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... find thus described in M. F. J. Marchal?s catalogue of that priceless collection: Le Roman de Saint Graal, beginning ?Ores lestoires?, in the French language; date, first third of the sixteenth century; with ornamental capitals.?2...

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...lection: Le Roman de Saint Graal, beginning “Ores lestoires”, in the French language; date, first third of the sixteenth century; with ornamental cap... ...irly narrow limits. This conclusion is confirmed by other evidence. An early Welsh translation of the story was published with an En glish version an... ... the Romance here translated, Mr Williams writes: “The second portion of the Welsh Greal, folios 110 280, contains the adventures of Gwalchmei Peredu... ...an earlier copy; but there is no certainty when it was first translated into Welsh, though Aneurin Owen in his “Catalogue of the Hengwrt MSS.” assigns... ...oned by Davydd ab Gwilym, who died in 1368.” Whatever may be the date of the Welsh version, the translator had no great mastery of French, and is ofte... ...s, is crumpled up into one little chapter, from which it would seem that the Welshman had read the French, but thought it waste of pains to translate ...

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...st, Making the wind my post-horse, still unfold The acts commenced on this ball of earth: Upon my tongues continual slanders ride, The which in every language I pronounce, Stuffing the ears of men with false reports. I speak of peace, while covert enmity Under the smile of safety wounds the world: And who but Rumour, who but only I, Make fearful musters and prepared defenc...

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...ball of earth: Upon my tongues continual slanders ride, The which in every language I pronounce, Stuffing the ears of men with false reports. I speak ... ... If he should do so, He leaves his back unarm’d, the French and Welsh Baying him at the heels: never fear that. LORD BARDOLPH : Who is it ... ...ces hither? HASTINGS: The Duke of Lancaster and Westmoreland; Against the Welsh, himself and Harry Monmouth: Henry 4th, Part 2, Act I, scene iii 17 ... ...nce but studies his companions Like a strange tongue, wherein, to gain the language, ’Tis needful that the most immodest word Be look’d upon and learn...

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... his drinking, that child’s father worrits about his learning to speak the language of a British gentleman,’ Mrs. Waddy exclaimed. ‘Before that child ... ...s, beautiful fiddlers. Suppose I learnt the fiddle? Suppose I learnt their language and went about with them and became king of the gipsies? My compan... ...ne: good-night,’ said I. ‘Why!’ he exclaimed, ‘where ha’ you been t’ learn language? Halloa !’ ‘Please, leave me alone; it’s my intention to go to sle... ...uld hardly bear meeting Temple on my passage to the cabin. ‘Captain Jasper Welsh,’ he was reiterating, as if sounding it to dis- cover whether it had ... ...uest Temple not to joke, but the next moment I had launched Captain Jasper Welsh on a piratical exploit; Temple lifted the veil from his history, reve... ...of an excited multi- tude. As he boasted that there was the end of Captain Welsh, I broke the rope. But T emple spoiled my triumph by depriv- ing him ... ...windows. When we had to talk reasonably we were not so successful. Captain Welsh was one of those men who show you, whether you care to see them or no... ...r the captain had vouchsafed us no direct answer, I said at last, ‘Captain Welsh, here we are on board your ship will you tell us what you mean to do ... ...e, I should listen to his re- marks, because he ‘s a scholar: he knows the languages and knows what they contain.’ Captain Welsh replied, ‘If the Arch...

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...aim fellowship with the great family of man, and wishing (in the affecting language of Mr. Wordsworth) Humbly to express A penitential loneliness. It ... ...ncey thirteen I wrote Greek with ease; and at fifteen my com- mand of that language was so great that I not only com- posed Greek verses in lyric metr... ...s no swindler, would also (I hoped) compel the bishop to reply in the same language; in which case I doubted not to make it appear that if I was not s... ...ove-letters would do as little to recommend me with two grave sexagenarian Welsh Methodists as my Greek sapphics or alcaics; and what had been hospita... ...mity and self-possession proportion- ably difficult. So true it is, in the language of a wise man whose own experience had made him acquainted with bo... ...pure “mother English,” racy and fresh with idiomatic graces, as any in our language—hardly excepting those of Lady M. W. Montague. These are my honour...

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...o himself, a con- siderable amount of business. He had done, in commercial language, ‘a good stroke of business.’ Upon two floors, viz., the cellar-fl... ...arr’s murderer, now at work!’ All explained itself in a moment: the silent language of the fact made its own eloquent revelation. The mysterious exter... ... the case of any primitive Christian teacher having attempted to speak the language of scientific truth in dealing with the phenomena of astronomy, ge... ...jects, will not condescend to teach at all. The Bible adopts the erroneous language of men (which at any rate it must do, in order to make itself unde... ...nd, in relation to their causes, speaks by the same popular and inaccurate language which is current for ordinary purposes, even amongst the most scie... ...now withdrawn) in which he made his acknowledgments to some book read at a Welsh Inn for the outline of the story; and as to the moral, he declared it...

