 I labour to pourtraict in Arthure, before he was king, the image of a brave knight, perfected in the twelve private morall vertues, as Aristotle hath devised, the which is the purpose of these first twelve bookes...  Caxton (1422) to Walton (1593) - Page 180by Sir William Robertson Nicoll, Thomas Seccombe - 1907Full view - About this book
 | 1834 - 918 pages
...before he was king, THE IMAGE OF A TRUE KNIGHT, PERFECTED IN Till: TWELVE PRIVATE MORAL VIRTUES, At ARISTOTLE HATH DEVISED, the which is the purpose of these first twelve books ; which if I find to be well accepted, I may be perhaps encouraged to frame THE OTHER PART OP POLITICAL... | |
 | 1834 - 896 pages
...I labour to pourtraict in Arthure, before he was king, THE IMAGE OF A TRUE KNIGHT, PERFECTED IN THB TWELVE PRIVATE MORAL VIRTUES, AS ARISTOTLE HATH DEVISED,...the which is the purpose of these first twelve books ; which if I find to be well accepted, I may be perhaps encouraged to frame THE OTHER PART OF POLITICAL... | |
 | Edmund Spenser - 1839 - 444 pages
...furthest from the danger of envy and suspicion of present time." — "I labour," he adds, "to pourtray in Arthur, before he was king, the image of a brave...Aristotle hath devised, the which is the purpose of these twelve books ; which, if I find to he well accepted, I may be perhaps encouraged to frame the other... | |
 | Edmund Spenser - 1839 - 450 pages
...Arthure, before he was king, the image of a brave Knight, perfected in the twelve private Morall Vertues, as Aristotle hath devised ; the which is the purpose of these first twelve bookes : which if I finde to be well accepted, I may be perhaps encoraged to frame the other part of... | |
 | Irishman - 1840 - 238 pages
...other named politice, in his Godfredo. By ensample of which excellent poets they labour to pourtraict in Arthur, before he was king, the image of a brave...Aristotle hath devised; the which is the purpose of these twelve books: which if I find to be well excepted, I may be, perhaps encouraged to frame the other... | |
 | Edmund Spenser - 1843 - 388 pages
...Arthure, before he was king, the image of a bravr knight, perfected in the twelve private Morall Vertues, as Aristotle hath devised ; the which is the purpose of these first twelve bookes : which if I finde to be well accepted, I may be perhaps encoraged to frame the other part of... | |
 | 1853 - 710 pages
...Arthure, before he was king, the image of a brave knight, perfected in the twelve private morali vertucs, as Aristotle hath devised ; the which is the purpose of these first twelve bookcs ; which if I lind to be well accepted, I may be perhaps encoraged to frame the other part of... | |
 | Edmund Spenser - 1855 - 1072 pages
...in Arthure, before he was king7~lhe image _pf a brave knight, perfected in the twelve private Morall Virtues, as Aristotle hath devised ; the which is the purpose of these first twelve Bookes : which if I finde to be well accepted, I may be perhaps encoraged to frame the other part of... | |
 | 1857 - 486 pages
...addressed to Sir Walter Raleigh. 2. State what are the virtues celebrated by the poet; and in what order. king the image of a brave knight perfected in the...which is the purpose of these first twelve books." 4. What is the special virtue set forth under the character of King Arthur? In what respect does it... | |
 | 1857 - 676 pages
...Arthure, before he was king, the image of a brave knight, perfected in the twelve private morall vertues, as Aristotle hath devised ; the which is the purpose of these first twelve bookes ; which if I find to be well accepted, I may be perhaps encoraged to frame the other part of... | |
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