The Loly Grail: With introd. and notes by G[eorge] C[ampbell] MacaulayMacmillan, 1893 - 86 pages |
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... wealth , fame , and even love fail to bring him content , until at length dropping into a lowly vale he finds a hermit to whom he tells his phantoms , and who tells him that what he lacks is humility , the INTRODUCTION . xix.
... wealth , fame , and even love fail to bring him content , until at length dropping into a lowly vale he finds a hermit to whom he tells his phantoms , and who tells him that what he lacks is humility , the INTRODUCTION . xix.
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... phantom of a cup that comes and goes ? ' ' Nay , monk ! what phantom ? ' answer'd Percivale . ' The cup , the cup itself , from which our Lord Drank at the last sad supper with his own . This , from the blessed land of Aromat- After ...
... phantom of a cup that comes and goes ? ' ' Nay , monk ! what phantom ? ' answer'd Percivale . ' The cup , the cup itself , from which our Lord Drank at the last sad supper with his own . This , from the blessed land of Aromat- After ...
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... phantoms , and he said : " O son , thou hast not true humility , The highest virtue , mother of them all ; For when the Lord of all things made Himself Naked of glory for His mortal change , ' Take thou my robe , ' she said , ' for all ...
... phantoms , and he said : " O son , thou hast not true humility , The highest virtue , mother of them all ; For when the Lord of all things made Himself Naked of glory for His mortal change , ' Take thou my robe , ' she said , ' for all ...
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... phantom vext me more , return'd To whence I came , the gate of Arthur's wars . ' ' O brother , ' ask'd Ambrosius , - ' for in sooth These ancient books - and they would win thee - teem , Only I find not there this Holy Grail , With ...
... phantom vext me more , return'd To whence I came , the gate of Arthur's wars . ' ' O brother , ' ask'd Ambrosius , - ' for in sooth These ancient books - and they would win thee - teem , Only I find not there this Holy Grail , With ...
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... phantoms in your quest , No man , no woman ? ' Then Sir Percivale : ' All men , to one so bound by such a vow , And women were as phantoms . O , my brother , Why wilt thou shame me to confess to thee How far I falter'd from my quest and ...
... phantoms in your quest , No man , no woman ? ' Then Sir Percivale : ' All men , to one so bound by such a vow , And women were as phantoms . O , my brother , Why wilt thou shame me to confess to thee How far I falter'd from my quest and ...
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