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...stic impediments to intercourse. The whole world will surely have a common language, that is quite elementarily Utopian, and since we are free of the ... ... are free of the trammels of convincing story-telling, we may suppose that language to be sufficiently our own to understand. Indeed, should we be in ... ...in Utopia at all, if we could not talk to every- one? That accursed bar of language, that hostile inscription in the foreigner’s eyes, “deaf and dumb ... ...cts and complica- tions one has fled the earth to escape. But what sort of language would we have the world speak, if we were told the miracle of Babe... ...ific” are worse by far for the skin. You would begin to talk of scientific languages, of Esperanto, La Langue Bleue, New Latin, V olapuk, and Lord Lyt... ...as Englishmen—which includes, in this case, I may remark, the Scottish and Welsh— he holds them superior to all other sorts of European, whom he regar...

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...: of this, and about a quarter 20 Major Gahagan of an ounce of high-dried Welsh, which he always took, he made me a present, saying, in front of the ... ...upied by Europeans. (It is astonishing, by the way, how comprehensive that language is, and how much can be conveyed in one or two of the commonest ph... ...th luck, impudence, and a complete command of all the Eastern dialects and languages, from Burmah to Afghanistan, to pass scot-free through this somew... ...the pillar of smoke in which I was encompassed, I told Holkar, in Oriental language of course, the best tale I could with regard to the fort. “Sir,” s... ...early proved fatal to me, for, when I *The Major has put the most approved language into the mouths of his Indian characters. Bismillah, Barikallah, ... ...s of bank-notes—I found—a piece of paper! with a few lines in the Sanscrit language, which are thus, word for word, translated:— “Epigram. (On disappo... ...sing body, they certainly floored it; but they became at once like so much Welsh-rabbit, and did no execution beyond the man whom they struck down. “H...

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...s, into antiquities, Roman roads, old castles, the ori- gin and analogy of languages; upon all these he was informed to considerable minuteness. The s... ...r afield in alien chan- nels. Yet, when great power over the instrument of language is joined to so much constructive skill, the result is narrative a... ...n- ger the safety of tidings running day and night between all nations and languages? Or can it be fancied, amongst the weakest of men, that the bodie... ...on. I mention this little incident for its connexion with what followed. A Welsh rustic, sitting behind me, asked if I had not felt my heart burn with... ...y mortifying that such a Birmingham thing should dare to challenge us. The Welshman replied that he didn’t see that; for that a cat might look at a ki... ... I am glad that the ‘Tallyho’ was disap- pointed.” So dissatisfied did the Welshman seem with this opinion that at last I was obliged to tell him a ve... ...nst his liege lord and anointed sovereign, the eagle. “Now,” said I to the Welshman, “to you and me, as men of refined sensibilities, how painful it w... ...ste diamonds and Roman pearls, and then led off to instant execution.” The Welshman doubted if that could be warranted by law. And, when I hinted at t... ...use. Heads of every age crowd to the windows; young and old understand the language of our victorious symbols; and rolling volleys of sympathising che...

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...ficant expression, except through sharp discharges of stones, that being a language older than Hebrew or Sanscrit, and universally intelligible. But, ... ...cable sense. True it was that my eye was preternaturally keen for flaws of language, not from pe- dantic exaction of superfluous accuracy, but, on the... ...the con- trary, from too conscientious a wish to escape the mistakes which language not rigorous is apt to occasion. So far from seeking to “pettifogu... ...nd of interesting suggestions in Lord M.’s “Dissertations on the Origin of Language;” but to 75 Autobiographic Sketches us he communicated only one s... ...even then by name the Aoristus Primus, as a respectable tense in the Greek language. It (or shall we say he?) was known to the whole Christian world b... ...made sensible by Wordsworth of one grievous defect in the structure of the Welsh valleys; too generally they take the basin shape—the level area at th...

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...u :— “If anybody asks who said this, who put this history into the Romance language, I say and I will say to him that I am Wace of the isle of Jersey,... ...hts moved, and his mind dwelt on her national epic heroes. Not only in his language, which belongs to the period of transition from Anglo Saxon to Mid... ...able marks of a Celtic origin. Layamon, in fact, living as he did near the Welsh border, naturally shows familiarity with current Welsh tradition. His... ...in and growth of Arthurian romance; for it proves the existence of genuine Welsh tradition about Arthur, and makes untenable the position of those cri... ...SIONS POSSESSIONS ARTHUR’S MAGIC POSSESSIONS form a prominent element in Welsh tradition, and their appearance in the early chronicles is an importa... ...ance in the early chronicles is an important testimony to the diffusion of Welsh legend. Kilhwch and Olwen contains a list of his belongings, all of... ...amazingly efficacious. The shield he calls by the name of Arthur’s ship in Welsh sources, Pridwen (evidently a fairy boat, limitless in capacity), eit... ... p. 79, note 1; Modern Philology , I., 5 8; Pub lications of the Modern Language Association of America , XXV ., 25 ff. See also the notes on the l... ...re , VII. (Boston, 1900), 183 ff.; L.F . Mott, Publications of the Modern Language Asso ciation of America, XX, 231 ff.; J.L. Weston, as above (p. x...

