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SIR THOMAS MALORY ( -1470 ) Alas , said the king , ers ; for the. In the preface to his edition of Le Morte D'Arthur William Caxton explained that he had printed this work at the repeated request of certain gentlemen so that " noble men ...
SIR THOMAS MALORY ( -1470 ) Alas , said the king , ers ; for the. In the preface to his edition of Le Morte D'Arthur William Caxton explained that he had printed this work at the repeated request of certain gentlemen so that " noble men ...
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... King Arthur to Sir Bedivere , And whiter than the mist that all day long Had held the field of battle was the King : " Hearest thou this great voice that shakes the world , 115 And wastes the narrow realm whereon we move , And beats ...
... King Arthur to Sir Bedivere , And whiter than the mist that all day long Had held the field of battle was the King : " Hearest thou this great voice that shakes the world , 115 And wastes the narrow realm whereon we move , And beats ...
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... breath And rumours of a doubt ? But were this kept , Stored in some treasure - house of mighty kings , 245 Some one might show it at a joust of arms , Saying , ' King Arthur's sword , Excalibur , Wrought 406 ALFRED TENNYSON.
... breath And rumours of a doubt ? But were this kept , Stored in some treasure - house of mighty kings , 245 Some one might show it at a joust of arms , Saying , ' King Arthur's sword , Excalibur , Wrought 406 ALFRED TENNYSON.
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