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...opean sovereign, whilst each contended which should excel the other in the knightly qualities of bravery and generosity. This singular contrast afford... ...acity than he was here to be exhibited in the Talisman—then as a disguised knight, now in the avowed character of a conquering mon- arch; so that I do... ...d was killed there. Lockhart proceeded to the Holy Land with such Scottish knights as had escaped the fate of their leader and assisted for some time ... ... Saracen matron testified so much haste to recover it as gave the Scottish knight a high idea of its value, when compared with gold or silver. “I will... ... control which no other dared assume over the dangerous invalid, and which Thomas de Multon only exer- cised because he esteemed his sovereign’s life ... ...rsing a patient so intractable, and whose displeasure was so perilous. Sir Thomas was the Lord of Gilsland, in Cumberland, and in an age when surnames... ...f the share of Saxon blood in this renowned warrior’s veins, he was termed Thomas, or, more familiarly, Thom of the Gills, or Narrow Valleys, from whi... ...atural sphere was that of the most active exertion. Beside his couch stood Thomas de Vaux, in face, attitude, and manner the strongest possible contra... ...iving warriors. “So thou hast no better news to bring me from without, Sir Thomas!” said the King, after a long and perturbed si- lence, spent in the ...

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...of genius unjustly cried down, and I hope my dear papa will make Lorenzo a knight of his Order of the Cucumber.’ The Princess Angelica, although the c... ...ince of Crim Tartary, Duke of Acroceraunia, Marquis of Poluphloisboio, and Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Pumpkin. That is the order of the Pu... ...nder our royal Sire. They are restored to thee, Lord Spinachi! I make thee knight of the second class of our Order of the Pumpkin (the first class bei... ...O HER MAJESTY, HA VING indeed nothing else to give, made all her followers Knights of the Pumpkin, and Marquises, Earls, and Baronets; and they had a ... ...ing, fancying himself in the Royal Palace at home, called, ‘John, Charles, Thomas! My chocolate—my dressing-gown—my slippers’; but nobody came. There ... ... silence then, which was broken by a Pang arang pang pangkarangpang, and a Knight and a Herald rode in at the further end of the circus: the Knight, i...

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... atten dance, who claimed admission into that secret society of ‘Prentice Knights, and a free participation in their rights, privileges, and immuniti... ...ng comrade read aloud as follows:—’Mark Gil bert. Age, nineteen. Bound to Thomas Curzon, hosier, Golden Fleece, Aldgate. Loves Curzon’s daughter. Can... ...nication be tween the three cellars thrown freely open, and the ‘Prentice Knights resigned themselves to merriment. But Mr Tappertit, who had a soul ... ...rtit, letting his gaze fall on the party indicated, who was indeed the new knight, by this time restored to his own apparel; ‘Have you the impres sio... ...’This is easily made. Come hither, friend.’ With that, he beckoned the new knight apart, and put ting the pattern in his pocket, motioned to him to w... ...oseph Willet (commonly known as Joe) of Chigwell; forbidding all ‘Prentice Knights to succour, comfort, or hold communion with him; and re quiring th... ... ‘Prentice Knight in days of yore—Mark Gilbert, bound in the olden time to Thomas Curzon of the Golden Fleece. These gentlemen, like him self, were n...

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...e reading was Huxley, Herbert Spencer, and Henry George; while Emerson and Thomas Hardy he read for re- laxation. He was giving Mrs. Dalloway his view... ...he people of England must be shaped in the body like the kings and queens, knights and pawns of the chessboard, so strange were their differences, so ... ...stress me more than the moonlight.” Hewet retreated, pressing the poems of Thomas Hardy beneath his arm, and in their beds next door to each other bot... ... but- ton-hole. He was a tall melancholy youth, who received the gift as a knight might receive his lady’s token. “Very trying to the eyes,” was Mrs. ... ...d could not speak. Every one was silent. Mr. Pepper’s hand stayed upon his Knight. Mrs. Thornbury somehow moved him to a chair, sat herself beside him... ...in as if they had never stopped, and Mr. Pepper finished the move with his Knight. “There was nothing to be done,” said St. John. He spoke very slowly...

