Author(s): Frederick James Furnivall
Format: Hardback
No. of Pages: 372
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Language: English
Date Published: 2018-04-29
Dimensions: 152 x 229 x 22mm
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Illustrations: 283 Illustrations; Illustrations, black and white

Excerpt from A Royal Historie of the Excellent Knight Generides: Edited From the Unique Ms. Of John Tollemache, Esq., M. P., Of Peckforton Castle, South Chesire, and Helmingham Hall, Suffolk Written, as the present poem was, in the sixth Henry's time, Talbot himself may have seen it, he, the great Alcides of the field, per chance enjoyed it with his boy, the Sonne of Chiualrie and though it lacks somewhat, as well the fire as the simple pathos, of stories of an earlier day, yet there is no need to ask for it a favouring ear from those who, with M. Hippeau, know as n'est jamais sans profit que l'on receuille quelques-uns des nombreux anneaux de la chains qui permet dc suivre a travers les ages toutes les transformations que subissent les mots d'une langue et les idées d'un peuple (messz're Gawain, Preface, p. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.