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...ll human civilization: is the mythic 12 disciples of Jesus, and the 12 mythic knights of King Arthur. The trouble with these groups is the unlucky ... ...e unlucky number of 13. There were 12 disciples plus one more; there were 12 Knights of the Round Table plus one more. Neither of these two mythic... ...c number of 12 + 1 has never existed except in myth of King Arthur and his 12 knights… and for one short, tiny span of time in history… when Jesus fi... ...ce. Which is exactly what this filthy culture consisted of in Feudal Europe. Knights and Lords became mixed up. Feudalism had been not only a priv... ...he voice of his master. Just as Queen Victoria was listened to by the entire British Empire. Class racism. Class brainwashing. The brainwashing ... ...: two Christian nations stopped the killing to observe the birth of a child. British and German soldiers came out of their bunkers and exchanged gi... ...ey get used to the European presence on their land, and then the might of the British navy and army can roll in after the vermin have established th... ... sent over by England. As a gift. To commemorate America breaking free of a British Empire that no longer had any bad feelings about the U.S. being... ...ropean invading colonists in North America burned to the ground? Because the British Parliament…. which was rotten to the core with corruption did n...

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...ical document whose aim was to incite the colonists to revolt against the British.‖ --―I don‘t buy that Lee. We have always been a primarily Ch... ...s? ` ―I don‘t know any of the particulars of these studies, but the British Broadcasting Company in 2004 found that 10% of Americans didn‘t be... ...egiance‘ to its flag and its country in 1954 when the Catholic group, the Knights of Columbus, asked President Eisenhower to put it in the Pledge.‖ ... .... Were all German soldiers anti-Semitic? Was Churchill the genius that the British say he was? Did Roosevelt really know that the Japanese were going... ...Airlines is safer than flying on a transatlantic flight of an American or British airliner because of the terrorist threats? ―If the presi... ...have just enumerated are not mine alone. Roger Bacon, the 13 th . Century British philosopher said ‗There are four chief obstacles in grasping truth ...

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...they are as much at log- gerheads as pope and duke. Serfs, beggars, greed, knights, fools—pathos. At Vaprio, I sometimes ate with a farmer and his wi... ...while playing chess, I imagine there are no pawns; I imagine there are no knights; the good bishop has vanished; the castle has gone; there is no st... ...ree hundred guests, I hear: Germans, Dutch, Austrian, Swiss, two or three British, a Greek potentate; the majority will be Parisians and the château ... ...multaneously. We used to play chess, many of us, pawns, varlets, kings, knights, evenings, one play bastinadoed on another, Caesar against Titus, ... ...om Italy, I be- lieve; also a red handkerchief and books. Mary gave him a British belt buckle with lion and unicorn, a set of brushes and tubes of p... ...ok of poetry. On my last visit I bought Pope’s Essay on Man. I noticed a British copy bound in morocco. At the Potomac I have acquired some Emerson... ... The White House April 14, 1865 —rain— Mary invited Laura Keene, the British actress, to tea. She is in her forties— rather pretty. Dressed in d... ...nced in she made over him. He took to her, laughing hilari- ously over her British accent as she asked him to solve a riddle. “Say it again, pretty l...

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... White House, County Hospital, Boston Public Library, New York Post-Office, British Museum, Thatre Fran~ais, Lexington Hotel, Masonic Temple, [Solo... ...cial, and industrial organiza- tions and institutions : Union League Club, Knights Templar; Young People's Society of Christian Endeavor, Associate... ...oes, etc.: The Beginnings of the Science of Politicd Economy, Vol. I, 'The British School," chap. 2, "John Stuart Mill;" the articles "Cross," "Cru...

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...nts, glittering minarets, frowning donjons, ponderous draw-bridges and armored knights, while tilting tournaments and furious engagements, with lance ... ...of impending danger. Such a spectre appeared in 1664, to Captain Rogers of the British Navy. He was heading for the Hatteras Capes, but still deemed h... ...the South Africa coast, and there he and all with him beheld in the offing the British man-of-war Barracouta. So plainly visible was the vessel that s... ...the West Indies, Penn formed the bold design of conquering and annexing to the British dominions the large and valuable island of Hayti and operations... ...glish flag, for during the expedition at least they were in the service of the British government. The effort was a signal success. Jamaica was taken,... ...ition to the extent of declining to allow Mansvelt to recruit his forces from British volunteers for the proposed raid on the Spanish territory. Sore... ...es, and the French historians record with pride any achievement done by these "Knights of the Ocean Wave" as a matter of national congratulation. Whil...

