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... There was a shallow valley beyond it and then the ground rose sharply again towards the outer ramparts of the castle. A bier hadbeen placed in the Great Hall and on it lay the body of the King, Uther Pendragon, the face visible that all ...
... There was a shallow valley beyond it and then the ground rose sharply again towards the outer ramparts of the castle. A bier hadbeen placed in the Great Hall and on it lay the body of the King, Uther Pendragon, the face visible that all ...
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... there was no movement. 'This issome trick,' he said, 'some witchery' and turned, angry and disconsolate, away. 'If Lotfails, then thesword cannot be freedandwe shall have no kinginBritain,' a voice in thecrowd washeardto sayand a low ...
... there was no movement. 'This issome trick,' he said, 'some witchery' and turned, angry and disconsolate, away. 'If Lotfails, then thesword cannot be freedandwe shall have no kinginBritain,' a voice in thecrowd washeardto sayand a low ...
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... There is some devilry here,' he said, 'and madness too. Will you be ruled by some kitchen brat, got in a ditch of an unknown slattern? Will he lead you in battle against the Saxons? How he drew the sword, I know not,but that he did so ...
... There is some devilry here,' he said, 'and madness too. Will you be ruled by some kitchen brat, got in a ditch of an unknown slattern? Will he lead you in battle against the Saxons? How he drew the sword, I know not,but that he did so ...
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... there,he hadnever lost the soft accentof the Scottish Borders; and, theScots being regardedas rude barbarians, hewas mocked and reviled for this reason too. This, then, was the boy who drew thesword fromthe stone, though grownmen ...
... there,he hadnever lost the soft accentof the Scottish Borders; and, theScots being regardedas rude barbarians, hewas mocked and reviled for this reason too. This, then, was the boy who drew thesword fromthe stone, though grownmen ...
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... there. Vortigern relayed the advice hehad received from his magicians, with some relish for hewas, men say, one of those who delight in the infliction of pain.If,however, he expectedthe boyto display terror at the thought of his ...
... there. Vortigern relayed the advice hehad received from his magicians, with some relish for hewas, men say, one of those who delight in the infliction of pain.If,however, he expectedthe boyto display terror at the thought of his ...
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