 In our forefathers tyme, whan Papistrie, as a standyng poole, covered and overflowed all England, fewe bookes were read in our tong, savyng certaine bookes of chevalrie, as they sayd, for pastime and pleasure, which, as some say, were made in Monasteries...  Specimens of English Prose Writers: From the Earliest Times to the Close of ... - Page 145by George Burnett - 1807Full view - About this book
 | Thomas (of Ercildoune, called the Rhymer.) - 1804 - 514 pages
...England, few bookes " were red in our toong, savying certayne bookes of chivalrie, as " they sayd, for pastime and pleasure, which, as some say, were " made in monasteries by idle monkes or wanton chanons. As " one, for example, Morte Arthurc, the whole pleasure of whiche " booke... | |
 | George Burnett - 1807 - 508 pages
...education and conduct of women. The books are all very curious, and obviously require republication. ROMANCE. ON account of the supposed immoral tendency...whole pleasure of which book standeth in two special points— in open man-slaughter and bold bawdry. In which book, those be counted the noblest knights... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - Bibliography - 1807 - 904 pages
...and overflowed all England, fewe bookcs were read in our long, savyng certaine bookes of Chcvalrie, as they said, for pastime, and pleasure-, which, as some say, were made in monasteries by idle monkes or wanton chanons, as one for example, Morte Arlhure : the whole pleasure of which booke standeth... | |
 | Samuel Egerton Brydges, Joseph Haslewood - English literature - 1810 - 648 pages
...ouer£owed all England, few bookes were red in our toong, sailing cortayne bookes of chivalrie, as they sayd for pastime and pleasure, which, as some say, were made in monasteries by idle monkes or wanton channons: as one for example, Morte Arthur, the whole pleasure of which booke standeih... | |
 | Roger Ascham - Archery - 1815 - 428 pages
...allured to wantonness, do now boldly contemn all severe books that sound to honesty and godliness. In our forefathers' time, when papistry, as a standing...made in monasteries by idle monks or wanton canons. As one for example, Marts Arthur ; the whole pleasure of which book standeth in two special points,... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1820 - 272 pages
...and overflowed all England, fewe books were read iu our tongue, savyng certaine bookes of chevalrie, as they said, for pastime and pleasure ; which, as some say, were made in the monasteries, by idle monks or wanton chanons. As one for example, La Morte ff Arthurs ; the whole... | |
 | Walter Scott - English poetry - 1820 - 476 pages
...and overflowed all England, fewe books were read in our tongue, savyng certaine bookes of chevalrie, as they said, for pastime and pleasure ; which, as some say, were made in the monasteries, by idle monks or wanton chanons. As one for example, La Morte £ Arthurs ,• the... | |
 | Walter Scott - English poetry - 1821 - 546 pages
...all England, few bookes were red in our " toong, savyng certayne bookes of chivalrie, as they sayd, " for pastime and pleasure, which, as some say, were made in " monasteries by idle monkes or wanton chanons. As one, " for example, Morte Arthvre, the whole pleasure of whiche " booke... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1823 - 336 pages
...and overflowed all England, fewe books were read in our tongue, savyng certaine bookes of chevalrie, as they said, for pastime and pleasure ; which, as some say, were made in the monasteries, by idle monks or wanton chanons. As one for example, La Morlc d' Arthure ; the whole... | |
 | Thomas Thompson - Monasteries - 1824 - 342 pages
...was an attribute of many of the knights of the Round Table, of whom the learned Roger Ascham- says, " In our forefathers' time, " when papistry, as a standing...made in monasteries by idle " monks or wanton canons. As one, for example " La Morte d'Arthure, the whole pleasure of " which book standeth in two special... | |
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