The Loly Grail: With introd. and notes by G[eorge] C[ampbell] MacaulayMacmillan, 1893 - 86 pages |
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... Old French cloistre , Latin claustrum , means properly an enclosure , hence it came to be used for a monastery ... English pale ' in Ireland was the district occupied by the English . 6 thee ... I knew : the object is divided from ...
... Old French cloistre , Latin claustrum , means properly an enclosure , hence it came to be used for a monastery ... English pale ' in Ireland was the district occupied by the English . 6 thee ... I knew : the object is divided from ...
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... Old French molle ( Mod . moule ) , Latin modulus , dimin . of modus , measure . The d of mould ' was added in English , and does not belong to the stem . 241. eastward as if to catch the first rays of the rising sun , the first ...
... Old French molle ( Mod . moule ) , Latin modulus , dimin . of modus , measure . The d of mould ' was added in English , and does not belong to the stem . 241. eastward as if to catch the first rays of the rising sun , the first ...
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... Old French blason means a shield , then a coat of arms painted upon a shield ; and so in Old English ' blazon ' means shield , and ' to blazon is to describe a shield which bears a coat of arms , as in Scott , Quentin Durward ( when ...
... Old French blason means a shield , then a coat of arms painted upon a shield ; and so in Old English ' blazon ' means shield , and ' to blazon is to describe a shield which bears a coat of arms , as in Scott , Quentin Durward ( when ...
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... English word , whereas ' lake ' and ' pool ' are both from Latin . 253. Where Arthur finds etc. For this scene see The Passing of Arthur , 196- - : ' for thou rememberest how In those old days , one summer noon , an arm Rose up from out ...
... English word , whereas ' lake ' and ' pool ' are both from Latin . 253. Where Arthur finds etc. For this scene see The Passing of Arthur , 196- - : ' for thou rememberest how In those old days , one summer noon , an arm Rose up from out ...
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... old English houses . Here the roofs of the houses on opposite sides of the street have the appearance of tumbling towards each other , and the upper stories approach so closely that the faces of those looking out of the windows of them ...
... old English houses . Here the roofs of the houses on opposite sides of the street have the appearance of tumbling towards each other , and the upper stories approach so closely that the faces of those looking out of the windows of them ...
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