| 单词 | knight |
| 例句 | "Grant me your blessing, and a knight to ride beside me with your banner. Let the stag and rose go to battle side by side." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Yeah, we’ll call you,” muttered Ron as the knight disappeared, “if we ever need someone mental.” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Arthur would say: “You are welcome to Cariion, Sir Belleus, and may I ask which of my knights you have yielded to?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Gwenforte tried to bite him again, but the knight’s long blade cut through air. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z He wants to brag about this encounter, like a knight errant bragging about his coolness as he unscrews the spike from the monster’s heart and breathes life back into the fiery nostrils. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Sansa realized that the two stranger knights were looking down on her and Lady, swords in their hands, and then she was frightened again, and ashamed. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Scoob had to climb up to be a prototypical knight and lead her back down. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z He had not been outside Winterfell since his fall, but he was de-termined to ride out as proud as any knight. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The knight twisted away, gaining a few seconds, but the ogre was turning toward him. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z The tall, white-haired knight seemed to shrink as he stood there, scarcely breathing. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The knights fell among'the archers like wolves among chickens, driving them back toward the ships and into the river before most could notch an arrow. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Didn’t knights have to be kind to women?” asks Zion. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z The defeated knights, jogging home with their bruises, missed the conviviality which usually happened on tournament evenings, wondered who the taciturn champion could be, and talked superstitiously among themselves. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Behind followed nine tenths of their horse; knights, lancers, freeriders, and mounted bowmen. ^ took hours for them all to cross. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The horse flails, and the knight is up to his cobalt-cloaked chest in water. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z One of the Freys stepped forward, a knight long and lean of limb, clean-shaved but for a grey mustache as thin as a Myrish stiletto. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He knew a thing which the other was still too green to know— that he had taught the finest knight in Europe. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The knights of the confederation met the outrage as they could. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The point of his spear took the black knight under the rim of his shoulder-hamess at exactly the right place. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He pitied the first knight to try the Hound today. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z This knight’s trouble from his childhood—which he never completely grew out of—was that for him God was a real person. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The bald knight squinted at the peasant woman. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z All the elfin knights and soldiers had turned out, and they were standing in their battle ranks, ready for action if something went wrong. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z The ironsmith did not so much as look up from his work, but the knight chuckled darkly. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The circle was contracting because it wanted to touch the knights—not now, not for half an hour or so, not until the examination was over, perhaps never. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The curved blade slipped past the straight one and bit deep into the knight's hip where the mail gaped open. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z King Arthur only had to deal with plague, famine, and evil knights. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He fared better than his twin, vanquishing an elderly knight whose mount was bedecked with silver griffins against a striped blue-and-white field. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Wheeling their horses about at the far end of the lists, the knights tossed down their broken lances and accepted replacements from the squires. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Princess Shireen gave a shriek, and three of the queen’s knights gasped in harmony. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z That proved shuttered too, but opened quick enough at the knight’s shout. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Nothing much came of this encounter in the main story, except that the knight, whose name was Belleus, was introduced to the Round Table by Lancelot as soon as he was well again. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z "I took her from a knight. The man was loath to give her up, but your name changed his thinking somewhat . . . that, and my dirk at his throat." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “I will only take you if you tell me your name. It would be murder to take you unless you are a famous knight” “My name is Lancelot.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z But about the Gate resistance still was stout, and there the knights of Dol Amroth and the hardiest of the garrison stood at bay. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Other riders Sansa did not know; hedge knights from the Fingers and Highgarden and the mountains of Dome, unsung freeriders and new-made squires, the younger sons of high lords and the heirs of lesser houses. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Scarlet woman!” exclaimed the knight, and he tried to get at her. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “But me, I think instead of writing about baseball or football, I’m gonna write about a knight who slays a fire-breathing dragon.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z No matter what his momma did, he was still her knight and he was still gonna protect her. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Above his head, the coloured beam of light fell upon a small and primitive piece of tapestry—a picture of some knights in chain mail, with nose guards on their painted helmets, chasing a boar. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The children turned and bowed to the rest of the knights. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z The knight roared and came after her, but she slid be-tween two wayns, wove through a crowd of archers, and jumped a latrine trench. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z "My words were courtesy, nothing more. You need not join us. The men of the winterlands are made of iron and ice, and even my boldest knights fear to face them." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Not like that. Your father’s knights will recognize you.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Ten knights were appointed to serve Lancelot there, and twenty ladies to serve Elaine. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z And soon enough he learned the faces too, when the lords and their sons and knights retainer came to Winterfell to feast. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z If the hounds had turned mutinous, for instance, Lot and his allies would have been ready to ride with Arthur’s knights, in quelling what they would have considered a real rebellion. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z One of the other boys laughed, and the old knight rounded on him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “For heaven’s sake, Harry,” said Hermione, exasperated, as one of Ron’s bishops wrestled her knight off his horse and dragged him off the board. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Now it occurred to him that perhaps Terabithia was like a castle where you came to be knighted. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z Wealthy knights from Houses old in honor did not cross the narrow sea to sell their swords, unless exiled for some infamy. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “What is a knight without a horse?” men riddled. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Even if the knights had little wish to kill each other on the grand scale, there was no reason why they should not kill the serfs. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Malory gives it Lancelot picked three knights who were recommended by the young damsel to go with him, and he arranged that all four of them should bear the ver- gescu. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z But there was no knight there, just an innkeeper, just a man in an apron who called himself Kote. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “I thought the dog was supposed to be dead,” said the bald knight. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z To Ser Barristan the big knight said, “No need to come and talk if you meant to hang us. So it’s not that, is it?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She saves the knight for last, placing him on the top of the deck. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The knight’s silhouette came into view and inspired me to move faster. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The old knight had been wounded in the fight, a deep gash in his left arm and a spear thrust that grazed his neck, and he sounded his age. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Madame Ruelle’s face seals over like the visor of a knight clanging down. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Other men might wish to die in bed asleep, but that was no death for a knight of the Kingsguard. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The bald knight was saying, “What is it, Fabian? What’s happened?” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z One knight wore an intricate suit of white enameled scales, brilliant as a field of new-fallen snow, with silver chasings and clasps that glittered in the sun. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The knight's moon face looked crestfallen, the tips of his great walrus mustache twitching with disappointment. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Instead, she flips over another card from the deck, placing it over the card with the knight. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Byrne dared not take the knight; though he would have won an important piece, ultimately it would have led to Bobby’s victory. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I’m going to he a knight, Hazel had said, feeling the lance in her hands. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z “He is the strongest knight in the King’s bodyguard, and Elfred the Dane is his finest bowman. Elfred can shoot out the eyes of an owl at two hundred paces.” The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z Jacob and Jeanne and all the knights and I were the guests of honor, and we sat with the lord and lady at the high table. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z But there was a knight called Sir Pinel, who was a distant relative of the Pellinores, and he considered that revenge was necessary. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I stand in front of my window and imagine myself a fearless knight, imagine myself a witch who hid her heart in her finger and then chopped her finger off. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z We’re to the steps out of the hall when three knights move to block our way. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z His knights pulled him out before he drowned, but not before his lips turned blue and his skin as pale as milk. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Named after the knight of the Round Table who found the grail, right? Very cool.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z When the beast padded forward and sniffed at the captive knight, every man in that hall could smell the scent of fear. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z "With as many knights as they could muster. To get the books. And to get you." The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z A knight of the Kingsguard was always posted at its far end. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z A piece that moves only in an L. I feel like I am the knight, as I’ve spent my whole life jumping over things. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z Queen Elizabeth knighted him on New Year’s Day 1996 for “contributions to musical theatre.” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Mr. Lawrence told them it was even more deadly than the Black Death, the plague that struck Europe during the time of the knights. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z He went to the long avenue of knights who waited in the sun. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z With him had come a long tail of retainers: knights, squires, lesser lords and ladies, heralds, musicians, even a juggler, all aglitter with banners and surcoats in what seemed half a hundred colors. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The lord and lady welcomed the knights warmly. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z “There are some marsh soldiers,” said the knight, “cantering after us. Look behind. They are armed cap-ft-pie.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He was a knight with a medieval respect for honour. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z "And didn't you laugh fit to kill when the knights slipped off their horses and clattered to the ground? You'd hog-greased the saddles." The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z The Den was much older than White Harbor, the knight told Davos. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The knights came together in the center of the yard with a great shock of wood and steel. