 OF Court, it seemes, men Courtesie doe call, For that it there most useth to abound ; And well beseemeth that in Princes hall That Vertue should be plentifully found, Which of all goodly manners is the ground, And roote of civill conversation...  Spenser's Faerie Queene - Page 154by Edmund Spenser - 1758Full view - About this book
 | Albert Charles Hamilton - Reference - 1997 - 884 pages
...For that it there most useth to abound; And well beseemeth that in Princes hall That vertue should be plentifully found, Which of all goodly manners is the ground, And roote of civill conversation. DANIEL JAVITCH MODERN EDITIONS Giovanni della Casa 1914/1 Renaissance Courtesy-Book:... | |
 | Blair Worden, William Worden - Literary Criticism - 1996 - 444 pages
...For that it there most useth to abound; And well beseemeth that in princes hall That vertue should be plentifully found, Which of all goodly manners is the ground, And roote of civill conversation.117 'Courtesy', 'civil conversation', 'manners', are important to Sidney, as 'good manners'... | |
 | Michael F. N. Dixon - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1996 - 260 pages
...For that it there most vseth to abound: And well beseemeth that in Princes hall That vertue should be plentifully found, Which of all goodly manners is the ground, And roote of ciuill conuersation. Right so in Faery court it did redound, Where courteous Knights and Ladies most... | |
 | Thomas Warton - Chivalry in literature - 2001 - 144 pages
...For that it there moft ufeth to abound ; And well befeemeth that in Princes hall That Virtue fliould be plentifully found, Which of all goodly manners is the ground And 'roote of civil converfation : Right fo in faery court it did refound, Where courteous knights and ladies moft... | |
 | Linda Woodbridge - Literary Criticism - 2001 - 360 pages
...Conversation (1611). Edmund Spenser wrote that "in Princes hall / That vertue should be plentifull found, / Which of all goodly manners is the ground / And roote of civil conversation" (qtd. in Hale 366). The spread was contemporary with the rise of nation-states... | |
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