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...r and his wife in question were described as being of ‘the old order’ and British migrants. Snakelex received information updating him on the joys o... ...f a basket of goodies, including wine and beer, lovely of the woman. The Knights were not the only ones having showered the couple with goodies, wh... ...nd Anne’s waist, assisting her into the hotel. Karen mentally shifted the Knights to second place on her possessed list. 117 Having locked herself ...

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...church is unable to do—develope resolute, valiant men, worthy to be called knights. The Christian world is in need of men of chivalry, who, believing ... ...of North Amerion opennd on November 22 with addresses by Hon, James Bryoe, British ambassador to the United States, Governor Glenn of North Carolina a... ... organi- zation which could persuade the college to found an "Order of the Knights of the Snowshovel, " whicii would supplant the primi- tive j)low, w...

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...d to Goneril. A Captain employed by Edmund Gentleman attendant on Cordelia A Herald Servants to Cornwall GONERIL: REGAN: daughters to Lear. CORDELIA: Knights of Lear?s train, Captains, Messengers, Soldiers, and Attendants...

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...ants to Cornwall GONERIL: REGAN: daughters to Lear. CORDELIA: Knights of Lear’s train, Captains, Messengers, Sol diers, and Attendants S... ... with majesty. Ourself, by monthly course, With reservation of an hundred knights, By you to be sustain’d, shall our abode Make with you by due turns... ...oss crime or other, 28 That sets us all at odds: I’ll not endure it: His knights grow riotous, and himself upbraids us On every trifle. When he ret... ...ou. OSWALD: Well, madam. GONERIL: And let his knights have colder looks among you; What grows of it, no matter; advise yo... ... tower came, His word was still,—Fie, foh, and fum, I smell the blood of a British man. [Exeunt.] SCENE V: Gloucester’s castle. [Enter CORNWALL and E... ... Messenger .] Messenger: News, madam; The British powers are marching hitherward. CORDELIA: ’Tis known before; our p... ... thou find’st about me To Edmund earl of Gloucester; seek him out Upon the British party: O, untimely death! [Dies.] EDGAR: I know thee well: a ser... ... Messenger .] Messenger: News, madam; The British powers are marching hitherward. CORDELIA: ’Tis known before; our p... ... thou find’st about me To Edmund earl of Gloucester; seek him out Upon the British party: O, untimely death! [Dies.] EDGAR: I know thee well: a ser...

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... -- 20 All Astir, 101 -- 21 Going Aboard, 104 -- 22 Merry Christmas, 107 -- 23 The Lee Shore, 111 -- 24 The Advocate, 113 -- 25 Postscript, 117 -- 26 Knights and Squires, 118...

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...tscript . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 26 Knights and Squires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 iv... ...quires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 iv CONTENTS 27 Knights and Squires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 28 ... ...e whalemen supply your kings and queens with coronation stuff! Chapter 26 Knights and Squires T he chief mate of the Pequod was Starbuck, a native of... ... his. And if at times these things bent the welded iron of his Chapter 26 Knights and Squires 119 soul, much more did his far away domestic memories ... ...ul, nay shocking, to expose the fall of valor in the soul. 120 Chapter 26 Knights and Squires Men may seem detestable as joint stock companies and na... ... its concerns, the Specksynder or Chief Harpooneer reigned supreme. In the British Greenland Fishery, under the corrupted title of Specksioneer, this ... ...d, on good authority, that on the Barbary coast, a Commander Davies of the British navy found the skeleton of a sperm whale. Now, as a vessel of war r... ...under their immediate auspices, and partly, I think, at their expense, the British government was induced to send the sloop of war Rattler on a whali...

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...A collection of works that explore the rich and evocative legend of King Arthur. The exploits of Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table have been a staple of British literature through the centuries, drawing together themes of pagan wizardry, the search for the Holy Grail, chivalry and of course romance....

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... by Thomas Malory Sir Thomas Malory»s Book of King Arthur and of his Noble Knights of the Round Table Book One A Penn State Electronic Classics Series... ... by Thomas Malory Sir Thomas Malory’s Book of King Arthur and of his Noble Knights of the Round Table Book One BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE The Morte Darthur ... ...t the history of the said noble king and conqueror King Arthur, and of his knights, with the history of the Saint Greal, and of the death and ending o... ...re be in French divers and many noble volumes of his acts, and also of his knights. To whom I answered that divers men hold opinion that there was no ... ...me chronicles make of him no mention, nor remember him nothing, nor of his knights. Whereto they an- swered, and one in special said, that in him that... ...cipum, part of his noble acts, and also of his fall. Also Galfridus in his British book recounteth his life: and in divers places of England many reme...