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... they have long icicles (or what seem so) hanging from their lips. Unknown languages in the air, conspiring in red, green, and white characters. An ea... ...reat doctor; these and other similar medita- tions got between him and his Welsh picture. There was within him, too, that dull sense of vacuity which ... ...he mean way in which he will even smile at the public if he gets a chance (language can say no meaner of him), and he stood upright near the door with...

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...ngland; and chiefly from the differences between the two nations as to the language of their several churches and law 5 Thomas de Quincey courts. The... ...en warned of the patron’s appointment, and having ‘received’ (in technical language) the presentee—that is, hav- ing formally recognised him in that c... ...onal Society, or Provincial Societies,) of translating the Scriptures into languages scarcely known by name to scholars, of converting Jews, of organi... ...assive resis- tance; and resistance to bad government would become, in his language, the most sacred of duties. In any argument with such a man, he wo... ...ights of property. But since the defeat of this faction by the law courts, language seems to fail them, for the expression of their hatred and affecte... ...same relation to a for- eign origin, as in German is indicated by the word Welsh: an affinity of which word is said to exist in our word Walnut, where...

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...egun to act as interpreter to English schools in the portico of the French language; and under his guidance it was asked, in contempt of the answer, C... ...shoulder his hand was laid some- times as they strolled and chatted in two languages. He re- ally went a long way to make French fellows popular, and ... ...y had not been destroyed be- cause they had, or seemed to her to have, the language of passion. She could read them unmoved, and appease a wicked crav... ... craving she owned to having, and reproached herself with having, for that language. Was she not colour in the sight of men? Here was one, a mouthpiec... ..., and ask impressions to tell our deepest instinct of truthfulness whether language of this char- acter can have been written to two women by one hand... ...per, striding, with his hand on the shining middle of his head: “It’s that Welsh rabbit! that Welsh rabbit!” He has a poor digestion, and he will eat ... ...! that Welsh rabbit!” He has a poor digestion, and he will eat cheese. The Welsh rabbit chased him into his bed. But listen to me, dear, about your Mo...

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...hey would have had no weight, they would hardly have seemed an apology for language, beside Victor’s gaze of pleasure in the noble forthroll of the no... ... this dear Louise would surely be. Nataly was not so sympathetic. Only the Welsh and pure Irish are quick at the feelings of the Celtic French. Nataly... ...d to be. ‘Victor speaks of the certainty of his release.’ His release! Her language pricked a satirist’s gallbladder. Colney refrained from speaking t... ...were, of his missing or misapprehended person in a foreign country, of the language of which three unpronounce- able words were knocking about his hea... ...totally other. Thus we are taught, that a foreign General, ignorant of the language, must confine him- self to defensive operations at home; he would ... ... the native bent of the civilized 139 George Meredith man: endow him with language too. He was as if unlocked; he met Nesta’s eyes and ran in a volub... ...ertain sea-fish rolling head over-you know not head from tail. Without the Welsh, Irish, Scot; in their composi- tion, there would not be much of the ... ...uld not be much of the yeasty ferment: but it should not be forgotten that Welsh, Irish, Scot, are now largely of their numbers; and the taste for ele...

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... the hostile blood of the Normans and Anglo-Saxons, or to unite, by common language and mutual interests, two hos- tile races, one of which still felt... ...ere the pomp and state of a court was emulated, Norman-French was the only language employed; in courts of law, the pleadings and judgments were deliv... ... from this necessity arose by degrees the structure of our present English language, in which the speech of the victors and the vanquished have been s... ...ich has since been so richly improved by im- portations from the classical languages, and from those spo- ken by the southern nations of Europe. This ... ...respect for his supposed learning; and the grav- ity of his deportment and language, with the high tone which he exerted in setting forth the authorit... ...oundelay She said that one widow for so many was too few, And she bade the Welshman wend his way. But then next came a yeoman, a yeoman of Kent, Jolli... ...ter employment, and wandering palmers, hedge-priests, Saxon minstrels, and Welsh bards, were muttering prayers, and extracting mistuned dirges from th...

