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Page 13
... master ; but he was obliged to do as he was bidden . In the meantime the traitors came forward upon Bruce , that they might assault him at once . The king called out to them , and commanded them to come no nearer , upon peril of their ...
... master ; but he was obliged to do as he was bidden . In the meantime the traitors came forward upon Bruce , that they might assault him at once . The king called out to them , and commanded them to come no nearer , upon peril of their ...
Page 14
... master's victory ; and the king wiped his bloody sword , and , looking upon the dead bodies , said , " These might have been reputed three gallant men , if they could have resisted the temptation of covetousness . " After the death of ...
... master's victory ; and the king wiped his bloody sword , and , looking upon the dead bodies , said , " These might have been reputed three gallant men , if they could have resisted the temptation of covetousness . " After the death of ...
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... and attendants on the Scottish camp had , as I told you , been sent behind the army to a place afterward called the Gillies ' hill . But when they saw that their masters were likely to gain the 36 THE RISE OF ROBERT BRUCE.
... and attendants on the Scottish camp had , as I told you , been sent behind the army to a place afterward called the Gillies ' hill . But when they saw that their masters were likely to gain the 36 THE RISE OF ROBERT BRUCE.
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Charles H. Sylvester. they saw that their masters were likely to gain the day , they rushed from their place of con- cealment with such weapons as they could get , that they might have their share in the victory and in the spoil . The ...
Charles H. Sylvester. they saw that their masters were likely to gain the day , they rushed from their place of con- cealment with such weapons as they could get , that they might have their share in the victory and in the spoil . The ...
Page 38
... masters of Scotland , or to continue , as they had done for nearly twenty years , to send armies into that country to overcome it . On the contrary , they became for a time scarce able to defend their own frontiers against King Robert ...
... masters of Scotland , or to continue , as they had done for nearly twenty years , to send armies into that country to overcome it . On the contrary , they became for a time scarce able to defend their own frontiers against King Robert ...
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