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... arrow a yard long . hail , while , notwithstanding , every arrow had its THE ATTACK ON THE CASTLE 7.
... arrow a yard long . hail , while , notwithstanding , every arrow had its THE ATTACK ON THE CASTLE 7.
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Charles H. Sylvester. hail , while , notwithstanding , every arrow had its individual aim , and flew by scores together ... arrows ; and , as the assailants were necessarily but indifferently protected , did considerably more damage than ...
Charles H. Sylvester. hail , while , notwithstanding , every arrow had its individual aim , and flew by scores together ... arrows ; and , as the assailants were necessarily but indifferently protected , did considerably more damage than ...
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... arrows flying so thick as to dazzle mine eyes , and to hide the bowmen who shoot them . " That cannot endure , " said Ivanhoe ; “ if they press not right on to carry the castle by pure force of arms , the archery may avail but little ...
... arrows flying so thick as to dazzle mine eyes , and to hide the bowmen who shoot them . " That cannot endure , " said Ivanhoe ; “ if they press not right on to carry the castle by pure force of arms , the archery may avail but little ...
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... arrows as a parish - butt on a holyday even . Front - de - Bœuf is dying too , so we shall receive no more aid from his bull's head and brutal strength . How think you , Sir Brian , were we not better make a virtue of necessity , and ...
... arrows as a parish - butt on a holyday even . Front - de - Bœuf is dying too , so we shall receive no more aid from his bull's head and brutal strength . How think you , Sir Brian , were we not better make a virtue of necessity , and ...
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... arrows on the opposite side of the castle , and move forward as if about to assault it ; and you , true English hearts , stand by me , and be ready to thrust the raft end - long over the moat whenever the postern on our side is thrown ...
... arrows on the opposite side of the castle , and move forward as if about to assault it ; and you , true English hearts , stand by me , and be ready to thrust the raft end - long over the moat whenever the postern on our side is thrown ...
Contents
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JOHN BUNYAN | 106 |
THE PILGRIMS PROGRESS John Bunyan | 113 |
AWAY James Whitcomb Riley | 154 |
THE YARN OF THE NANCY BELL W S Gilbert | 161 |
THE BALLAD OF AGINCOURT Michael Drayton | 269 |
SOME CHILDRENS BOOKS OF THE PAST Grace E Sellon | 275 |
LEAD KINDLY LIGHT Cardinal Newman | 285 |
BALIN AND BALAN | 304 |
GERAINT AND ENID Alfred Tennyson | 323 |
THE HOLY GRAIL Adapted from Thomas Malory | 386 |
DISSENSIONS AT KING ARTHURS COURT | 412 |
HENRY HUDSONS FOURTH VOYAGE Henry R Cleveland | 436 |
JONATHAN SWIFT | 167 |
GULLIVERS TRAVELS Jonathan Swift | 173 |
THE ARICKARA INDIANS Washington Irving | 463 |
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Achilles answer'd answered Apollyon Arickaras armor arrows asked Bagdemagus Balin battle began behold blood boat Bracy brother Calchas called captain's gig castle Christian court cried damsel dead death Earl emperor Enid Eurymachus Excalibur eyes fear fell fight foot friends Front-de-Boeuf Galahad gate gave Gawaine Geraint Greek ground Guinevere hand hath head heard heart heaven Hector holy horse Hudson hundred Ivanhoe King Arthur knight lady land Leodegrance Limours looked lord majesty Merlin never noble o'er Peleus Pricket Prince Queen Rebecca replied Rience rode sail shalt shield ship side Siege Perilous Sir Bedivere Sir Ector Sir Kay Sir Launcelot slain spear stood sword Telemachus tell Templar thee thou hast thought thro told took Trojan Trojan War Troy Ulysses unto village voice voyage warrior wonder word wounded