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...on for holding to the former understanding; but the loud clamours and rude language of Lady Whitburn were enough to set any one in opposition to her, ... ...p cup, like discourteous rogues as they be,” said Margaret, in no measured language. “And are they gone? And wherefore?” asked Grisell. “Wherefore? bu... ...lained their host, “and she knows no tongue save her own, and the unspoken language of courtesy, but she is rejoiced to welcome the demoiselle. Ah, sh... ...t in the meantime Queen Margaret had been striving her utmost to raise the Welsh and the Border lords on behalf of her son. She had obtained aid from ... ... to his wife, and making rapid signs with face and fingers in their mutual language, but Grisell burst in - “Good for her,” cried she. “Can it be good... ...ong the stoutly-built Netherlanders and the English traders. Shouts in all languages were heard, and Grisell looked round in wonder and bewilderment a...

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...nners and laws casts a nec- essary colouring; but the bearings, to use the language of her- 10 Waverley aldry, remain the same, though the tincture m... ...of a half- built farm-house. I know not whether the boy’s nurse had been a Welsh or a Scotch woman, or in what manner he asso- ciated a shield emblazo... ...ical scholar, but reasonably skilled in science, and master of most modern languages. He was, however, old and indulgent, and the recurring interregnu... ...me, but not the ease or manner of its inhabitants. The truth was, that his language and habits were as heterogeneous as his external appearance. Owing... ..., the conscious pride of possessing them gave additional importance to his language and deportment. At his first address to Waverley, it would seem th... ...ree English quarts, familiarly denominated a tappit hen, and which, in the language of the hostess, reamed (i.e. mantled) with excellent claret, just ...

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...ad lost much of his natural confidence, so far as figures and sciences and languages and the possibilities of learning things were con- cerned. He tho... ...n our corner,” Platt maintained. “You do what you like in yours.” “But the language!” objected Morrison, the white-faced, earnest-eyed improver, who w... ..., who was leading a profoundly reli- gious life under great difficulties. “Language, man!” roared Parsons, “why, it’s Literature!” “Sunday isn’t the t... ...lling. That was no guide anyhow. He avoided every recognised phrase in the language and mispronounced everything in order that he shouldn’t be suspect... ... situation, and going with him to Stratford-on-Avon and Shrewsbury and the Welsh moun- tains and the Wye and a lot of places like that, for a really g... ...for the most part at nights after Mrs. Johnson had indulged everybody in a Welsh rarebit—when it assumed so sinister and porten- tous an appearance as... ...ry. The ferry’s getting a scandal. They stand and shout and scream and use language…. If I complain they’ll say I’m helpless to manage here, they’ll t...

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...wn wrongs by whispering incitements to invasion. ‘All people, nations, and languages,’ was the commencement of the decrees of that monarch’s court; an... ...elling to the south of them, and almost exactly resem- bling themselves in language, habits, government, and fash- ions of fighting. Indeed the city o... ...Rome; their appearance and character would be more like that of the modern Welsh, or of their own French descendants, small, alert, and dark-eyed, ful... ...ry angry at the compassion shown by the crowd, and after frightfully harsh language commanded that Gertrude should be dragged away; but one of the nob... ...hat the word hos- pitium, which in Latin only means an inn, has, in modern languages, given birth, on the one hand, to hotel, or lodging house, on the... ...tons and cities of the little republic of Switzerland. Of differing races, languages, and, latterly, even religions— unlike in habits, tastes, opinion... ... his men. The Frenchman could not speak English, and Captain Jones—a fiery Welshman, whom it was the fashion in the regiment to term ‘Jack Jones’—knew... ...e started back, crying, ‘Sacre bleu!’ and ran out in the utmost alarm. The Welsh captain, however, went on, and perceived that the church had been use...

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...e for me to die!’ I saw him, with his sword in both hands, cut down a wild Welshman who was rushing on 25 Yo n g e me. Then I saw no more, till in th... ...ounded?” “Sorely,” said Richard; “my side had been pierced with a lance, a Welsh two-handed sword had broken through my helmet, and well-nigh cleft my... ...n, Lady, came lights and murmuring voices. They were Mortimer’s plundering Welsh robbers. I heard their wild gibbering tongue; and I knew how it would... ... the Princess. Whether she recognized him as her preserver, or whether his language had a familiar tone, she seemed exclu- sively attracted by him; an... ... poor corpse, that it might likewise have Christian burial. Her old nurse, Welsh Winny, was as true to her as she was to me; and forth they sped, fear... ... only to dark- ness; and my effort to speak had been rewarded with as many Welsh knives as could pierce my flesh at once.” “And thou didst not bleed t... ... Father Adam de Marisco’s writing lessons. He meditated what should be the language of his letter, which was not likely to be secure from the eyes of ...