The Story of King Arthur from Malory's "Morte Darthur"Dodge Publishing Company, 1908 - 123 pages |
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A. G. WALKER adventures Archbishop arms asked bade Barons battle best knight brother Camelot Castle chamber child command cried damsel DARTON death delivered departed enchantment England fair father feast fell fight Gaheris Gareth Gawaine's hand hast hath hermit Holy Grail honour horse Igraine ILLUSTRATED BY A. G. joust King Arthur King Lot's King Pelles King Uriens King Uther King's knew lady lake land London lord mantle marvel mercy Merlin Morgan le Fay never Nimue noble knights Pellinore pray prowess Queen Guinevere Quest realm ride rode Round Table scabbard seat seen ship Siege Perilous Sir Accolon Sir Agrivaine Sir Bedivere Sir Bors Sir Damas Sir Ector Sir Galahad Sir Gawaine Sir Kay Sir Lancelot Sir Lucan Sir Mordred Sir Ontzlake Sir Percival sister slain slay sorely sorrow spear stone thee therewith thou art told took Uther Pendragon wounded young knight
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Page 119 - Then Sir Bedivere cried: Ah my lord Arthur, what shall become of me, now ye go from me and leave me here alone among mine enemies? Comfort thyself...
Page 10 - Then was Arthur wroth, and said to himself, I will ride to the churchyard, and take the sword with me that sticketh in the stone, for my brother Sir Kay shall not be without a sword this day.
Page 116 - Therefore, said Arthur unto Sir Bedivere, take thou Excalibur, my good sword, and go with it to yonder water side, and when thou comest there I charge thee throw my sword in that water, and come again and tell me what thou there seest.
Page 32 - With that they saw a damsel going upon the lake. What damsel is that? said Arthur. That is the Lady of the lake, said Merlin ; and within that lake is a rock, and therein is as fair a place as any on earth, and richly beseen, and this damsel will come to you anon, and then speak ye fair to her that she will give you that sword. Anon withal came the damsel unto Arthur and saluted him, and he her again. Damsel, said Arthur, what sword is that, that yonder the arm holdeth above the water?
Page 83 - Alas! said king Arthur unto Sir Gawaine, ye have nigh slain me with the avow and promise that ye have made. For through you ye have bereft me of the fairest fellowship and the truest of knighthood that ever were seen together in any realm of the world. For when they depart from hence, I am sure they all shall never meet more in this world, for they shall die many in the quest.
Page 107 - Guenever was passing heavy. But she durst not discover her heart, but spake fair, and agreed to Sir Mordred's will. Then she desired of Sir Mordred for to go to London, to buy all manner of things that longed unto the wedding.
Page 31 - So they rode till they came to a lake, the which was a fair water and broad, and in the midst of the lake Arthur was ware of an arm clothed in white samite, that held a fair sword in that hand. Lo, said Merlin, yonder is that sword that I spake of.
Page 9 - ... for the Archbishop trusted that God would make him known that should win the sword. So upon New Year's Day, when the service was done, the barons rode unto the field, some to joust and some to tourney, and so it happened that Sir Ector, that had great...
Page 12 - I will well, said Arthur, and pulled it out easily. And therewithal Sir Ector knelt down to the earth, and Sir Kay. Alas, said Arthur, my own dear father and brother, why kneel ye to me?
Page 116 - So Sir Bedivere departed, and by the way he beheld that noble sword, that the pommel and the haft was all of precious stones, and then he said to himself, if I throw this rich sword in the water, thereof shall never come good, but harm and loss.