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...er of our 409 whole Towneship. 410 Peter. Against my Master Thomas Horner, for saying, 411 That the Duke of Yorke was rightfull He... ... The fift, was Edmond Langley, Duke of Yorke; 975 The sixt, was Thomas of Woodstock, Duke of Gloster; 976 William of Windsor was the s... ... shall be encountred with a man as good as himselfe. He 2436 is but a Knight, is a? 2437 Mich. No. 2438 Cade. To equall him I wil... ...7 Mich. No. 2438 Cade. To equall him I will make my selfe a knight, pre-sently; 2439 Rise vp Sir Iohn Mortimer. Now haue at him. ... ... Buc. So please it you my Lord, ’twere not amisse 3071 He were created Knight for his good seruice. 3072 King. Iden, kneele downe, rise v... ...ht for his good seruice. 3072 King. Iden, kneele downe, rise vp a Knight: 3073 We giue thee for reward a thousand Markes, 3074 And wi...

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...ael; the death of Bayard, sans peur et sans reproche; the driving out of the Knights Hospitallers from Rhodes by the Turks; and the placarding of the... ... gan to undermine the wages, in order to get berths. Too late—apparently—the knights of the tiller perceived their mistake. Plainly, something had to ... ...like this— STEAMER GREAT REPUBLIC. JOHN SMITH MASTER PILOTS, JOHN JONES AND THOMAS BROWN. ——————————————————————— | CROSSINGS. | SOUNDINGS. | ... ...non, and the Natchez was in charge of that veteran Southern boatman, Captain Thomas P . Leathers. Chapter 17 Cut-offs and Stephen THESE DRY DETAILS ... ...ed a few weeks ago. Will Mabry was killed by Don Lusby last Christmas. Major Thomas O’Connor was President of the Mechanics’ National Bank here, and w... ...utlawed by the statute of limitations, than not paid at all; and most of the knights of the halo do not pay at all. Where you find one that pays—like ... ...the Southern reporter is Women: Women, supplemented by Walter Scott and his knights and beauty and chivalry, and so on. This is an excel lent report... ...on their white robed breasts or shoulders were the colors of their favorite knights, and were it not for the fact that the doughty heroes appeared on...

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...ffee, Little Warblers, and romantic books, with large coloured pictures of knights and robbers, in many of which latter you might read inscriptions to... ...the Sovereign and the Duke of Y ork; and the colonel and alderman had been knighted. His son had entered the army: and young Osborne followed pres- en... ... Bear in Piccadilly, and saw the dew rising up from the market- gardens of Knightsbridge—how Turnhamgreen, Brentwood, Bagshot, were passed—need not be... ...e, and selected for a sec- ond wife Miss Rose Dawson, daughter of Mr. John Thomas Dawson, ironmonger, of Mudbury. What a happy woman was Rose to be my... ...ts. In addition to these Miss Tuffin, who is daughter of the late Reverend Thomas Tuffin (Fellow of Cor- pus College, Cambridge), can instruct in the ... ...h the eminent men ordered. Captain Crawley of the Life Guards rode up from Knightsbridge Barracks the next day; his black charger pawed the straw befo... ...your own R. 153 Thackeray To Miss Eliza Styles, At Mr. Barnet’s, Saddler, Knightsbridge. And I trust there is no reader of this little story who has ... ...immediately on his return to his inn the most hospitable of invitations to Thomas Chopper, Esquire, begging that gentleman to dine with him at the Sla...

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...queen had of the achievement of the Sangreal; and how Launcelot fell to his old love again. So after the quest of the Sangreal was fulfilled, and all knights that were left alive were come again unto the Table Round, as the book of the Sangreal maketh mention, then was there great joy in the court; and in especial King Arthur and Queen Guenever made great joy of the remnan...

