounds with golden collars ran behind . At the first glance Syr Launfal ...
... gold , which made a pleasant music on the wind as she rode on . The poitrel alone was worth an earl's ransom . On her wrist was a ger faulcon , and two white greyhounds with golden collars ran behind . At the first glance Syr Launfal ...
Side 46
... gold , the interior of that stately hall , with all its aëreal visitants , encircled with an appropriate border of griffins ' wings . So it is , however ! and if this Society were inclined to patronize morality and moralization , and if ...
... gold , the interior of that stately hall , with all its aëreal visitants , encircled with an appropriate border of griffins ' wings . So it is , however ! and if this Society were inclined to patronize morality and moralization , and if ...
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Side 80 - It neither grew in syke nor ditch, Nor yet in ony sheugh; But at the gates o' Paradise That birk grew fair eneugh. "Blow up the fire, my maidens! Bring water from the well! For a' my house shall feast this night, Since my three sons are well.
Side 71 - As when a gryphon through the wilderness With winged course o'er hill or moory dale, Pursues the Arimaspian, who by stealth Had from his wakeful custody purloined The guarded gold...
Side 87 - Then anon they heard cracking and crying of thunder, that them thought the place should all to-drive. In the midst of this blast entered a sunbeam more clearer by seven times than ever they saw day, and all they were alighted of the grace of the Holy Ghost.
Side 29 - Olympian games or Pythian fields ; 530 Part curb their fiery steeds, or shun the goal With rapid wheels, or fronted brigades form. As when to warn proud cities, war appears Waged in the troubled sky, and armies rush To battle in the clouds, before each van Prick forth the airy knights, and couch their spears Till thickest legions close ; with feats of arms From either end of Heaven the welkin burns.
Side 14 - To wake the bounding stag, or guilty wolf, There oft is heard, at midnight, or at noon, Beginning faint, but rising still more loud, And nearer, voice of hunters, and of hounds, And horns, hoarse-winded, blowing far and keen :— Forthwith the hubbub multiplies ; the gale Labours with wilder shrieks, and rifer din Of hot pursuit ; the broken cry of deer Mangled by throttling dogs ; the shouts of men, And hoofs, thick beating on the hollow hill.
Side 80 - Their beds are made in the heavens high, Down at the foot of our good lord's knee, Weel set about wi' gillyflowers : , I wot sweet company for to see.
Side 41 - For not to have been dipt in Lethe lake Could save the sonne of Thetis from to die...