 | 1875 - 1070 pages
...enemy, he tells whither 'his young feet wandered.' 'I betook me,' he writes, 'among those lofty fables and romances which recount in solemn cantos the deeds...our victorious kings, and from hence had in renown all over Christendom.' In II Penseroso he refers to Chaucer's Squire's Tale with evident admiration... | |
 | James Anthony Froude, John Tulloch - 1875 - 836 pages
...enemy, he tells whither 'his young feet wandered.' 'I betook me,' he writes, ' among those lofty fables and romances which recount in solemn cantos the deeds...our victorious kings, and from hence had in renown all over Christendom.' In II Penseroso he refers to Chaucer's Squire's Tale with evident admiration... | |
 | David Masson - 1875 - 698 pages
...whither my younger feet wandered) I betook me among those lofty fables and romances [Spenser, etc.], which recount in solemn cantos the deeds of knighthood...founded by our victorious kings, and from hence had a renown over all Christendom. There I read it in the oath of every knight that he should defend, to... | |
 | John Milton - 1875 - 824 pages
...proceeds — " That I may teli ye whither my younger feet wandered, I betook me among those lofty fables and romances which recount, in solemn cantos, the deeds of knighthood, founded by our victorioui kings, ind from hence had in renown over all christen* florn. . . . From the laureate fraternity... | |
 | John Milton - 1876 - 506 pages
...readers), that I may tell ye whither my younger feet wandered ; I betook me among those lofty fables and romances which recount in solemn cantos the deeds...There I read it in the oath of every knight, that lie should defend, to the expense of his best blood, or of his life, if it so befell him, the honor... | |
 | Henry Barnard - 1876 - 524 pages
...readers, that I may tell whither my younger feet wandered, — I betook me among those lofty fables and romances which recount in solemn cantos the deeds...had in renown over all Christendom. There I read, in the oath of every knight, that he should defend to the expense of his best blood, or even of his... | |
 | Herbert Courthope Bowen - 1876 - 272 pages
...Arthur. NEXT, that I may tell ye whither my young feet wandered; I betook me among those lofty fables and romances, which recount in solemn cantos the deeds...knighthood founded by our victorious kings, and from thence had in renown over all Christendom. There I read it in the oath of every knight, that he should... | |
 | Henry Barnard - 1876 - 514 pages
...knighthood founded by our victorious kings, and from hence had in renown over all Christendom. There I read, in the oath of every knight, that he should defend to the expense of his best blood, or even of his life, if it so befall him, the honor and. chastity of virgin... | |
 | John Milton - 1876 - 506 pages
...I may tell ye whither my younger feet wandered; J betook me among those ToftyTfiibles_and_romances which recount in solemn cantos the deeds of knighthood founded by our victorious-kings, and from hence had in renown over all Christendom. There I read it in the oath of... | |
 | 1877 - 626 pages
...readers), that I may tell ye whither my younger feet wandered ; I betook me among those lofty fables and romances which recount in solemn cantos the deeds...oath of every knight that he should defend to the expense of his best blood, or of his life if it so befell him, the honour and chastity of virgin or... | |
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I betook me among those lofty fables and romances which recount in solemn cantos the deeds of knighthood founded by our victorious kings and from hence had in renown over all Christendom. 