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...Le Morte Darthur by Thomas Malory Sir Thomas Malory’s Book of King Arthur and of his Noble Knights of the Round T... ... by Thomas Malory Sir Thomas Malory’s Book of King Arthur and of his Noble Knights of the Round Table Book Eighteen A Penn State Electronic Classics S... ...ronic Classics Series Publication Le Morte D’Arthur: Book Eighteen by Sir Thomas Malory is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This P... ...ectronic transmission, in any way. Le Morte D’Arthur: Book Eighteen by Sir Thomas Malory, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Serie... ...tunity university. 3 Le Morte Darthur – Book Eighteen Le Morte Darthur by Thomas Malory Sir Thomas Malory’s Book of King Arthur and of his Noble Knig... ... by Thomas Malory Sir Thomas Malory’s Book of King Arthur and of his Noble Knights of the Round Table Book Eighteen BOOK XVIII CHAPTER I Of the joy Ki... ...old love again. S o after the quest of the Sangreal was fulfilled, and all knights that were left alive were come again unto the Table Round, as the b... ...n his mind so set inwardly to the queen as he was in seeming outward to 4 Thomas Malory God, there had no knight passed him in the quest of the Sangr... ...e queen as he was in seeming outward to 4 Thomas Malory God, there had no knight passed him in the quest of the Sangreal; but ever his thoughts were ...

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...fell a great anger and unhap that stinted not till the flower of chivalry of all the world was destroyed and slain; and all was long upon two unhappy knights the which were named Agravaine and Sir Mordred, that were brethren unto Sir Gawaine....

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...Le Morte Darthur by Thomas Malory Sir Thomas Malory»s Book of King Arthur and of his Noble Knights of the Round T... ... by Thomas Malory Sir Thomas Malory»s Book of King Arthur and of his Noble Knights of the Round Table Book Twenty A Penn State Electronic Classics Ser... ...ctronic Classics Series Publication Le Morte D’Arthur: Book Twenty by Sir Thomas Malory is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This P... ...electronic transmission, in any way. Le Morte D’Arthur: Book Twenty by Sir Thomas Malory, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Serie... ...ortunity university. 3 Le Morte Darthur – Book Twenty Le Morte Darthur by Thomas Malory Sir Thomas Malory’s Book of King Arthur and of his Noble Knig... ... by Thomas Malory Sir Thomas Malory’s Book of King Arthur and of his Noble Knights of the Round Table Book Twenty BOOK XX CHAPTER I How Sir Agravaine ... ...f all the world was destroyed and slain; and all was long upon two unhappy knights the which were named Agravaine and Sir Mordred, that were brethren ... ... Launcelot, and daily and nightly they ever watched upon Sir Launcelot. 4 Thomas Malory So it mishapped, Sir Gawaine and all his brethren were in Kin... ... and then Sir Agravaine said thus openly, and not in no counsel, that many knights might hear it: I marvel that we all be not ashamed both to see and ...

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...herefore she named him Tristram. It was a king that hight Meliodas, and he was lord and king of the country of Liones, and this Meliodas was a likely knight as any was that time living. And by fortune he wedded King Mark?s sister of Cornwall, and she was called Elizabeth, that was called both good and fair. And at that time King Arthur reigned, and he was whole king of Eng...

