The knights; or, Sketches of the heroic age, 第 1 巻1797 |
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acroſs adieu afcended affifted Alpine hare arms Baron de Lacy beheld beloved Bretagne cabin cafque caft caftle captives caſtle CHAP chivalry companion confolation Conftantine courteſy creft defcended difcerned difcovered diftreffed door Earl of Lenox fafe faid fame fcarcely feemed feized feveral fhall fhort fhould fhoulder fide fifter fighed fignal filence firft firſt fituation flain fmall foldiers fome foon foreft foul fpear fpot frida fteed fteps ftill ftrange fuffer fufpended funk fupported furcoat fword gazed gentle glory ground haftened haftily hand hauberk heroic herſelf himſelf honour illuftrious impa interfected knight Lady Editha laft lamp laſt lefs Leofrida loft Marefchal meaſure moft Mortimer moſt obferved occafioned Ofberne paffage paffed perfon Pilgrim prefented prifoner purfued purpoſe racter raiſed refcuing refignation refolved refpect reft requeſted ſcene ſhe Sigefert ſmall ſpace ſteeds ſteps ſtill tender thefe themſelves theſe thoſe torch trembling valour vault vizor warrior whofe whoſe young Baron youth
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xxi ページ - Their dependants of a lower form, who imitated the violence of their superiors, and had not their castles but their lurking-places, were the savages of romance. The greater lord was called a giant, for his power ; the less a savage, for his brutality.
xii ページ - This singular institution, in which valour, gallantry, and religion, were so strangely blended, was wonderfully adapted to the taste and genius of martial nobles, and its effects were soon visible in their manners. War was carried on with less ferocity, when humanity came to be deemed the ornament of knighthood no less than courage. More gentle and polished manners were introduced, when courtesy was recommended as the most amiable of knightly virtues. Violence and oppression decreased, when it was...
xv ページ - ... institution, which has appeared whimsical to superficial observers, but by its effects has proved of great benefit to mankind. The sentiments which chivalry inspired had a wonderful influence on manners and conduct during the twelfth, thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth centuries. They were so deeply rooted, that they continued to operate after the vigour and reputation of the institution itself began to decline.
xxii ページ - Lteftrigons, and Cyclops, but bands of lawlefs favages, with, each of them, a Giant of enormous fize at their head? And what are the Grecian BACCHUS...
xiii ページ - ... them : a fcrupulous adherence to truth, with the moft religious attention to fulfil every engagement, but particularly thofe between the fexes as more...
138 ページ - That (hook the earth with thund'ring tread ? 'Twas Death- — In hafte The Warrior paft ? High tower'd his helmed head : I mark'd his mail, I mark'd his fhield, I 'fpy'd the fparkling of his fpear, I faw his giant arm the falchion wield ; Wide wav'd the bick'n'ng blade, and fir'd the angry air.