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...beauty making beautiful old rhyme, In praise of ladies dead and lovely knights.” —Shakespeare, Sonnet cvi. I.—W I.—W I.—W I.—W I.—WA A A A ACE CE ... ...r place in chronicle history in a form that persisted throughout the later British historical annals. His theme and his manner of presenting it were b... ...ge that knew no printed books. Not only was it accepted as an authority by British historians, but French chroniclers also used it for their own purpo... ...to it by scribes because of its connection with Brutus, the founder of the British race. The Brut is a reproduction in verse of Geoffrey’s Historia. ... ... thinketh to bite such beasts as he liketh. Arthur then called to his dear knights: ‘Advance we quickly, brave thanes! all together towards them; we a... ...’ Flew over the [fields] thirty thou sand shields, and smote on Colgrim’s knights, so that the earth shook again. Brake the broad spears, shivered sh... ...at elves came to Arthur’s cradle and gave him good gifts—to be the best of knights, a rich king, long lived, abounding in “virtues most good.” Layamon... ...hought has disturbed me, that peace and soft living are rot ting away the British bone. Idleness is the stepdame of vir tue, as our preachers have o... ...should rather pay trib ute to us. In olden days there lived two brothers, British born, namely, Belinus, King of the Britons, and Brennus, Duke of Bu...

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...nne, That keepes a Bridges passage by strong hond, And many errant Knights hath there fordonne; That makes all men for feare that passa... ...out. Canto III. The spousals of faire Florimell, where turney many knights: There Braggadochio is vncas’d in all the Ladies sights... ...tate, the brides most rich array, The pride of Ladies, and the worth of knights, The royall banquets, and the rare delights, Were worke... ...s deuiz’d. And first of all issu’d Sir Marinell, And with him sixe knights more, which enterpriz’d To chalenge all in right of Florimel... ...her ronne. Full many deedes of armes that day were donne, And many knights vnhorst, and many wounded, As fortune fell; yet litle lost o... ...thus he her behight. Magnificke Virgin, that in queint disguise Of British armes doest maske thy royall blood, So to pursue a perillous...

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...gle) the greatness of the power of Russia, which was still in those days a British bogey; in making Belgium the battle-ground in a coming struggle bet... ...uld find in the divines and dignitaries of the Vatican, of the Russian and British official churches, or of any other of the multitudinous Christian s... ...ge, dream- ing of a renewal of the struggle, it becomes impossible for the British, the French, the Belgians, Russians, Italians or Japanese to think ... ...vely , to hold together and maintain any institution for co-operation. The British Press may be too silly not to foster irritation and sus- picion; we... ...onism on a larger scale trading on the resuscitation of dying hatreds; the British and Russian diplomatists may play annoying tricks upon one another ... ...rkish power, the T urks at Constantinople become more and more like robber knights levying toll at the pass. I can imagine Russia making enormous conc... ...rt of World-Admiralty; it is not even completely novel. Such bodies as the Knights Templars transcended nationality in the Middle Ages. I do not see h...

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...is he rose up, and looked out at the window, and saw by the moonlight three knights come riding after that one man, and all three lashed on him at o... ...celot, yonder one knight shall I help, for it were shame for me to see three knights on one, and if he be slain I am partner of his death. And therewi... ...ith he took his harness and went out at a window by a sheet down to the four knights, and then Sir Launcelot said on high, Turn you knights unto me, a... ... know well that he will grieve some of the court of King Arthur; for on him knights will be bold, and deem that it is I, and that will beguile them; ... ... Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court Mark Twain 35 had scared the British world almost to death; that while it lasted the whole country, fr... ... left, like their betters, to their own exertions. The most of King Arthur’s British nation were slaves, pure and simple, and bore that name, and wor... ... all rational measurement the one and only actually great man in that whole British world; and yet there and then, just as in the remote England of m... ...d the founder of your great line lift him self to the sacred dignity of the British nobility?” “He built a brewery.” A Connecticut Yankee in King Art... ...d: “What was the rank and condi tion of the great grandmother who conferred British nobil ity upon your great house?” “She was a king’s leman and di...