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...Le Morte Darthur by Thomas Malory Sir Thomas Malory’s Book of King Arthur and of his Noble Knights of the Round T... ... by Thomas Malory Sir Thomas Malory’s Book of King Arthur and of his Noble Knights of the Round Table Book Eight A Penn State Electronic Classics Seri... ...ectronic Classics Series Publication Le Morte D’Arthur: Book Eight by Sir Thomas Malory is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This ... ... electronic transmission, in any way. Le Morte D’Arthur: Book Eight by Sir Thomas Malory, the Pennsylvania State University, Elec- tronic Classics Ser... ...pportunity university. 3 Le Morte Darthur – Book VIII Le Morte Darthur by Thomas Malory Sir Thomas Malory’s Book of King Arthur and of his Noble Knig... ... by Thomas Malory Sir Thomas Malory’s Book of King Arthur and of his Noble Knights of the Round Table Book Eight BOOK VIII CHAPTER I How Sir T ristram... ...was lord and king of the country of Liones, and this Meliodas was a likely knight as any was that time living. And by fortune he wedded King Mark’s si... ... within a while she waxed great with child, and she was a full meek 4 Sir Thomas Malory lady, and well she loved her lord, and he her again, so there... ...rd, an he will always have truage of us of Cornwall, bid him send a trusty knight of his land, that will fight for his right, and we shall find anothe...

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...Le Morte Darthur by Thomas Malory Sir Thomas Malory»s Book of King Arthur and of his Noble Knights of the Round T... ... by Thomas Malory Sir Thomas Malory»s Book of King Arthur and of his Noble Knights of the Round Table Book Ten A Penn State Electronic Classics Series... ...Electronic Classics Series Publication Le Morte D’Arthur: Book Ten by Sir Thomas Malory is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This P... ...an electronic transmission, in any way. Le Morte D’Arthur: Book Ten by Sir Thomas Malory, the Pennsylvania State University, Elec- tronic Classics Ser... ...opportunity university. 3 Le Morte Darthur – Book Ten Le Morte Darthur by Thomas Malory Sir Thomas Malory’s Book of King Arthur and of his Noble Knig... ... by Thomas Malory Sir Thomas Malory’s Book of King Arthur and of his Noble Knights of the Round Table Book Ten BOOK X CHAPTER I How Sir Tristram joust... ...seen me this day have had great travail, and therefore ye are a villainous knight to ask battle of me, considering my great travail; howbeit I will 4... ...night to ask battle of me, considering my great travail; howbeit I will 4 Thomas Malory not fail you, and have ye no doubt that I fear not you; thoug... ...ssed his shield and his spear, and cried aloud unto Sir Tristram and said: Knight, defend thee. So they came together as thunder, and Sir Uwaine brise...

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...aunt; afterwards King Henry IV. DUKE OF AUMERLE : son to the Duke of York. THOMAS MOWBRAY : Duke of Norfolk. DUKE OF SURREY : EARL OF SALISBURY : LORD... ...Which then our leisure would not let us hear, Against the Duke of Norfolk, Thomas Mowbray? JOHN OF GAUNT : I have, my liege. KING RICHARD II : Tell ... ... ire, In rage deaf as the sea, hasty as fire. [Enter HENRY BOLINGBROKE and THOMAS MOWBRAY .] HENRY BOLINGBROKE : Many years of happy days befall My g... ...ny years of happy days befall My gracious sovereign, my most loving liege! THOMAS MOWBRAY : Each day still better other’s happiness; Until the heaven... ...on. Cousin of Hereford, what dost thou object Against the Duke of Norfolk, Thomas Mowbray? Richard II, Act I, scene i 5 HENRY BOLINGBROKE : First, h... ... As to take up mine honor’s pawn, then stoop: By that and all the rites of knighthood else, Will I make good against thee, arm to arm, What I have spo... ...AS MOWBRAY : I take it up; and by that sword I swear Which gently laid my knighthood on my shoulder, I’ll answer thee in any fair degree, Or chivalro... ... my shoulder, I’ll answer thee in any fair degree, Or chivalrous design of knightly trial: And when I mount, alive may I not light, If I be traitor or... ...: In God’s name and the king’s, say who thou art And why thou comest thus knightly clad in arms, Against what man thou comest, and what thy quarrel: ...

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...he absolute chiefs of Tahiti and Hawaii were ad- dressed as plain John and Thomas; the chiefs of Samoa are surfeited with lip-honour, but the seat and... ... prating a different story in the bar-rooms; and the late high feat of the knight-errant, Becker, had killed all confi- dence in Germans at the root. ...

