Epic and Romance: Essays on Medieval Literature

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Macmillan, 1922 - 398 ページ
 

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239 ページ - And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, This woman said unto me, Give thy son, that we may eat him to-day, and we will eat my son to-morrow.
221 ページ - There had been an ox slaughtered, and the hide lay there. Njal told the steward to spread the hide over them, and he did so. ' So there they lay down both of them in their bed, and put the boy between them. Then they signed themselves and the boy with the cross, and gave over their souls into God's hand, and that was the last word that men heard them utter. ' Then the steward took the hide, and spread it over them, and went out afterwards.
220 ページ - Then Flosi went to the door and called out to Njal and said he would speak with him and Bergthora. Now Njal does so; and Flosi said, " I will offer thee, Master Njal, leave to go out, for it is unworthy that thou shouldest burn indoors."
221 ページ - Come thou out, housewife, for I will for no sake burn thee indoors." "I was given away to Njal young," said Bergthora, "and I have promised him this, that we would both share the same fate.
219 ページ - Flosi and his men made a great pile before each of the doors, and then the women folk who were inside began to weep and to wail. Njal spoke to them and said, "Keep up your hearts, nor utter shrieks, for this is but a passing storm, and it will be long before ye have another such; and put your faith in God, and believe that he is so merciful that he will not let us burn both in this world and the next.
55 ページ - Byrhtwold spoke and grasped his shield — he was an old companion — he shook his ashen spear, and taught courage to them that fought: — " 'Thought shall be the harder, heart the keener, mood shall be the more, as our might lessens.
221 ページ - Thou hast promised me this, grandmother," says the boy, " that we should never part so long as I wished to be with thee ; but methinks it is much better to die with thee and Njal than to live after you.
239 ページ - But Elisha sat in his house, and the elders sat with him : and the king sent a man from before him : but, ere the messenger came to him, he said to the elders...
385 ページ - L'us diz de la Taula Redonda, Que no i venc homs que no-il responda Le reis segon sa conoissensa; Ane nuiljorn no i failli valensa; L'autre comtava de Galvain E del leo que fon compain Del cavallier qu'estors Luneta; L'us diz de la piucella breta Con tenc Lancelot en preiso Cant de s'amor li dis de no ; L'autre comtet de Persaval Co venc a la cort a caval; L'us comtet d'Erec e d'Enida, L'autre d'Ugonet de Perida; L'us comtava de Governail Com per Tristan ac grieu trebail, L'autre comtava de Feniza...
332 ページ - For if a peyntour wolde peynte a pyk With asses feet, and hede it as an ape, It cordeth nought; so nere it but a jape.

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