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..., and deckt with due habiliments. For all he did, was to deceiue good knights, And draw them from pursuit of praise and fame, To slug i... ... And that deare Crosse vpon your shield deuizd, Wherewith aboue all knights ye goodly seeme aguizd. The Faerie Queene: Book II. 12 Ioy ma... ...from aboue, One day when him high courage did emmoue, As wont ye knights to seeke aduentures wilde, He pricked forth, his puissant forc... ...sia does wonne, Acrasia a false enchaunteresse, That many errant knights hath foule fordonne: Within a wandring Island, that doth ronne... ...e, Bynempt a sacred vow, which none should aye releace. The dead knights sword out of his sheath he drew, With which he cut a locke of ... ...attring word; Soone after which, three hundred Lordes he slew Of British bloud, all sitting at his bord; Whose dolefull moniments who l...

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...from M. le Maistre; the shipwrecks chiefly from Gilly’s ‘Shipwrecks of the British Navy;’ the Jersey Powder Magazine from the Annual Registrer, and th... ..., and into the midst of the open space rode a band of Roman patricians and knights in armor, with the Dictator Camillus at their head. He no sooner sa... ...nd other curious plants of the newly won land; here was the breastplate of British pearls that Caesar dedicated to Venus. A band of flute-players foll... ...after, were successfully de- fended against the French by a small force of British troops under the command of Colonel Hugh Gough, better known in his... ... the military order of Calatrava offered to undertake the defense with his knights for one year, hoping that some other noble would come forward at th... ... meet him, and the King, after embracing him, ex- claimed, ‘Here learn, ye knights, what are exploits of virtue. 114 A Book of Golden Deeds Behold yo... ... place in the island of Rhodes. This Greek isle had become the home of the Knights of St. John, or Hospitaliers, an order of sworn brethren who had ar... ...y swept from Malta in the general confusion of the Revolutionary wars. The British crosses now float in the harbour of Malta; but the steep white rock... ...ook back with the greatest exultation, when we think of the triumph of the British flag. Let us think of all that was at stake. Napoleon Bonaparte was...

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...Of these the chief the care of nations own, And guard with arms divine the British Throne. Our humbler province is to tend the Fair, Not a less pleas... ...ed, Who gave the ball, or paid the visit last; One speaks the glory of the British Queen, And one describes a charming Indian screen; A third interpre... ...linda now, whom thirst of fame invites, Burns to encounter two adventurous knights, At ombre* singly to decide their doom, And swells her breast with ... ... While fish in streams, or birds delight in air, Or in a coach and six the British Fair, 33 As long as Atlantis* shall be read, Or the small pillow g...

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...the Saracens for the recovery of the Holy Sepulchre; he is of the order of Knights T emplars, whom you may have heard of; he is half a monk, half a so... ...ht Brian de Bois-Guilbert, commander of the valiant and venerable order of Knights Templars, with a small retinue, requested hospitality and lodging f... ...lchre, can the palm be assigned among the champions of the Cross?” “To the Knights Hospitallers,” said the Abbot; “I have a brother of their order.” “... ...ith his merry Englishmen, and left the recovery of Jerusalem to those same Knights who had most to do with the loss of it.” “Were there, then, none in... ...y,” said the Lady Rowena, “whose names are worthy to be mentioned with the Knights of the Temple, and of St John?” “ Forgive me, lady,” replied De Boi... ... upon a person whose dignity will not be diminished by holding land of the British crown.—Sir Reginald Front-de-Boeuf,” he said, turning to- wards tha... ...Sir Egerton Brydges. and Mr Hazlewood, in the periodical work entitled the British Bibliographer. From thence it has been transferred by the Reverend ...

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...hts of the mystery of an organized conspiracy. They called themselves the “Knights of Idleness.” During the day these young scamps were youthful saint... ...ter the nights on which they had been playing their malicious pranks. The “Knights” began with mere commonplace tricks, such as unhooking and changing... ... to the Admiralty, was made the basis of a remonstrance on the part of the British government with Spain on the subject of its cruelties. Sir Charles ... ...ed faithful to Napoleon. By this time Gilet had become grand master of the Knights of Idleness, and was leading a life which lost him the good- will o... ...r, which was noised throughout Berry, set Max up definitely as a hero. The Knights of Idleness, who were all young, the eldest not more than twenty-fi... ...f mischief. Max, as a matter of honor, imposed certain conditions upon the Knights. Statutes were drawn up. These young demons grew as vigilant as the...