"Benedicite" Quotes from Famous Books
... Pandarus, 'Allas! What may this be, That thou dispeyred art thus causelees? What? Liveth not thy lady? Benedicite! 780 How wostow so that thou art gracelees? Swich yvel is nat alwey botelees. Why, put not impossible thus thy cure, Sin thing to come is ... — Troilus and Criseyde • Geoffrey Chaucer
... themselves to his irregularities, by recollecting that the same were practised by many of his brethren who had no redeeming qualities whatsoever to atone for them. Prior Aymer, therefore, and his character, were well known to our Saxon serfs, who made their rude obeisance, and received his "benedicite, mes filz," in return. ... — Ivanhoe - A Romance • Walter Scott
... benedicite! Pity on pity, Mercy on mercy, Misery on misery! O, such a sight, As by this light, Doth ... — A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Vol. VIII (4th edition) • Various
... to be ill-omened. I have noticed the braying elsewhere. According to Mandeville the Devil did not enter the Ark with the Ass, but he left it when Noah said "Benedicite." In his day (A.D. 1322) and in that of Benjamin of Tudela, people had seen and touched the ship on Ararat, the Judi (Gordiaei) mountains; and this dates from Berosus (S.C. 250) who, of course, refers to the Ark of Xisisthrus. See Josephus Ant. i. 3, 6; and Rodwell (Koran, ... — The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Volume 2 • Richard F. Burton
... he said to Oswald, "I will go up and see if they will make me welcome, at the hold. If they do, I may see you no more. If not, I shall return here to sleep. Therefore I bid you good day, and hope that you may find such service as will suit you. Benedicite!" ... — Both Sides the Border - A Tale of Hotspur and Glendower • G. A. Henty |