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  • [Sidenote: Morte Arthur.] _Morte Arthure_: the whole pleasure of which booke standeth in two speciall poyntes, in open mans slaughter, and bold bawdrye: In which booke those be counted the noblest Knightes, that do kill most men without any quarrell, and commit fowlest aduoulteres by subtlest shiftes: as Sir _Launcelote_, with the wife of king _Arthure_ his master: Syr _Tristram_ with the wife of king _Marke_ his vncle: Syr

    The Palace of Pleasure, Volume 1 William Painter

  • As Intermitências da Morte is available in English as Death with Interruptions.

    Tähtifantasia Award Nominees sfawardswatch 2009

  • Genesis's athours were never writing a scientific thesis any more than Mallory was in Morte d'Arthur.

    zornhau: Wny I care about what YOU believe... zornhau 2010

  • The title of the song "Amor E Morte" is Latin for "Love Comes From Death".

    AvaxHome 2010

  • [Footnote: Since the French word 'Morte' is feminine, the preceding article was originally 'La,' but the whole name had come to be thought of as a compound phrase and hence as masculine or neuter in gender.]

    A History of English Literature Robert Huntington Fletcher

  • While the "Morte" is a compilation, or mosaic, of the French romances of Merlin, Lancelot and Tristan, and the English version of the "Morte Arthure" from

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913

  • '"Morte," says the Devonshire proverb, "is the place on earth which heaven made last, and the devil will take first."'

    Prose Idylls, New and Old Charles Kingsley 1847

  • Jones duly had his reward after six minutes and, barely three minutes later, the home fans 'grumbling had turned to furious exasperation as Luis Boa Morte surrendered possession.

    West Ham United spring to life to overrun Stoke City in extra-time Dominic Fifield at Upton Park 2010

  • Sir Thomas Malory's "Morte D'Arthur" has been in print consistently since 1485, when William Caxton, England's first printer, put out an edition of it 14 years after the author's death.

    Arthurian Glories Renewed Tom Shippey 2011

  • I am convinced time will utterly vindicate this brilliant business strategist and the doubters will come to see what an absolute masterstroke offering a new contract to Luis Boa Morte actually was.

    Football addicts will take whatever junk they can get | Harry Pearson 2011

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