The Loly Grail: With introd. and notes by G[eorge] C[ampbell] MacaulayMacmillan, 1893 - 86 pages |
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... Dict . ) . 21. the pale is here the limit beyond which those of the monastery might not go . Properly the French pal , Latin palus , means a stake , and ' pole ' is in fact the same word as ' pale . ' Then ' pale ' came to mean a limit ...
... Dict . ) . 21. the pale is here the limit beyond which those of the monastery might not go . Properly the French pal , Latin palus , means a stake , and ' pole ' is in fact the same word as ' pale . ' Then ' pale ' came to mean a limit ...
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... ( Skeat , Etym . Dict . ) . 179. on a summer night . The season is still summer , as it was in the preceding idylls . It may be observed that the whole series of the Idylls of the King passes through a 40 THE HOLY GRAIL .
... ( Skeat , Etym . Dict . ) . 179. on a summer night . The season is still summer , as it was in the preceding idylls . It may be observed that the whole series of the Idylls of the King passes through a 40 THE HOLY GRAIL .
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... Dict . ) . The t is added in English . 365. That is , he saw all things bright around him , because of his own exhilaration . 370. like a driving gloom , that is , like dark clouds or mist driving over a clear sky . 371-373 . Observe ...
... Dict . ) . The t is added in English . 365. That is , he saw all things bright around him , because of his own exhilaration . 370. like a driving gloom , that is , like dark clouds or mist driving over a clear sky . 371-373 . Observe ...
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... ( Skeat , Etym . Dict . ) . 481. hard , ' close , ' as in ' hard by . ' 482. Cp . 1. 161 . 485. his eye ... Drew me etc .: so Galahad himself had been moved by the deathless passion in the eyes of the 58 THE HOLY GRAIL .
... ( Skeat , Etym . Dict . ) . 481. hard , ' close , ' as in ' hard by . ' 482. Cp . 1. 161 . 485. his eye ... Drew me etc .: so Galahad himself had been moved by the deathless passion in the eyes of the 58 THE HOLY GRAIL .
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... Dict . ) . 544. Not all unlike , i.e. like to these , or at least not very un- like ; the qualification is something like that in 1. 500 : - ' A great black swamp and of an evil smell , Part black , part whitened ' etc. - 545. ' I who ...
... Dict . ) . 544. Not all unlike , i.e. like to these , or at least not very un- like ; the qualification is something like that in 1. 500 : - ' A great black swamp and of an evil smell , Part black , part whitened ' etc. - 545. ' I who ...
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