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...h, as if eager to demand tidings of the weary messenger. A goodly train of knights and ladies lodged one night within the abbey walls, and next day ro... ...n the sisters’ house; and after this, a mournful silence fell upon it, and knight or lady, horse or armour, was seen about it no more. ‘There was a su... ...nt laws of chivalry, which not only made it proper and lawful for all good knights to hear the praise of the ladies to whom they were devoted, but ren... ...terpose to redress a wrong offered to another, as boldly and freely as any knight that ever set lance in rest; but he lacked that peculiar excess of c... ...ught he must be literary. ‘Past ten,’ said Mr Knag, consulting his watch. ‘Thomas, close the warehouse.’ Thomas was a boy nearly half as tall as a shu... ...- nances relaxed, for they felt it was popularity. Mr Crummles lived in St Thomas’s Street, at the house of one Bulph, a pilot, who sported a boat-gre...

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...esides, it was an opportunity not to be neglected of giving a young carpet knight a lesson in true heroism. There was a pause after the other two had ... ...u must not tell Colinette or anybody, I think he is Aunt Ermine’s own true knight.” “Hush!” whispered the Colonel, over Ermine’s head, as he perceived... ..., both being different ways of viewing the same truth. These may, like the knights in the old fable, find that both were right about the shield, both ... ...er search might have been born; besides, he rejoiced in the simple name of Thomas. But Rachel’s search was brought to an abrupt conclusion by the issu... ...as broken out worse than ever. ‘Journal of Female Industry!’ ‘Journal of a Knight of Industry,’ might be a better title. You will have nothing to do w... ...ived a hope that the lady would abjure matrimony, and release this devoted knight, but in a few moments Alick burst out— “Absurd! She cannot mend with...

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...eparted from the court, and how Sir Lionel left him sleeping and was taken. Soon after that King Arthur was come from Rome into England, then all the knights of the Table Round re sorted unto the king, and made many jousts and tournaments, and some there were that were but knights, which increased so in arms and worship that they passed all their fellows in prowess and nob...

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...Le Morte Darthur by Thomas Malory Sir Thomas Malory’s Book of King Arthur and of his Noble Knights of the Round T... ... by Thomas Malory Sir Thomas Malory’s Book of King Arthur and of his Noble Knights of the Round Table Book Six A Penn State Electronic Classics Series... ...Electronic Classics Series Publication Le Morte D’Arthur: Book Six by Sir Thomas Malory is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This ... ...an electronic transmission, in any way. Le Morte D’Arthur: Book Six by Sir Thomas Malory, the Pennsylvania State University, Elec- tronic Classics Ser... ... opportunity university. 3 Le Morte Darthur – Book VI Le Morte Darthur by Thomas Malory Sir Thomas Malory’s Book of King Arthur and of his Noble Knig... ... by Thomas Malory Sir Thomas Malory’s Book of King Arthur and of his Noble Knights of the Round Table Book Six BOOK VI CHAPTER I How Sir Launcelot and... ...S oon after that King Arthur was come from Rome into England, then all the knights of the Table Round re sorted unto the king, and made many jousts an... ... and made many jousts and tour- naments, and some there were that were but knights, which increased so in arms and worship that they passed all their ... ...ur above all other knights, and in certain he loved the queen again 4 Sir Thomas Malory above all other ladies and damosels of his life, and for her ...

