Insula de la Torre, from which Amadis of Gaul starts when he goes in quest of the Enchantress-Damsel, daughter of Finetor the necromancer. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E.…
(Sir), of Wales. A knight of the Round Table, son of Sir Pellinore, and brother of Sir Lamerock. He went in quest of the St. Graal (q.v.). Chrétien de Troyes wrote the Roman de Perceval. (…
(pron, pu-teen). Whisky that has not paid duty. (Irish poitin, diminutive of poite, a pot.) Come and taste some good poteon That has not paid a rap to the Quest. Source: Dictionary of…
complied by Sir Thomas Malory, from French originals; edited by Southey, the poet-laureate. The compilation contains The Prophecies of Merhn. The Quest of the St. Graal. The Romance of…
The only son of Ulysses and Penelope. After the fall of Troy he went, under the guidance of Mentor, in quest of his father. He is the hero of Fénelon's prose epic called Télémaque.…
by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark June 8, 1806June 10, 1806June 9, 1806 Monday June 9th 1806. This morning we had all our horses brought up and indeavoured to exchange five or…
Act IIIPrologueEnter GowerGowerNow sleep y-slaked hath the rout;
No din but snores the house about,
Made louder by the o'er-fed breast
Of this most pompous marriage-feast.
The cat, with eyne…
Appendix B. Notes to the text:Though most of the publishers only required acknowledgements in the section devoted to such, one apparently insisted that they also appear in the text…
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