 | Matteo Maria Boiardo - 1830 - 458 pages
...and nothing else. In Sir Bevis of Hampton we read that this hero met with a giant called Ascapard. This geaunt was mighty and strong And full thirty...Were as mighty and great as he ? My name, he said, is Ascapard ; Sir Grassy sent me hitherward For to bring you home again, &c. ' But this could not be accomplished... | |
 | Matteo Maria Boiardo - 1830 - 464 pages
...and nothing else. In Sir Bevis of Hampton we read that this hero met with a giant called Ascapard. This geaunt was mighty and strong And full thirty...B,evis wondred on him right And him inquired, what he night ? And if all the men in his cuntree Were as mighty and great as he ? My name, he said, is Ascapard... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1833 - 430 pages
...eyen were hollow, his mouth was wide ; Lothly he was to look on than, And liker a devil than a 1tntn. His staff was a young oak, Hard and heavy was his stroke. " Specimens of Metrical Romances, vol. ii. p. 136. I am happy to say, that the memory of Sir Bevis... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1841 - 848 pages
...and hung aside ; His eyen were hollow, his mouth was wide ; Lothly he was to look on than, And likcr a devil than a man. His staff was a young oak. Hard and heavy was his stroke." Specimen* of Metrical Eomancfi, vol. ii. p. 136. I am happy to say, that the memory of Sir Bcvia is... | |
 | George Ellis, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps - 1848 - 664 pages
...between each brow; His lips were great, and hung aside; His eyen were hollow; his mouth was wide: Lothy he was to look on than, And liker a devil than a man....as mighty and great as he? "My name," he said, "is Ascapard; For to bring you home again." Sir Grassy sent me hitherward But this could not be accomplished... | |
 | George Ellis - 1848 - 658 pages
...between each brow; His lips were great, and hung aside; His eyen were hollow ; his mouth was wide : Lothy he was to look on than, And liker a devil than a man....as mighty and great as he? "My name," he said, "is Ascapard; Sir Grassy sent me hitherward For to bring you home again." But this could not be accomplished... | |
 | George Ellis, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps - 1848 - 648 pages
...betwcen each brow; His lips were great, and hung aside; His even were hollow; his mouth was wide: Lothy he was to look on than, And liker a devil than a man....inquired what he hight? And if all the men in his cuntrce Were as mighty and great as he? "My name," he said, "is Aseapard; Sir Grassy sent me hitherward... | |
 | George Ellis - 1848 - 626 pages
...between each brow; His lips were great, and hung aside ; His eyen were hollow; his mouth was wide : Lothy he was to look on than, And liker a devil than a man....Bevis wondred on him right, And him inquired what he bight? And if all the men in his cuntree Were as mighty and great as he? "My name," he said, "is Ascapard;... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1848 - 772 pages
...aside ; His eyen were hollow, his mouth was wide; Lothly he was to look on than, And liker a devrl than a man. His staff was a young oak, Hard and heavy was his stroke." Specimens of Metrical Romances, vol. ii. p. 136, I am happy to say, that the memory of Sir Bevis is... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1852 - 556 pages
...and hving aside; His eyen were hollow, his mouth was wide; Lothly he was to look on than. And likcr a devil than a man : His staff was a young oak — Hard and heavy was his stroke." HISTORICAL. The miracle scene at St. Albans is founded upon a real occurrence. Sir Thomas More tells... | |
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This geaunt was mighty and strong And full thirty foot was long. He was bristled like a sow ; A foot he had between each brow ; His lips were great, and hung aside; His eyen were hollow ; his mouth was wide : Lothly he was to look on than, And liker a... 