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...NRY IV:) PRINCE HENRY OF WALES : (PRINCE HENRY:) afterwards KING HENRY V. THOMAS, DUKE OF CLARENCE : (CLARENCE) CLARENCE: (CLARENCE:) PRINCE HUMPHR... ...oked a’ should have sent me two and twenty yards of satin, as I am a true knight, and he sends me security. Well, he may sleep in security; for he ha... ...me, sir. FALSTAFF: Why, sir, did I say you were an honest man? Setting my knighthood and my soldiership aside, I had lied in my throat, if I had sai... ...d in my throat, if I had said so. Servant: I pray you, sir, then set your knighthood and our soldiership aside; and give me leave to tell you, you l... ...is place; for look you how be writes. POINS: [ Reads] John Falstaff, knight, —every man must know that, as oft as he has occasion to name hims... ...t command ment. Then was Jack Falstaff, now Sir John, a boy, and page to Thomas Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk. SILENCE: This Sir John, cousin, that come... ...him, for we have a number of shadows to fill up the muster book. SHALLOW: Thomas Wart! FALSTAFF: Where’s he? WART: Here, sir. FALSTAFF: Is thy nam... ... Westminster. The Jerusalem Cham ber. [Enter KING HENRY IV, the Princes Thomas of CLARENCE and Humphrey of GLOUCESTER, WARWICK, and others .] KING... ... I do not know, my lord. KING HENRY IV : Is not his brother, Thomas of Clarence, with him? GLOUCESTER: No, my good lord; he is in prese...

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...ssics Series. Cover design: Jim Manis; portrait of Byron from a painting by Thomas Philips, 1814 Copyright © 1999 The Pennsylvania State University T... ...valry was more Quixotic, And revell’d in the fancies of the time, True knights, chaste dames, huge giants, kings despotic: But all these, save... .... No matter; we should ne’er too much enquire, But facts are facts: no knight could be more true, And firmer faith no ladye love desire; W... ... sections: First Ismail’s capture caught your fancy quite; Next of new knights, the fresh and glorious batch; And thirdly he who brought you t... ...a sort of doomsday scroll, Such as the conqueror William did repay His knights with, lotting others’ properties Into some sixty thousand new k... ...ation. Good company ‘s a chess board—there are kings, Queens, bishops, knights, rooks, pawns; the world ‘s a game; Save that the puppets pull ...

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... honour of naming it is unde- cided between Hugo de Morville, who murdered Thomas a Becket, and his namesake, the first Baronet, who lived in the time... ...ne gentleman, that made him suit his house as a hermit does his cell, or a knight his castle; but breaking in on this “penseroso” scene, there was Guy... ...ing,’ said Charles; ‘that Ovis of yours was music; I would have made you a Knight of the Golden Fleece on the spot. T utors I could get by shoals, but... ...ith the rude times and the part he had to act— served him with half like a knight’s devotion to his lady-love, half like devotion to a saint, as Montr... ...0 yes, to Mr. Thorndale! But who would be content with the squire when the knight disdains her?’ Mr. Thorndale came to claim Eveleen at that moment. I... ... much? exclaimed Charles. ‘Don’t you know him?’ said Guy. ‘Sir Galahad—the Knight of the Siege Perilous—who won the Saint Greal.’ ‘What language is th...

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...nd; for this nobleman had the same gallant disposition with those renowned knights of whom we read in heroic story, and had delivered many an imprison... ... husbands and fathers, over the young and lovely of the other sex, as ever knighterrant was to the barbarous power of enchanters; nay, to say truth, I... ...e, of honour; and who, besides a gallant disposition which inclines men to knighterrantry, that is, to be the champions of ladies in distress, had oft... ...edient, humble servant, THOMAS JONES To this she presently returned the following answer: SIR, ... ... your devoted, THOMAS JONES What Sophia said, or did, or thought, upon this letter, how ... ...all three, by appointment, to go together to the opera, and thence to Lady Thomas Hatchet’s drum. Sophia would have gladly been excused from all, but ... ...obedient humble servant, THOMAS SQUARE The reader will, after this, scarce wonder at the revolutio...

