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... horse . Two gentlemen of the country , Lindesay and Kirkpatrick , friends of Bruce , were then in attendance on him . Seeing him pale , bloody , and in much agitation , they eagerly inquired what was the matter . " I doubt , " said ...
... horse . Two gentlemen of the country , Lindesay and Kirkpatrick , friends of Bruce , were then in attendance on him . Seeing him pale , bloody , and in much agitation , they eagerly inquired what was the matter . " I doubt , " said ...
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... horse was killed under him in the action , and he was for a moment a prisoner . But he had fallen into the power of a Scottish knight , who , though he served in the English army , did not choose to be the instrument of . " , putting ...
... horse was killed under him in the action , and he was for a moment a prisoner . But he had fallen into the power of a Scottish knight , who , though he served in the English army , did not choose to be the instrument of . " , putting ...
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... horse , made the animal suddenly spring forward , so that the Highlander fell under the horse's feet , and , as he was en- deavoring to rise again , Bruce cleft his head in two with his sword . The father , seeing his two sons thus ...
... horse , made the animal suddenly spring forward , so that the Highlander fell under the horse's feet , and , as he was en- deavoring to rise again , Bruce cleft his head in two with his sword . The father , seeing his two sons thus ...
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... horses , and the voices of men , and the ringing and clattering of armor , and then he was sure the enemy were coming to the river side . Then the king thought , " If I go back to give my men the alarm , these Gallo- way men will get ...
... horses , and the voices of men , and the ringing and clattering of armor , and then he was sure the enemy were coming to the river side . Then the king thought , " If I go back to give my men the alarm , these Gallo- way men will get ...
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... horse , which fell down , kicking and plunging in his agonies , on the narrow path , and so prevented the others who were following from getting out of the river . Bruce had thus an opportunity of dealing his blows at pleasure among ...
... horse , which fell down , kicking and plunging in his agonies , on the narrow path , and so prevented the others who were following from getting out of the river . Bruce had thus an opportunity of dealing his blows at pleasure among ...
Contents
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Joseph Rodman Drake | 128 |
THE DISINHERITED KNIGHT UNSHEATHED HIS SWORD | 302 |
THE DISINHERITED KNIGHT CONFERS WITH THE SQUIRES | 317 |
HALF THE KNIGHTS WERE DISMOUNTED George Werveke | 325 |
Translated from Krummacher | 345 |
A DOG FIGHT George Werveke | 347 |
THIS WAS THE CLOSE George Werveke | 363 |
Latto | 370 |
UNDER THE OAK TREE Gertrude S Spaller | 376 |
George Werveke | 138 |
WITH A CHERRY TREE BETWEEN HIS ANTLERS George Werveke | 147 |
THE EAGLE CARRIED ME AWAY | 165 |
Gordon Stevenson | 177 |
Gordon Stevenson | 211 |
Gordon Stevenson | 225 |
More | 245 |
More | 259 |
SIR WALTER SCOTT Halftone | 264 |
ABBOTSFORD Halftone | 274 |
THE PROMISCUOUS MULTITUDE George Werveke | 283 |
CHILDHOOD Halftone Mary L Spoor | 382 |
WHITHER THOU GOEST I WILL GO Mary L Spoor | 399 |
RUTH Halftone Beatrice Braidwood | 406 |
THE WRITING ON THE WALL Janet L Scott | 410 |
SOHRAB AND RUSTEM | 412 |
SOHRAB AND RUSTUM Matthew Arnold | 430 |
SOHRAB AND RUSTUM Halftone Beatrice Braidwood | 432 |
PERANWISA GIVES SOHRABS CHALLENGE Beatrice Braidwood | 436 |
THE SPEAR RENT THE TOUGH PLATES Beatrice Braidwood | 449 |
RUSTUM SORROWS OVER SOHRAB Beatrice Braidwood | 463 |
THE POET AND THE PEASANT Emile Souvestre | 467 |
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Afrasiab armor arms army Arnold Athelstane beautiful Bella blow Boaz Bois-Guilbert boys brave Bruce buccaneers called Captain Morgan castle champion Clusium cried Disinherited Knight eagles English eyes face father fear fell fight fire ship friends hand Harris hath head heard heart honor horse housemaid's knee Inchcape Rock James Kaoos killed king ladies lance land Lars Porsena lists looked Lord master Matthew Arnold Moab Morgan morning mother Naomi never noble o'er Oxus Persian pirates poem Prince John Raksh river Robert the Bruce rock round Rowena Rustum sand seemed Seistan Shah Nameh shield ship shouts side sleep slogger Sohrab song soon spear spectators stood story sword Tartar tent thee things thou thought told Tom Brown took turned unto victory voice wagons wild words young