 | R. B. - 1810 - 208 Seiten
...it should not bo long ere sovereign honour were done to that garter. Whereupon he added that French Motto, Honi soit qui mal y pense, Evil to him that evil thinks : therein checking his lords sinister suspicions. In the fourth year of his reign the sea banks were... | |
 | David Hume - 1810 - 530 Seiten
...if they thought that he had not obtained this favour- merely by accident ; Upon which he called out, Honi soit qui mal y pense, Evil to him that evil thinks ; and as every incident of gallantry among those ancient vrarriors was magnified into a matter of great... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1810 - 332 Seiten
...ball, happening to drop her garter^ the king took it up, and presented it to her with these words, " Honi soit " qui mal y pense ;" Evil to him that evil thinks. This accident it is said gave rise to the order and the motto, it being the spirit of the times to... | |
 | David Hume - 1812 - 528 Seiten
...if they thought that he had not obtained this favour merely by accident: Upon which he called out, Honi soit qui mal y pense, Evil to him that evil thinks; and as every incident of gallantry among those ancient warriors was magnified into a matter of great... | |
 | 1822 - 494 Seiten
...ball-room, Edward, taking it up, observed some of his courtiers to smile, upon which he called out, " Honi soit qui mal y pense — evil to him that evil thinks ;" and in memorial of that event, he instituted the " Order of the Garter," (KG) which is composed... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1823 - 470 Seiten
...ball, happening to drop her garter, the king took it up, and presented it to her with these words, " Honi soit qui mal y pense:" Evil to him that evil thinks. This accident is said to have given rise to the order and the motto ; it being the spirit of the times... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1825 - 780 Seiten
...hall, happening to drop her garter, the king took it up, and presented it to her with these words, " Honi soit qui mal y pense :" Evil to him that evil thinks. .This accident is said to have given rise to the order and the motto ; it heing the spirit of the times... | |
 | 1863 - 432 Seiten
...given in the castle, the Countess of Salisbury dropped her garter; and the king, taking it up, said, Honi soit qui mal y pense — "Evil to him that evil thinks." He instituted the Order of the Garter in memorial of this trifling occurrence, and gave these words... | |
 | William Russell - 1839 - 582 Seiten
...courtiers to smile as if they had suspected another intention, he held up the trophy, and called out, Honi soit qui mal y pense: " Evil to him that evil thinks." — And as every incident of gallantry m those times was magnified into a matter of importance, he... | |
 | Samuel Maunder - 1853 - 478 Seiten
...took up a garter which one of them dropped, whereat some of the lords smiling, the king called out, honi soit qui mal y pense — Evil to him that evil thinks ; and said, that ere long he would make that garter of high reputation ; and shortly after he instituted... | |
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Edward's mistreis, commonly supposed to be the countess of Salisbury, dropped her garter ; and the king, taking it up, observed some of the courtiers to smile, as if they thought that he had not obtained this favor merely by accident: upon which he called... 