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...it. Then the Normans rode up on their war- horses to attack him, one brave knight going first, singing. The war-horses stumbled in the ditch, and the ... ...ds—and thus they could bear down all before them. They called them- selves knights, and were always made to take an oath to be- friend the weak, and p... ...do the prince the justice to say that when he recognized his father in the knight whom he had unseated, he was filled with grief and horror, and eager... ...he arrow nobody knew, and nobody ever will know. Some thought it must be a knight, named Walter Tyrrell, to whom the king had given three long good ar... ... by the king’s judge, instead of the bishop. The Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas a Becket, did not think it right to con- sent to this law; and, thou... ...e years later— to show his penitence by entering barefoot, kneeling before Thomas’s tomb, and causing every priest or monk in turn to strike him with ... ...riest or monk in turn to strike him with a rod. We should not exactly call Thomas a martyr now, but he was thought so then, because he died for uphold... ... hear more about some of them. They were Edward, Lionel, John, Edmund, and Thomas. Edward was Prince of Wales; Lionel, Duke of Clarence; John, Duke of... ...onel, Duke of Clarence; John, Duke of Lancaster; Edmund, Duke of York; and Thomas, Duke of Gloucester. Edward and Lionel both died before their father...

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...is quite chits. There’s Polly Randall now, that red-haired girl along with Thomas Curtis: she’s seventeen if she’s a day, though he is the very first ... ...nd mother died very young, and I was left a poor orphan—well, bless us! if Thomas haven’t kissed her!—to the care of Mrs. Score, my aunt, who has been... ...d among the men his popularity was equally great. “How much dost thee get, Thomas Clodpole?” said Mr. Brock to a countryman (he was the man whom Mrs. ... ...ayes, the car- penter (for such was his name and profession), said, “Well, Thomas, if thou goest, I will go too.” “I know thee wilt,” said Thomas: “th... ...ore de- cided. But he was a poor weak creature, not to compare with honest Thomas Bullock, by at least nine inches; and so notori- ously timid, selfis... ... it was all done in a minute: and the Ensign and I found ourselves regular knights of the road, before we knew where we were almost. Only think of our... ...sure enough. But, instead of returning it to its owner this discourte- ous knight broke the trenchant blade at the hilt; and flinging the steel away, ...

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...us as any special revelation.” His whole life is to him what it was to Sir Thomas Browne, one perpetual miracle. Everything is strange, everything una... ...st under naked denominations, without deserts or noble acts,” is, says Sir Thomas Browne, a frigid ambition. It is to some more specific memory that y... ...in a river, and the sky full of birds. A room of green tapestry, showing a knight and lady at chess in a pavilion. Another green room, with shepherdes... ...the time, to a liberal education in itself. At Charles’s birth an order of knighthood was inaugurated in his honour. At nine years old, he was a squir... ...uestion of female sov- ereignty . So much was this the case that one James Thomasius, of Leipsic, wrote a little paper** about the religious partiali-... ...onscience, and were political weathercocks out of conviction. Not only has Thomasius mentioned him, but Bayle has taken the hint from Thomasius, and d... ...’s Aylmer, p. 16. **It may interest the reader to know that these (so says Thomasius) are the “ipsissima verba Schlusselburgii.” *I am indebted for a ...

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... his bereavement, the position of private sec- retary to Major-General Sir Thomas Vandeleur, C.B. Sir Thomas was a man of sixty, loud-spoken, boistero... ...as willing to call the diamond hers even at the price of marriage with Sir Thomas V andeleur. It was commonly said at the time that, as like draws to ... ... shade of ribbon, or running on an errand to the milliner’s. In short, Sir Thomas’s correspon- dence fell into pitiful arrears, and my Lady had anothe... ...e went on archly, “and no one must know of it but my secretary and me. Sir Thomas would make the saddest disturbance; and if you only knew how weary I... ...trees, he found himself confronted by the General. “I beg your pardon, Sir Thomas,” observed Harry, politely falling on one side; for the other stood ... ...ip’s very obsequi- ous servant to command.” “No servant of mine,” said the knight; “my guest for this evening, and no more.” “A very grateful guest,” ... ...aid. “I do you too much honour in submitting to your pres- ence,” said the knight. “Learn to curb your tongue when you speak with old and honourable m... ...ospitality,” returned the poet. “My lord, I am.” “You are very young,” the knight continued. “I should never have been so old,” replied Villon, show- ... ... soon forgotten. It is not ten years since my father fell, with many other knights around him, in a very fierce encounter, and I do not think that any...

