Then my frank and gentle lord Yvain thus began to speak to him: Sire, very vile and impudent is that giant who vaunts himself out there.
"Four Arthurian Romances "Erec et Enide", "Cliges", "Yvain", and "Lancelot""
Chretien DeTroyes
The crystal Trent for fords and fish renowned; And Avon's fame to Albion's cliffs is raised; Carlegion Chester vaunts her holy Dee; York many wonders of her Ouse can tell.
"A History of English Literature Elizabethan Literature"
George Saintsbury
The marriage he vaunts is a mere convenient arrangement for two to live together under command of nature.
"The Short Works of George Meredith"
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