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...property of the value of about two thousand pounds, which he bequeathed to Thomas, the elder son, much more than that having been spent in liquidating... ...onths. Our readers will probably think that the punishment was too severe. Thomas Thorne and the farmer were on the spot soon after Henry Thorne had f... ...e three or four gentlemen whom you wish to invite here?’ ‘Oh! my attendant knights! no, indeed; you gave me such very slight hope of success; besides,... ...ivil indeed, ’ said Miss Dunstable. ‘Upon my word, if a lady wanted a true knight she might do worse than trust to you. Only I fear that your courage ... ...ch. You must come and see me in London, and I’ll introduce you to my three knights, ’ and so saying, she moved away and fell into conversation with so... ...but still Miss Dunstable only laughed the louder. ‘Upon my word, of all my knights you are by far the best behaved,’ said she, ‘and say much the prett... ... a man. If Tummas had been here, he wouldn’t have dared; so he wouldn’t. ’ Thomas was the groom, and, if all Greshamsbury reports were true, it was pr... ...msbury reports were true, it was probable, that on some happy, future day, Thomas and Bridget would become one flesh and one bone. ‘Please sir, ’ cont... ...orst of it, that there could be no possible need for the interfer- ence of Thomas the groom. And such turned out to be the case. The bridge of Joe’s n...

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...crafts man, it is true, who had been a citizen of London at the period of Sir Thomas Overbury’s murder, now some thirty years agone; he testified to h... ... had taught her the secret, before this last good lady had been hanged for Sir Thomas Overbury’s murder. Whether the witch had read the minister’s tho... ... sought to establish a kind of College of Arms, where, as in an association of Knights Templars, they might learn the sci ence, and, so far as peacef...

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... so were the household servants—all excepting one lazy recreant. ‘Where is Thomas?’ said she of the Argus eyes, standing up with her book of family pr... ...laimed Mrs Proudie; but her eyes said more terrible things than that. ‘Let Thomas come to me before church. ’ And then they proceeded to prayers. Thes... ...nage course to a Duke of Omnium. He was born to be a lord lieutenant and a Knight of the Garter. But not the less on account of his apathy, or rather ... ...l not keep me long in suspense for an answer. ‘Affectionately your friend ‘Thomas Thorne’ 422 Framley Parsonage When he had finished he meditated aga... ...necessary to dub yourself any one’s champion. Don Quixote was not a better knight-errant than you are. But is it not a pity to take up your lance and ...

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...water; the sea pouring in through the bow ports and hawse hole and over the knightheads, threatening to wash everything overboard. In the lee scu... ...rang forward, threw the downhaul over the windlass, and jumped between the knight heads out upon the bowsprit. The crew stood abaft the windlass an... ...gait, and the chain came slowly in over the windlass. The mate, between the knight heads, exhausted all his official rhetoric, in calls of ‘‘Heave w... ..., and the bunt traced up, on deck. The mate then took his place between the knightheads to ‘‘twig’’ the fore, on the windlass to twig the main, and ... ...n to the mate, who came forward, took his station, deliberately between the knight heads, cast a glance aloft, and called out, ‘‘All hands, lay aloft... ...ishap, as usual, and was sold by Messrs. Bryant and Sturgis, in 1843, to Mr. Thomas W. Williams, a merchant of New London, Connecticut, who employed ... ... and truly yours, - 217 - Two Years Before the Mast Richard Henry Dana THOMAS W. WILLIAMS. P. S.—Since writing the above I have received th...