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z It’s difficult to believe, but Bobby rejected one set because the length of the knight’s nose was too long; the anti-Semitic symbolism was hardly lost on those who heard the complaint. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z A uniformed soldier slipped out of the trees behind the knight. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z He had often tipped Sir Ector the wink when a raiding party was on its way from the Marches, and he never molested the knight or his fanning in any way. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Not golden like the knights in story, and his eyes were dark as rivers. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z More than three quarters of the knights were there, massed together like a great steel fist. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Will tensed his muscles the way the knights in his storybooks would if they’d just caught an evil wizard doing something suspicious. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z “Your father wants me to be his Champion? What—don’t tell me that he’s managed to eliminate every noble soul out there! Surely there’s one chivalrous knight, one lord of steadfast heart and courage.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “Barristan the Old, did you say? Your bear knight was younger, and devoted to you.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The knight had not adapted well to bondage. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The fat knight grew quite purple in the face and shouted: “Liar! Liar! Devil! Come down at once.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “There is room for twenty-one more. Plenty of room. Ail the knights’ names are written on them in gold.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z An ogre knelt over one fallen knight, about to sink teeth into his shoulder. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z "My lord, I have thirty men in my personal guard, and other friends beside, knights and lords. Give me an hour, and I can put a hundred swords in your hand." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I stare at the floor; it’s made up of foot-long tiles in red and white, like a chessboard, and I imagine how a knight would move across it. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z If Poland was in distress, the knights would awaken and come to the rescue. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Jeanne shouted, trying to tear herself from the knight’s hard hands. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z The yells of Sir Meliagrance brought the hurt knights hobbling to the door—the commotion spread—tire-women and serving maids, pages, turf boys, a couple of grooms, all came with excitement to the scene. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Jinx hadn’t seen him since the night of the Klan rally and felt himself draw back a bit at the sight of the grand knight. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Broun and Timett could likely kill the knight if it came to swords, but it would scarcely bode well if he began by slaying one of Joffrey's protectors. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Armed and armored, the old knight waited, sitting in the gloom of his small chamber adjoining the queen’s apartments. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The lords and knights had milk and honey and even a bit of butter to sweeten their portions, he saw, but none of that would be offered him. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z There was a knight from Hungary called Sir Urre, who had received wounds in a tournament seven years before. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Bailey nods and she shuffles the cards again, over and under, and then divides them into three piles and places them in front of him, above the card with the knight. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “They look like two knights bowing to each other.” Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z “Any man can steal a ribbon,” the lord said, “but those fingers do not lie. You are the onion knight.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Years of service in the Kingsguard had taught the white knight how to remain unobtrusive when she was entertaining, but he was never far. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Dr. Montague stamped across the room to the chessboard and took up a knight and regarded it furiously. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z The illustration is of a knight on horseback, like a knight from a fairy tale. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “All the time the war goes on,” she said, “and footmen who are not knights get killed, but nobody notices that.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t know what you mean. I don’t care. I know a knight was in this room last evening.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Telling a bunch of knights what to do. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z The knight dug through and retrieved the knit cap. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Well, Melias went left for a’ that—and he came by ill-luck stricken through the hauberk at the hands or some mysterious knight wha rode upon him, as Galahad foretold. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z A roar went up from the crowd as a helmetless red-bearded man with a griffin on his shield went down before a big knight in blue armor. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z In the pale dawn light, the young knight looked as though he were sleeping. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z One day when the war is done and King Stannis sits the Iron Throne and has no more need of onion knights. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z A knight he may be, but I am the blood of the dragon. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “I bore a fine son for him, who will be the best knight of the world.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The young rainbow knight stared at this madwoman with pale and frightened eyes. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The knight in whom I’m interested went back to find the pretty face, and learned that the princesses had spun themselves free and all gone and married, but one. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Miguel’s knight took a pitchfork in the butt and wilted into a heap of pixels. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z The current project was a dragon battling a knight on horseback amid a fuming wasteland. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z The knight was awake, on his feet, gun drawn. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Joffrey said nothing, but a man strange to Arya, a tall knight with black hair and bum scars on his face, pushed forward in front of the prince. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Lancelot ended by being the greatest knight King Arthur had. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “For centuries, members of my family have served as noble knights, guarding the treasure our ancestors bequeathed to us.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z As soon as they were ready, the two knights stationed themselves at each end of the clearing and then advanced to meet in the middle. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Maester Luwin was trying to reach him when a knight on a warhorse planted a spear between his shoulders, then swung back to ride over him. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z When she looked again, both horses were down with their backs broken, and the knights lay stffl. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z In the hall, I see that there are more knights here than I am used to, coming in and out of Madoc’s parlor. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z For he and his knights still held themselves like lords in whom the race of Númenor ran true. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z They turned out to be a knight and his lady. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Before Lord Stannis had knighted him, he had been the most notorious and elusive smuggler in all the Seven Kingdoms. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The mouse knew that as a knight, it was his duty to protect the princess. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z “And then the knights showed up in the grove,” Jeanne said. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Lancelot, of course, was not at that time recognized as the chief knight of the Round Table, or he would have been taken in any case. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z With the quick thinking and courage of the very best knights from the very best storybooks, Sir Will wrenched the grate off the bottom of the vent. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z “I will be the knight in shining armor. There is no other way. It has to be me.” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z "You could have been a knight too, I bet," Bran told him. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The royal family was surrounded by knights in shining armor and horses in shining armor. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z He was a farmer’s son, and Anya liked to imagine that if Ilya could go from being a peasant to a knight, maybe she could too. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Instead, he played for a win, sacrificing a knight, but ultimately winning back three pawns in exchange. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z At the present period of his life he had only fought one joust with Arthur himself, and the accepted captain of the knights was Gawaine. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The young knight in the blue cloak was nothing to her, some stranger from the Vale of Arryn whose name she had forgotten as soon as she heard it. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "Spare me your empty little compliments, girl . . . and your ser’s. I am no knight. I spit on them and their vows. My brother is a knight. Did you see him ride today?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Gared's hood shadowed his face, but Will could see the hard glitter in his eyes as he stared at the knight. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z ‘Let his knights remain here,’ he said, ‘and bear his body in honour from the field, lest the battle ride over it! Yea, and all these other of the king’s men that lie here.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z The knight with the heavy unibrow stuck out his chin and sighed. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z And standing on either side of the pixie are two knights in his livery, one with scarlet hair braided into a crown on her head. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Seven, nine, twelve lines of knights, stampeding through the town and out into the bay. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z At sixteen, he was the youngest rider on the field, yet he had unhorsed three knights of the Kingsguard that morning in his first three jousts. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “It’s nothing. One of the knights is a healer. What else did your Manners Mistress teach you?” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z “As a girl, though... she was once smitten with a young knight from the stormlands who wore her favor at a tourney and named her queen of love and beauty. A brief thing.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He drank another mouthful of gin, picked up the white knight, and made a tentative move. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z He looked at the knights, swords drawn, not moving. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z The knights had been staying for a week, and Lancelot, listening hungrily to their Table news, was weakening every day. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Lancelot had been compelled during the quest to rescue him from three knights who were pursuing him. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The knight is halfway submerged in the bay. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z The knight had forced their way through most of the press at the back of the plaza, ignoring the curses that were flung at them as they passed. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "Oh, if only I might have been with him," the old knight said when she read him the letter. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z With the knights circling it, the dais is like a terrible stage, where all the players are doomed to run through their roles to the same bloody end. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “Four or five have the makings of knights. Perhaps as many as a dozen.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The knights all tuck in to dried sausages they’ve had in their satchels. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z “Oh, it was not anything. I was thinking about Kay learning to be a knight” “And well you may grieve,” exclaimed Merlyn hotly. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The best knight of the world: everybody envied the self-esteem which must surely be his. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The onion knight took care to hold his tongue in Garth’s presence. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z They were only there a short time, though; one morning two other brothers arrived under a peace banner with a chest of gold, and ransomed them from the knights who'd cap-tured them. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Viper,” the knight declared, his face red with rage beneath those white whiskers. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “He was said to be the second-best knight in the world. Sir Lancelot Sir Tristram, Sir Lamorak...” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z It may not be amiss to mention that a good judge of style could often recognize a knight in armour, even if be was disguised and bearing the vergescu. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The two knights faced each other from opposite ends of the little glade. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “You have a healthy appetite this morning,” the knight observed. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "I believe you are losing, ser," he told the knight under the horse. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The captured chess pieces, knights and pawns and bishops, line up on the outskirts of the board. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z He was the eldest son, so be was bound to be knighted but he would not call himself Sir Lancelot. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “Come, Alyce, you can be a knight, too, and we will march north to the stable.” The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z When they were near the knights, they walked slowly, but in the remoter distance they were running. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z "By the grace of his liege lord, he holds a stout keep and lands of his own. The man is an anointed knight." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z His lip was still fat and swollen from the last time he had pushed the big knight too far. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "No," he growled at her, "no, little bird, he was no true knight." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z They rode through soft green rounded hills, a sunny mom, a splendid air, moving toward adventure as rode the plumed knights of old. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Bran knew he would never be a lord, no more than he could be a knight. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Oh, he had been my white knight that day with Traft. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Lords and knights stepped aside silently to let her pass, and she felt the weight of their eyes on her. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The gold cloaks seized the knight by the arms. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The three knights got out and it could be seen that the third was a black man. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z A blushing queen of little more than twenty summers on her throne, and the whole flame-lit hall filling with noble knights on bended knee. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z From the tents came the snoring of knights and foot soldiers. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z "The king knighted him before he rode north, in Jon's memory. The lad wanted it desperately, yet I fear he was not ready." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The young knight fell to his knees a frightened boy. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z In his youth, Jon Connington had shared the disdain most knights had for bowmen, but he had grown wiser in exile. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “And Your Grace has no knights, save me. It will be years before the boys are ready.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “That was what he wanted you to think. But he was a Cornish knight, like the rest of them.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z "A butcher's boy who wants to be a knight, is it?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "Knights may keep their truces with other knights, but they are not so careful of their honor When dealing with those they deem outlaw." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I roll onto my back outside the tent to find a knight standing above me, her sword drawn. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Below, she could see a short knight in moon-pale armor and a heavy white cloak pacing the drawbridge. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Lancelot,” he was heard to say, “you know how the truth stands between us. My Table is broken, my knights parted or dead. I never sought a quarrel with you, Lance, nor you with me.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The knight writhes on the wet earth, the flames enveloping him like a dancing, burning blanket. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z The boys charged for the plane, jumping onto what was left of the nose and raising their sticks into the air like victorious knights. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Each player controls a knight armed with a lance. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z At least a thousand, maybe more: bowmen, spearmen, peasants armed with scythes and sharpened sticks, freeriders and mounted archers, and another hundred knights to stiffen them. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "The false knight who profaned his blade with the blood of the king he had sworn to defend." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The knight appeared a moment later, cursing and staggering, clad in breast-plate and plumed helm and nothing else. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z A change in his disposition, and each one could be driven from their homes by fire or thrown by angry Lombards or rowdy knights into the river Seine. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z The young knight gave his cousin a baleful glance and pulled the door shut forcefully behind him. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Some wood- pigeons sang drowsily their Take Two Cows Taffy, and, on the other side of the musical water, there was an enormous knight in Mack armour with his tilting helm in position. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “I need not fight you,” Dain says, gesturing out toward the knights grouped thickly around the dais, waiting for an order. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Why, he was a gentleman, an officer of the King's Dragoons, a knight! The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z The young knight looks at Jeanne, and then at Jacob, straight into their eyes, as if he really wanted them to agree. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z I am only a simple knight, the queen’s protector. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “I would not have believed it, not of a Kingsguard knight.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z They all ride to glory, all the plumed knights. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z There are two letters from Madoc, but they just seem to be about which knights will be at the coronation and in what pattern around the central dais. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Massey’s own ancestral holdings, far to the south, were lost to him, so he must needs make an advantageous marriage or resign himself to being no more than a knight of the king’s household. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She blinks, and suddenly the bald knight is sprawling through the dust. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z “How dare you say it was a knight going to be banged?” exclaimed the Queen. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z "I would be glad to leave this city' if truth be told," the knight said when she was done. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z "My brother is young and strong, and he has a vast host around him, and these rainbow knights of his." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The black knight, however, did not do the usual thing. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The left side of the knight's face ran red with blood, and a cut to the hip opened a gash .in his mail and left him limping. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "I don't want it. I want to be a knight." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He wondered if the knights had given them a choice. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Oh, my lady, there are two knights waiting beyond the water, rod they say they have come to tilt with the Chevalier.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z First, because he was by far the easiest to spot; the children wanted to see the knights before the knights saw them. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z "Lord Gyles will take him to Rosby, and conceal him there in the guise of a page. They plan to darken his hair and tell everyone that he is the son of a hedge knight." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Some in the Free Cities think that we’re all savages on our side of the narrow sea,” the knight went on. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “I was not thinking quite about that,” said the Wart “As a matter of fact I was thinking how nice it would be to be a knight like Kay.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I read a book about a man who thought he was a knight and went out on an old horse with his friend. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z I will knight them myself when they are worthy, and give them each a horse and golden spurs. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z A big knight stepped down from the back of a wagon, clad head to heel in company steel. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I was a better smuggler than a knight, he had written to his wife, a better knight than a King’s Hand, a better King’s Hand than a husband. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Squires dashed onto the field to help the vanquished knight to his feet. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “I don’t suppose you have any proof of that?” one of the knights asks. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “I keep no secrets from my kin, nor from my leal lords and knights, good friends all.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “What is this? What are you doing? b the finest knight in Europe to throw away everything I have taught him for the sake of a lady’s beautiful eyes? And a married lady too!” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “White Harbor does not fear to ride with you, Ser Hosteen. Lead us out, and my knights will ride behind you.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The knight immediately jumped off his horse and lay on the ground. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I lie down and pretend to sleep, because I don’t want to lose those kids any more than the knights do. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z “You look like the effigy of a young knight asleep on his tomb,” she said, carefully tracing the well-cut profile defined against the dark stone. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z I stationed myself behind the tallest manservant, but Char and the knights walked among us. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z It was also this knight who brought the distracted Elaine to his bedside, after he had been put to bed. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The Imp had moved most of the gold cloaks to the city walls, mid the white knights of the Kingsguard had duties mace important than dogging her heels. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She lay there twitching as the knights pulled their two prisoners away. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Jeanne and Jacob stood in the midst of the kneeling knights. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z She came in thinking she would rescue him, like some sort of story, like a little kid pretending to be a brave knight. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z The prince had placed his daughter between himself and the white knight, a place of high honor. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The old knight was a good man, but sometimes very literal. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “They are all false,” cried Sir Meliagrance, “all or some. A wounded knight hath been here.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The giant woman recoiled when she learned I was Polish, so I willed my legs to move faster, telling myself that once I told the knight my story, he would understand. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Villagers turned from the spectacle of the dung heap to see little Jeanne, carried like a willful calf in the arms of the weasel-faced knight. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z The knight came forward ready for the sacrifice. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Standing, the old knight took off his high white helm, though he did not seem to understand why. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z By the time the old knight returned to the queen’s rooms atop the pyramid, Prince Quentyn’s corpse had been removed. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z At the end of this time, the strange knight cried: “Stop!” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The knight carried Jeanne across a peasant’s garden plot, scattering chickens as he went. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Inside it there were three knights and a seasick brachet Anything less suitable than these to the tradition of the Gaelic world, It would have been impossible to imagine. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The knight absorbed the beatings silently; the only sounds were the muttered curses of the slaves who beat him and the dull thuds of their clubs pounding against Ser Jorah’s bruised and battered flesh. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He didn't have anything to rest on, so I knelt by him like a squire being knighted so he could rest on my back. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z “I earned my spurs in Dome. I am as much a knight as you are.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The chaos that would inevitably have delayed such a march with a hastily assembled host of household knights and local levies had been nowhere in evidence. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z After him thundered the knights of his house, but he was ever before them. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z When a column of riders appeared from the west, the guardsmen sprang into action, shouting commands and moving the carts and foot traffic aside to let the knight enter with his escort. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I think so, but I like hearing Freak talk, so I go, "Better tell me," and that's when I find out why he's so interested in some clanky old knights. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z By pulling the horses towards each other, with strings tied to the platform on which they stood, the knights could be made to tilt. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The knight’s cloak flapped in the cold air. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Mom smirks at him with the confidence of a lady who long ago figured out how to do things without a knight in shining armor to save her. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z The knight scrambled up, edging away with such alacrity that some of the watchers laughed aloud. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z "Lift that up a little higher," the knight told the mer-chant. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He was a knight now, no longer a smuggler, and he had never been an assassin. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The white knight did drink, as was only courteous. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The three knights who had brought them here to bear witness stood behind them. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "Your face seems familiar, but there were hundreds at Lannisport and thousands on Pyke. And 1 am no lord. Bear Island was taken from me. I am but a knight." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “As you wish,” he answered, through a mouthful of blood, but the big knight was already gone, his boots pounding on the deckboards. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "If I were still a knight, I should have to put on armor and maw the walls with the rest. I ought to kiss King Jeffrey's feet and thank him sweetly." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Lancelot began to shudder, not at the knight but at the cruelty in himself. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z "How can you still count yourself a knight, when you have forsaken every vow you ever swore?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Half the knights had been killed—the best half. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The swords on the knights’ belts are waggling all around him as we walk. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z But, instead, the doors to the banquet open, and I hear Madoc order the knights off. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z They had formed a habit of carrying the refreshments into the Great Hall with their own hands, as soon as any knight got bade, so that they could hear the news while he ate. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I wanted to learn more about the two children who were, supposedly, miracle workers, so I sat at a table near the front of the hall with them and the other knights. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Perhaps some lord with honey on his tongue might have swayed the Lysene pirate prince, but Davos was an onion knight, and his words had only provoked Salla to fresh outrage. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She makes no sound as one of the knights—the redcap knight with the slashed shoulder—beheads her with a single swift and brutal strike of her blade. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “Yes, Agnes. He fell sick for sorrow, and Gawaine had concussion, so they were bad together. But the knights are keeping up the siege.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He had already decided that when he was a grown knight he would give himself a melancholy tide. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z One lunged at Ser Hosteen with a dagger, but the big knight pivoted and took his arm off at the shoulder. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z So he’d borrowed a warhorse and some plate from Lord Dondarrion’s armory and entered the lists at Black- haven as a mystery knight. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He reports the celebrated tournaments in full, with the score of each knight, and the name of the man who bowled him over, or how knocked out. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, I suppose in the usual way. He will learn to be a good knight I hope. But the whole question is imaginary.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The knight was a powerful man, yet Dany understood in that moment that the maegi was stronger, and crueler, and infinitely more dangerous. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "And who are you, old man? One of Lord Beric's cravens?" called the knight in the spiked helm. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The other guests—knights and generals, scholars of history, a few artists and merchants—went to take their seats, too. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z The old knight looked at her son with a faint flicker of amusement in his watery grey eyes, though his gelding whickered uneasily and sidled away from the direwolf. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “With my help, and the help of these brave knights”—that description surprised Fabian and his comrades, I can tell you—“Jacob’s magic can overcome the dragon.” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Sometimes she thought they were all mice within those thick walls, even the knights and the great lords. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Polish legend told of a king and his brave knights who lay asleep within mountain caverns. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Romeo wears a silver, glittering knight’s suit with a sword. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z He is no true knight but he saved me all the same, she told the Mother. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z King, bishop, knight, pawn, all smudged with his fingers, polluted by his breath. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Sir Urre of Hungary had long been carried from country to country—perhaps it was a sort of hemophilia—searching for the best knight who would be able to help him. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z "He has no coin and the only knight who follows him reviles him as less than a snake. The Dothraki make mock of his weakness. He will never take us home." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Besides these, there were many people from adventures which we have left out—mainly knights who had yielded to Sir Lancelot when he was disguised as Sir Kay. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He turned back to the chessboard and picked up the white knight again. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z She brushed the back of the white knight’s hand with her fingers. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Together, Sansa and the serving man got the wounded knight back on his feet. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The following year, he was appointed as the personal physician of the Queen, Elizabeth I, and later knighted by her. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Around him, the rest of the knights watch, their helms under their arms or in their laps, breathing hard, afraid. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z There had been a fight The Queen’s knights had defended her as best they could with swords and falchions, until they were all wounded, six of them seriously. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z From there, I can get out without worrying about knights or guards or anyone else. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z "Half of France knows you're coming here. And all of France's knights." The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z At the opposite end of the high table, Hothen and Mors were playing a drinking game, slamming their homs together as hard as knights meeting in joust. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He has sixty-four knights in prison, whom he has captured in single combat, and he spends the time beating them with thorns. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z It took a frightfully long time—Sir Lancelot's innings frequently lasted all day, if he were battling against a good knight—and the movements had a feeling of slow-motion, because of the weight at armour. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z After the girl was gone, the old knight peeled back the coverlet for one last look at Quentyn Martell’s face, or what remained of it. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "It might be safer if we were not knight and lady until we pass the Neck," she told him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z ‘Never! Till you tell me how I may rescue you,’ swore the knight, still kneeling. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Tyrion saw one great fool of a knight trying to ride across, urging a terrified horse over gunwales and oars, across tilting decks slick with blood and mAlmg with green fire. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z "Someone once told me the night is dark and full of terrors. And tonight I am no knight. Tonight I am Davos the smuggler again. Would that you were an onion." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The blue knight pulled a long dirk free and flicked open Tyrell's visor. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z At fins the knights lowered their raised legs and gave them a solemn shake. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Fischer was the only American, and to many he was the tournament’s dark knight. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Hot Pie was being silly,- it wouldn't be ghosts at Harrenhal, it would be knights. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Butchers and brewers, peasants and priests, knights and nobodies. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z When they had climbed almost to the top, a knight rode out to meet them. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “I will try to be brave like a knight in shining armor. I will be brave for the Princess Pea. ” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z She convulsed in his arms as the pain took her again, and heard the knight shouting for her handmaids to help him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z In the songs, the knights never killed magical beasts, they just went up to them and touched them and did them no harm, but she knew Joffrey liked hunting, especially the killing part. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Never so hard,” said Sir Gawaine, “unless that ye help me, for without ye rescue me, I know nae knight that may.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z There is no more happenstance, no more “freedom”, involved in the whereabouts of a lizard or a bear or a deer than in the location of a knight on a chessboard. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Joana knew who was hurting and I knew secrets about the knight. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z And my men, for whom I am no more than a standard or a talisman, are the knights who were leaders—the rich defending their possessions, the powerful unready to let it slip. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He was also a politician, a teacher, a lawyer, a scholar, and a knight. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z "Ser knight, come sit with me. Eat a grape. Eat two. They are marvelously sweet." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z And then, we were at the gates—and it was time to say good-bye to the knights. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z The old woman shuffled back to the barn, and after a quick glance at the fools and the knight, Anya followed. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z First, I steal a letter addressed to Elowyn from a knight’s desk in the palace. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Dany did not want to go back to Vaes Dothrak and live the rest of her life among those terrible old women, yet she knew that the knight spoke the truth. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z All of the other lords and knights had departed within a day or two of the harvest feast, but the Reeds had stayed to become Bran's constant companions. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She studied the old knight as the galley drew near to a pier. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z After the half-hour was over, a gigantic knight came riding through the forest. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The knights stand on the hill, like lightning frozen on the horizon. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Their first real shock came when their other knight was taken. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Inside, the portly knight who commanded the waycastle greeted Mya by name and offered them skewers of charred meat and onions still hot from the spit. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Prune makers sent along a full-scale knight on horseback sculpted out of prunes, and the Avery Salt Mines of Louisiana displayed a copy of the Statue of Liberty carved from a block of salt. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Beneath it all, he was worried that perhaps the elfin knights had come to collect his friend—and that Spurge hadn’t even bothered to say good-bye. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Because what greeted him was not a cluster of elfin knights dressed in griffin-riding gear. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Madoc gives me puzzles—twelve goblin knights to storm a fortress, nine untrained Gentry to defend one—and then asks for my answers each evening after dinner. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The manservant ducked into the alcove behind a fourteenth-century knight, complete with lance and mace. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z "They say that knights will come from all over the realm to joust and feast in honor of your appointment as Hand of the King." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The knight drained the last of his ale. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Ser Jorah she had left behind today, to guard her other dragons; the exile knight had been opposed to this folly from the start. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Jon had seen this one about the castle—a knight of great renown, to hear him tell it. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The sellsword stepped left again, away from the shield, and caught Ser Vardis across the stomach, the razor edge of his blade leaving a bright gash when it bit into the knight's plate. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “I have knights and lords in my service, scions of noble Houses old in honor. They cannot be expected to serve under poachers, peasants, and murderers.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The room was stifling, so the knight had opened the shutters to let in a cross breeze. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z And a pathetic knight is a dangerous knight. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z He went to the library and read over and over again the story of the fair maiden and the knight who rescued her. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z It was a tricky ending, involving a couple of knights. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z More than six hundred new knights were made that day. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “I used to give him tips sometimes, to buy himself his little things. Beaumain’s the kitchen page. He took to me for some reason. I knighted him with my own hands.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The King of Northgalis, who was the leader of the opposite side, had one hundred and sixty knights in his faction, and King Bagdemagus only had eighty. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “Some Domish boy. He squires for the big knight they call Greenguts. I told him he could give his gift to me and I’d deliver it, but he wouldn’t have it.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He had jumped to the conclusion that the blood had come from a wounded knight—otherwise why should she have insisted on having them in the antechamber? The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z "If the gods hadn't taken your wits, you would have been a great knight." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The knight ran ahead of me, darting in and out of the trees, clutching his side, wrenched with pain. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The big knights pin Jeanne’s and Jacob’s arms by their sides, and two other knights take ropes from ’round their waists and begin to fashion ’em into nooses. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Everyone — men, women, children, knights, peasants, craftsmen — wanted to go on Crusade. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z Lord Jason Mallister himself rode with them, surrounded by his knights, his son Patrek by his side and their squires close behind. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Like a jousting knight? Holling, you are a fairy. Go put on your tights. We have a dress rehearsal.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z “Oh, dear!” exclaimed the Wart, feeling ashamed that his blood-thirstiness had been responsible for making these two knights joust before him. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z When the knight frowned, his heavy black brows joined together above his deep- set eyes. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Seven save us all, the old knight thought. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z That afternoon, Mr. Daniels moves his king, placing it on a black square between his own bishop and my knight. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z The knight said she was part of Mother, part of Father, part of me. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z When Bhakaz brought his wine, the old knight took one long swallow and sent the boy for water. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Taniot’s head lashes back and forth, her long black horns cutting into the redcap knight’s shoulder. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “We may depend upon it,” said Agnes wisely, “that Sir Lancelot refused to strike a felled knight” “We may depend.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The knights of his house lay slain about him, or else mastered by the madness of their steeds were borne far away. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z A little taste of the meal he cooked for me, Tyrion thought, yet he found that he could take no pleasure from the big knight’s mis-eries. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z ‘A knight in shining armor? What does a mouse know of such things?” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z Between them, the Two Kings had six hundred banners flying, five thousand mounted knights, and ten times as many freeriders and men-at-arms. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z In the songs, they were called the black knights of the Wall. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He imagined himself moving out his knight only to bring it right back to where it had started. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z The commander, an anxious young knight with a pockmarked face, offered bread and cheese and the chance to warm themselves before his fire, but Mya declined. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The material facts were that the knights of the Round Table set out in a body, soon after Pentecost, with the immediate object of finding the Holy Grail. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t send me there, can’t you see his knight? Send him, we can afford to lose him.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Other boys his age had gone south, to serve as squires to the king’s knights and ride into battle at their side. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Behind Davos and his sons came another line of hundreds commanded by knights and lordly captains, and then the smaller, slower Myrish contingent, none dipping more than eighty oars. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z This time the knight grasped her beneath the jaw and held her head still as he struck her. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z It seems that in days of yore, a knight in a fighting mood would defiantly fling his gauntlet—a heavy, armored glove—to the ground as a challenge. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z A few knights sit nearby around a cheerful fire. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The bald knight nodded slowly, still eyeing the dung heap. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z There were a few older men among them; knights, she surmised. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z It was a painting of a naked woman with a red face shaped like a knight’s shield. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z The knight came after, holding his shield before him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z His knights rode destriers, and the big warhorses were foundering in the snow. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z And if that wasn’t already the living end, now my knight in shining armor has arrived: Mr. Stinkpot Axelroot. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The weasel don’t want to hear it, but the other knights do. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z "Kill the Braavosi and bring me the girl," the knight in the white armor commanded. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z In the fourth game Karpov moved his knight on his twenty-first move, which Bobby insisted was the “proof” of the beginning of the staged sequence. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The black knight walked his horse into the shallow water, and drew rein in front of them. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z There would be a couple of knights who had suffocated themselves in their own helms during the course of a battle, a misfortune which frequently happened in those days of violent exercise and small vents. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “Deliver you,” the knight said, “to the queen.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He picked up the white knight and moved it across the board. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z As they were winding their way up the steps, she said, "Why do you let people call you a dog? You won't let anyone call you a knight." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She sang along with grizzled old serving men and anxious young wives, with serving girls and soldiers, cooks and falconers, knights and knaves, squires and spit boys and nursing mothers. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z A company of knights and men at arms rode toward the castle. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z A warrior princess, he decided, not some willowy creature who sits up in a tower, brushing her hair and waiting for some knight to rescue her. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The knight who led them wore silver armor inlaid with amethysts and a striped purple-and-silver cloak. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The signal having been given, he should have charged Lot’s footmen with his knights, while Lot’s knights charged his footmen, and there would have been a splendid slaughter. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z So while everyone climbed up the tree, two knights were to stay hidden near the sheep and, when the dragon came, jump out and startle it. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z It went astray in this case, as it often does, and an Irish knight called Patrick ate the apple which was intended for Gawaine. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Knight after knight, clad in beautiful tunics of green and red and blue, helms shining, swords drawn, are sinking into the sea. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z The horse is mid-gallop, the knight leaning forward in the saddle, with sword drawn as though he is on his way to a great battle of some sort. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z "My apologies for leaving my tale half told. But I hope to be by the king's side when he brings these outlaws to justice. He and his hundred knights." The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Five hundred knights surrounded him, sunlight flashing off the points of their lances. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Weed has been communicating with shipping companies and other ‘knights,’ plantation masters and politicians mostly, all throughout the Americas. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Farther on, the knight paused briefly to consider a jeweled tiara displayed upon a bed of purple velvet. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Viserys told her tales of knights so poor that they had to sleep beneath the ancient hedges that grew along the byways of the Seven Kingdoms. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z These were no onion knights, but proud men from houses whose names were old in honor. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Tears of vexation started to his eyes, but he held them back, for he remembered that a brave and “gentil” knight does not cry. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z Six dirty knights came striding in like they were the most important people in the world. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z A knight’s got him by the throat, and he’s expected to debate feology. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z The bald knight, following his leader's cue, drew his and brandished it in the faces of the villagers. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z A line of knights, helms reflecting the sun rising in the east, crest the hill in a clattering silver wave. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Behind them, the two big knights raised their heads from their fetid, stinking task. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Because the knight loved the fair maiden, he was able to rescue her. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z Then Robin remembered that his father expected him to be a knight. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z "I feel rather like the knight who arrives at the battle without his lance. What dagger are we talking about? Who is Ser Rodrik?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He calls the name of each knight in a whisper, one by one. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Out in the field, another man lost his seat to the knight in the rainbow-striped cloak, and the king shouted approval with the rest. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Anyone can fight in the Summer Tournament, but if I want to be a knight, I must declare my candidacy by wearing a green sash across my chest. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z "You laugh. You. Now that is gall. You fight like a hedgehog ..." "There was a knight once who couldn't see," Bran said stubbornly, as Ser Rodrik went on below. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z When I said her name, one of the knights called out, “The ogre tamer. What ever happened to her?” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z "I can smell the fear on you, ser knight," the red woman said softly. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He chose the flavors: wild cherry for the black pawn and peppermint for the white knight. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The day might come soon when she would have need of every knight. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The cognizance was of a silver woman on a sable field, with a knight kneeling at her feet In her simplicity, Elaine had been delighted by the compliment cm the shield. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He dropped his sword and glared at Robert, surrounded by his Kingsguard and a dozen other knights and guardsmen. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z For me he was a conqueror, a sleeping knight, like in the stories Mama used to tell. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Instead the big knight carried him, hoisting him by the chain between his wrists. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z A few of Stannis’s knights were sparring on the far side of the yard. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The little boy stares into the knight’s wide blue eyes. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z A real tournament was distinct from a joust In a joust the knights tilted or fenced with each other singly, for a prize. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z This new white knight was not so tall nor comely as the old one, but he was bigger across the chest, burlier, his arms thick with muscle. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z To my utter amazement, I recognized the face of the knight. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z The knight was on her before she could think, yanking back her hand as she tried to shield her face and back- handing her across the ear with a gloved fist. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z A pair of common freeriders would have served if all that Stannis had in mind was scouting, Jon Snow reflected, but knights are better suited to act as messengers or envoys. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “What do you attend to, Haldon? Who is the knight here, you or me?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It has killed many a brave knight who has tried to challenge it. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Dolorous Edd opined that glass knives were about as useful as nipples on a knight's breastplate, but Jon was not so certain. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The knight urged his mount to a trot, and they left the crowd behind them. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The blue knight climbed unsteady to his feet, and raised his dirk in the direction of Renly Baratheon, the salute of a champion to his king. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The knight was naked but for a breechclout, his back raw from the whip, his face so swollen as to be almost unrecognizable. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I start to learn the knights’ names—and give ’em nicknames in me head. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z The big knight raised two blackened eyes and looked at him as he might look at a bug. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Then one of the knights took the king’s banner from the hand of Guthláf the banner-bearer who lay dead, and he lifted it up. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z "Three hundred, perhaps four . . . among three thousand armored lances who are not knights." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Then she throws her paws up on the knight until he laughs. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z At the feast of Pentecost it was customary for the knights who had been on Table quests to gather again at Carlion so as to relate their adventures. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z All of the knights started after the greyhound. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z “So the poor knight is to be left sticking in the hedge, is he?” asked Mr. Brooke, still watching the river, and playing with the wild rose in his buttonhole. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z The knight pressed forward, placing each foot carefully on the uneven ground. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The knight looked at him, on all fours like a dog, and stood up, crouching uncertainly. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “Being a gentleman,” I say, “earning and giving respect. Like a knight.” Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z A knight rose up from nowhere to hack at his shield with a two-handed greatsword, again and again, until someone thrust a dagger under his arm. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He wanted to be the old- fashioned knight riding to her rescue, which was stupid, as she was way more capable at everything than he was. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z He claimed that one day he’d become a knight and turn her back. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z “I know you are the best knight in the world, but be careful ’ow you fight in a wrong quarrel God might strike a stroke for justice, Sir Lancelot after all.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “There was a knight and he wore, always, an armor of shining silver. ” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z A new instructor, a knight named Dulcamara, is talking about rules of inheritance, probably in anticipation of the coming coronation. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z "No one, sweet lady. I swear it on my honor as a knight." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Will had ridden with the knight long enough to understand that it was best not to interrupt him when he looked like that. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The knighting took place in a whirl of preparations. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “If your queen’s knights want those girls o’ his, they’re welcome to them.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The big knight lifted the prisoner’s shield, which was hanging behind him, and showed or, a chevron gules, between three thistles vert. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z But the two mounts were patiently blundering together, and the two knights had simultaneously decided on the sweeping stroke. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Stannis stood on the steps of the King’s Tower, surrounded by his knights. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z But the battle was never truly done for a knight of the Kingsguard. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Tommen got his pony up to a brisk trot, waved his sword vigorously, and struck the knight's shield a solid blow as he went by. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Aloud she said only, “Watch your knight, Beowulf.” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Heralds cried his name and deeds for all to hear, and the noble knights and highborn ladies cheered as lustily as cutthroats at a cockfight. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “My soul to the devil he did so. He preached that Galahad had aye expelled the seven knights without a slaughter, and mentioned that the Holy Grail was nae for bloodshed.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The knight's leg was trapped, the arm he'd used to break his fall twisted at a grotesque angle. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Yet no matter how he turned and twisted this, the old knight could find no honor in it. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Farewell!” cried the knight, popping his head into a painting of some sinister-looking monks. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z He slackened his speed a little, seeking new foes, and his knights came about him, and Dernhelm was with them. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z The passages were clogged with troops: armored knights in woolen surcoats and fur cloaks, men-at-arms with spears across their shoulders, archers carrying unstrung bows and sheaves of arrows, freeriders, grooms leading warhorses. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z When he lowered it over the face she loved so well, a tall young knight sat on his grey stallion where her son had been. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Then, the prince’s father, the knight, was struck down in battle. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z There are more knights at the edges of the crowd than there were when the coronation ceremony began. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Melisandre was gone, he realized, and so were the queen’s knights. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z They watched in astonishment as the little knight tugged his sword out of its scabbard and began brandishing it violently, hopping up and down in rage. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Another knight goes down—horse flailing, pitching, and then disappearing beneath the parchment-thin layer of water. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z And not far from Cook, in the pantry, atop a bag of flour, slept the mouse Despereaux, dreaming, as you know reader, of knights in shining armor, of darkness, and of light. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z Jeanne quietly rose to her feet, collected the greyhound from where she lay, and led the dog gingerly along the shaded edge of the wood, keeping the knights in view. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z The sight was of three knights fully armed, galloping for their lives, with a single knight in pursuit of than. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z When presented to Val, the knight sank to one knee to kiss her glove. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He did not see that she was a brave knight. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z “I know how you like to read about knights and things like that. I thought maybe you hadn’t read that one.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z The bishops travel diagonally in straight lines, and the knights can jump in an L shape. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z He rolls his eyes and says something to one of the other knights as he stands. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z They are no true knights, not one of them. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z "Your Grace," the knight said, "I bring you Quhuru Mo, cap- tain of the Cinnamon Wind out of Tall Trees Town." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The human boy I saw with Severin at the coronation, the redhead who caught me staring, is talking with one of the knights in a low voice. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z By the time the outburst died down, the Lord of High- garden had been seated at the council table, and his sons had joined the other knights and lordlings beneath the windows. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He left the knight to sort that out and crawled up the ladder to the cabin roof. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z On the periphery of my vision, I see Taryn standing with Locke, near where other knights are donning their armor. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The three knights had got into it, and sat down to see what would happen, because knights were never supposed to refuse an adventure. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t need to be protected. I can use a sword as well as Duck. I’m half a knight.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z One day he would be knighted, and the two little lads as well. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z But just as the boys turn around, two more knights get swallowed by the bay. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z I see the salt-haired king of the Court of Termites try to wade toward the fight, but his own knights get in front of him, holding him back. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “Ducks should swim better than that,” he said as he and Yandry were hauling the knight back aboard the Shy Maid. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He had been with Lord 'iywin when King's Landing fell, a new-made knight of seventeen years, even then distinguished by his size and his implacable ferocity. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The fight along the river, the knight who'd offered up his gauntlet, the bridge of ships . A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I so badly wanted her to choose me to be one of her knights. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z But then I go too far and imagine myself in that dress, sword at my hip, transformed, a true member of the Court, a knight in the Circle of Falcons. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z That was what knights did; they kept you safe, especially women. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z No, she wanted to shout to him, no, my good knight, do not fear for me. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “I do not claim Lord Wyman does the deeds himself. He brought three hundred men with him. A hundred knights. Any of them might have—” “Night work is not knight’s work,” Lady Dustin said. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “I’m going to be a knight,” said Ron. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z If I had a knife, I would kill him now, she thought, until she remembered the girls: Her throat constricted as she said, "You were a knight, sworn to defend the weak and innocent." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “With this maid’s help, we just caught eight ogres. Six knights never did that before.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z A knight stands in the road, his shoulders rising and falling, his sword in its scabbard casting a serpentine shadow on the ground. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z In a heartbeat, he had bounced blows off the knight's temple, elbow, and throat, the wood ring-ing against the metal of helm, gauntlet, and gorget. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "I yield, ser," a different knight called out, farther down the river. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The visitors poured through the castle gates in a river of gold and silver and polished steel, three hundred strong, a pride of bannermen and knights, of sworn swords and freeriders. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The old knight took pains not to look at her bare breast as he spoke to her. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The Queen laughed and smiled at the new knight “Arthur thinks about it all the time,” she said. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Huddled beneath her ermine mantle and surrounded by her ladies, serving girls, and knights, the southron queen seemed a frail, pale, shrunken thing. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He glanced away before the young knight could voice his outraged protest, and addressed-the villagers. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I turned and saw a vision: six knights carrying rope strode toward me, led by a tall young man. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Melias is a bonnie knight, and there is gladness on me that I may tell you he is still on life.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Lord Petyr's fa-ther had been the smallest of small lords, his grandfather a landless hedge knight; by birth, he held no more than a few stony acres on the windswept shore of the Fingers. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Then she was grabbed by her arm, and Jacob was grabbed by his, and the knights took them to the nearest corner, out of earshot of Fabian and the Bertulfs. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z The night of the tourney at King's Landing, all the knights had hung their shields outside their pavilions. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z It was more or less like this: “I don’t want glory, but please can you save our honesty? And if you will heal tins knight for the knight’s sake, please do.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z As Theon was not quite so big as most knights, that suited him admirably. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z A grandmother of a petty knight, an ugly woman with a crooked nose, seemed stately and beautiful in the torches’ strange light. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z The bald knight stands up out of the bushes. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z The knight saved me and now I had saved the knight. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z As Lancelot rode by, he could see them sprawling on the ground together, with the knight’s broken lance between the horse’s legs and one flashing horse-shoe tearing the canvas from the fallen shield. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Once knighted, each man rose, buckled on his swordbelt, and stood beneath the windows. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Across the room, the painting of the knight charging the dragon was complete. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z I clutched the knight’s pack in front of my body to shield me from the wind. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “The knights are to go on quests, aren’t they, to fight against Might? What are you trying to stop me for? It’s the whole point of the idea.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Sir Lancelot was wanted, he said, to knight a young man at an abbey. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z "My father taught me. We have no knights at Grey- water. No master-at-arms, and no maester." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She said it as solemn as if she was a queen knighting me with words. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z He did not like the way some of the queen’s knights were looking at the steward, particularly Ser Patrek of King’s Mountain. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z They are black-and-white pictures, much like the knight, some simpler, some more complicated. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z She saw: the knight in his pale armor head to foot, legs, throat, and hands sheathed in metal, eyes hidden behind his high white helm, and in his hand cruel steel. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “I would be happier if you had Unsullied guards about you today, Your Grace,” the old knight said, as Hizdahr went to greet his cousin. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The common men camped out in the open, but the knights had thrown up tents, and some of the high lords had erected pavilions as large as houses. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z You remember that Arthur wanted to catch his knights young, to train them for the Round Table, and that he had noticed Lancelot at the feast, because he was winning most of the games. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z At their head was a knight in dark armor. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z ‘If these kinsmen be in any way like to yourself, my lord Aragorn, thirty such knights will be a strength that cannot be counted by heads.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z "Thank you, ser," he murmured, turning to see which knight had come to his aid . A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The onion knight would have bent his knee, but a King’s Hand could not; to do so would suggest that the king he served was less than this fat lord. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z When the knights finally bear the body away and no one is searching for us anymore, the Ghost leads me across the roots again. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He had been a knight too, trained with the sword and sworn to defend the weak. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He only held the bridle and displayed the gear, waiting for the knight to mount and ride. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “And you have posted knights to stop him? You have arranged for a strong guard?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “You could write about dragons too,” Tony said, now knighting a small boxwood bush. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Mini grabbed the Death Danda and tried to knight Boo, saying “Rise, Sir—” but Boo hissed and fluttered off to a different part of the museum. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z A bumblebee came zooming between them, under the grandstand and out into the sunlight “Would you like to see some real knights errant?” asked the magician slowly. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z But a knight turned up and knocked him off his hackney—I’m afraid our family was never exactly in the heroic style—and there he was on foot again, with Galahad no nearer. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Most peculiar of all, the bound knight’s shield carried the three thistles and the chevron, with a red canton. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z At festivals, storytellers would recite the epic adventures of the most popular bogatyri, the tsar’s most trusted and magical knights. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Using both hands, Bast held it up to him, looking for a moment like a squire offering up a sword to some bright-armored knight. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “I do not understand, but I put myself at your service. I pledge my life to preserve you from harm,” he said with the fervor of a new-made knight being sent upon a quest. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The southron knights rode out in plate and mail, dinted and scarred by the battles they had fought, but still bright enough to glitter when they caught the rising sun. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The knight was clad in chainmail, with gauntlets and greaves of lobstered steel and a heavy gorget around his throat, but he had not thought to don his helm. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "Is there word from the Eyrie? I wrote to Aunt Lysa, asking help. Has she called Lord Arryn's banners, do you know? Will the knights of the Vale come join us?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The old knight would not abandon Joffrey easily. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Lancelot threw his spear into a bush, got off his horse very quickly, and knelt down beside the knight. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He dreamt an old dream, of three knights in white cloaks, and a tower long fallen/ and Lyanna in her bed of blood. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Yet when the knight left, he locked the door behind him with a heavy iron key. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z All around the dais, I see knights unsheathing blades. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z All those who had stood closest to her husband had gone with her when she fled: Jon's maester, his steward, the captain of his guard, his knights and retainers. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z If, for example, I had written . . . last Tuesday knight we had a lecture . . ., he would say: ‘Don’t you know how to spell night?’ Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z "There are some who call my order the knights of the mind," Luwin replied. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z When the dickering was done, the knight slung his weapons, shield, and saddlebag over his shoulder and asked for directions to the nearest smithy. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Some young squire or hedge knight, like as not . . . though by the vehemence with which Lord Hoster had opposed him, he might have been a tradesman's son qr baseborn apprentice, even a singer. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The knight was beautiful, handsome when he smiled. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Milo had been knighted, commissioned a major in the Royal Welsh Fusiliers and named Assistant Governor-General of Malta because he had brought the egg trade there. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The wolves had taken to sitting on one side of the trench, the knights and southron lords upon the other. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Stretching on her toes to reach his lips, she kissed the knight gently and said, "You are the first of my Queensguard." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "He has ridden out with his knights thrice already, to chase down raiders or storm a stubborn holdfast." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z In those big hands, the arakh became a whistling blur, a steel storm that seemed to come at the old knight from three directions at once. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “I was coming to that It is the plum of the story. One afternoon I was out in the forest for half an hour’s questing, when I was set upon by two knights from behind.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “Leave her alone! Get out!” shouted the knight. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z "And I'm no lord, no more than I'm a knight. Do I need to beat that into you?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The exile knight rode at her right hand, as ever. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z "Yield or die," the knight declared, his flail whirling faster and faster. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Blind with arrogance as they were, even the knights and lords of the Vale could see what was happening below them, yet her sister could not. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Lancelot had carved two knights in armour for him out of wood. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Selmy was training knights for her, teaching the sons of slaves to fight with lance and longsword in the Westerosi fashion... but what good would lances do against cowards who killed from the shadows? A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The blue knight let his broken shield drop to the ground to free his left arm, and then the Knight of Flowers was on him. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The knights of the Round Table were sent out as a measure against Fort Mayne, and the choleric barons who lived by Fort Mayne took the cudgels with the ferocity of despair. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “We should have a song about the Rat Cook,” he was muttering, as he staggered past Theon, leaning on his knights. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “I am not sulking,” said the Wart “I don’t mind a bit and I am very glad that Kay is going to be a knight. Please don’t think I am sulking.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z As they sat their horses waiting, Renly's shadow knights pointed their lances upward, so she rode through a forest of tall naked trees, bereft of leaves and life. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Gwenforte snapped at the knight’s legs, but he kicked her in the face. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z The lady was in front, going like mad, and the knight was after her. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z "The great knight. I can still knock you in the dirt. Remember that, Kingslayer." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "The work I do does not permit me to travel the streets amid a column of knights. So when I leave the castle, I adopt more suitable guises, and thus live to serve you longer." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I hope that I look like a knight to him. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Only Ser Dontos had tried to help, and he was no longer a knight, no more than the Imp was, nor the Hound . . . the Hound hated knights ... A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z "Sweet Petyr, surely you do not mean to suggest that these puissant lords and noble knights could be bought like so many chickens in the market." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He flips around, lashing his fleshy tail at the knights, and then darts into the trees from which he’s come. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Whenever he threatened to fall behind, the knight would seize his fetters and yank them roughly, sending the dwarf stumbling and hopping along beside him. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Now might come a Saxon wearing the beard and a sort of Phrygian cap, as a sign of defiance—now a knight from the Marches of the Northern border. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Joana walked alongside the knight, her pretty brown curls peeking out from beneath her hat. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z People have got it into their heads, through the cinema and the comic advertisements, that knights in armour generally wore ostrich plumes, nodding like stalks of pampas grass. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The morning when they were to set out for Bliant arrived, and the newly-made knight, Sir Castor, stopped Lancelot in the Hall. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z When she got closer, she saw two knights kneeling before the queen, in armor so fine and gorgeous that it made her blink. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She was even to be suspected of poisoning a knight. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “It is only to vanquish another knight I know of, who is distressing some “I will promise that gladly.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He had been a knight, and a prince of Dome besides. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Oh,” he cried, “but I should have liked to be born with a proper father and mother, so that I could be a knight errant” “What would you have done?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z They also knew that he was now recognized as the strongest knight in the world. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The worst of them made up uglier names than Bolshevist even, and allowed the brutal side of their natures to dwell on imaginary enormities which they attributed to the knights. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z To tell him the truth, and really she felt no further interest in concealing it there was a young knight at court who was already her lover: had been her lover long before the Grail! The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z A knight in his full armour of those days, or at any rate during the heaviest days of armour, was generally carrying as much or more than his own weight in metal. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The knight cursed and shoved at the face with the heel of his hand. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Then, suddenly, he moved his knight to a square where it could be snapped off by his opponent. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Slender she was, graceful, taller than most knights, with full breasts and narrow waist and a heart-shaped face. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The distinguishing feature of chess, according to her, was that each piece moved in an L-shape—I suppose she’d got this from watching the knight—rather than in the leap-frogging way of draughts. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Catelyn heard the knight groan as the sellsword lifted his blade with both hancls and drove it down and in with all his weight behind it, under the arm and through the ribs. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The blade was not the only weapon used by knights in armour. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “There is a knight in the cart,” said the girl, “a knight in armour. I suppose somebody is taking him away to be hanged.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The knights followed her, and the peasants followed them. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z He looked so like Sir Carados— the knight who had been slain at the rescue of Gawaine— that Lancelot was startled. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Near forty men took part, freeriders and hedge knights and new-made squires in search of a reputation. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z They passed a group of gloomy nuns, a ragged man wearing chains, and the Fat Friar, a cheerful Hufflepuff ghost, who was talking to a knight with an arrow sticking out of his forehead. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z "Enough, my lords. If I had a dozen vans, all of you should have one, but the greatest glory by rights belongs to the greatest knight. Ser Loras shall strike the first blow." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z His uncle said the top was wide enough for a dozen armored knights to ride abreast. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The Greek never got on to the erratic movements of the knights and the sweeping mobility of the queens, but he learned to make a few set, opening moves. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z High lords with old names, fat rich men dressed in velvet, knights puffed up like bladders with their honors, yes, and women and children too— they're all meat, and I'm the butcher. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Come,” he said, before the knight did something brave and stupid. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Following the bald knight was a knight with blond curly hair and a lazy eye. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z With the king’s knights and lords claiming the lion’s share of the horsemeat, little and less remained for the common men. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Jacob commands the knights, holding out his hands. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z “And now I shall go back and show my fellow elves that the child of a clerk and a seamstress is as good and brave as the most famous knight in the kingdom.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z As they closed to either side, the blue knight reined hard, smashing one man full in the face with his splintered shield while his black destrier lashed out with a steel-shod hoof at the other. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Before the clink there were just the beeches, but immediately afterward there was a knight in full armour, standing still and silent and unearthly, among the majestic trunks. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z His knights were to fight, not against gallowglasses, but against the knights of the Gaelic Confederation. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “Even so,” the old knight said, “I would feel better if Your Grace would return to the city.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Uriah himself was tumbling from his horse, like rather an inexperienced diver, under the influence of a stroke which one of the opposing knights had delivered in the region of his midriff. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, ” said the Queen, “it is all very wonderful, I must say. Do you hear that, Lance? You an to be file best knight in the world!” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “But, my dear knight, how could yours truly foresee a calamity of this nature?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The big knight had slept through the storm, to hear him tell it. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She had bounded over the knights’ table and grabbed Robert by the collar of his shirt. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z This allowed knights and nobles to seize land and force the commoners who lived on it to work for them. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z The Prince Who Came Too Late, the old knight thought... but if a knight of the Kingsguard learns nothing else, he learns to guard his tongue. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The knight held Joana by the elbow, worried that she might jump into the hole that had taken the blind girl from us. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Lancelot put up his sword and went back from the knight, as if he were going back from his own soul. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z "Do they truly eat frogs?" he asked the old knight. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Get up!” the knight growls, and he hoists Jacob to his feet by the rope. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Therry wanted to go off to war when he was old enough, to fight in battles and become a knight. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The exile knight looked from Dany to her brother; she barefoot, with dirt between her toes and oil in her hair, he with his silks and steel. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Fair knight,” said King Pellinore, “I pray thee tell me thy name.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a place of respect, if not high honor,- the Dothraki esteemed the knight's prowess with a sword. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Not only was he of the same build, but he also had a bound knight thrown across the saddlebow of his mare. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The next morning, the six knights and the two children crouched in a circle at the edge of Lord Bertulf’s wood. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z By the time all the new knights had been given their sers the hall was growing restive, and none more so than Joffrey. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He hit the third knight on the bead so hard that his nose bled, and his horse ran away with him. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z A knight with a silver suit of armour would immediately call himself a have-not, if he met a knight with a golden one. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z She had left her bodyguard behind—the Queen’s knights, who all bore the vergescu as their badge of office— and had taken with her only ten knights in civilian clothes. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “Two dead men, one a knight. Four horses down. We got one up again. The others are lost. Destriers, and one palfrey.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z His mount was in full gallop, and the black knight’s was still in a canter. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Did the knight and the fair maiden really not live happily ever after? The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z At first, the knight was talking and gesticulating, pointing at the two children. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z For every hour of fighting, a Kingsguard knight spent ten thousand hours watching, waiting, standing silent in the shadows. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z My gaze goes to the knights surrounding the dais. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z "He was going to be a knight," Arya was saying now. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Khrazz cursed and turned a high cut into a low one, slipping past the old knight’s blade for once, only to have his blow scrape uselessly off a white steel greave. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z When a few of the king’s knights strapped them onto their feet nonetheless, the big southern horses balked and refused to move, or tried to shake the things off their feet. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The steel points of pikes flamed red with sunlight, as if already blooded, while the pavilions of the knights and high lords sprouted from the grass like silken mushrooms. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The doctor rescued the queen by moving his knight. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “I can see that. Lord Commander. You know my knights and captains, I believe.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z If she was going to treat the knight I felt I should stand watch. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The black knight and his horse revolved rapidly toward their sinister side, left the ground together in a handsome parabola, and came down again with a dash. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “Tomorrow my pupil Kay will be knighted, and the next week my other pupil will go away as his squire. I have outlived my usefulness here, and it is time to go.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “Even if he is dead,” added the knight But the King shook his head vehemently. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The cooks served up great slabs of fresh horse- meat, charred outside and bloody red within, with roast onions and neeps ... and for once, the common soldiers ate as well as the lords and knights. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Europe expended millions of her treasures, and the blood of two million of her people; and a handful of quarrelsome knights retained possession of Palestine for about one hundred years! Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “Because I’m a damsel in distress,” she said, “and you are a knight in whatever. A really dirty car. You know someone wrote Wash Me! on your rear windshield?” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z "Whatever else the man may be, he remains a knight. I don't know that we ought to call Robert my beloved brother either. He loved me no more than he had to, nor I him." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z For a knight without a horse was a pathetic sight indeed. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Behind them were two knights of the Kingsguard in long white satin cloaks. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Jeanne manages to loosen her noose a little, but when Jacob tries to do the same, the knight with the lazy eye yanks the rope so tight Jacob goes choking and staggering to his knees. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z There were proud young knights, pushing past the wet rabble, their sheathed swords swinging like ship booms, occasionally smacking in the face the children who ran behind them, begging for bread. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z The white knight knows that something is amiss, Hotah could tell, but it is more than that. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “He screamed for days, my lady,” the white knight replied, though it was plain that it pleased him little to say so. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Gaheris added: “He favours the young knights, and tries to help them win the spurs. I can’t see your grudge against him.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z A pair of stone knights stood sentry at the entrance, armored in fanciful suits of polished red steel that transformed them into grif-fin and unicom. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The knight seated himself cross- legged on the cushion. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Joffrey had decreed that he was to be a knight no longer, only a fool, lower even than Moon Boy. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z They—the kings with the tank-like knights of their nobility —were prepared to take a sporting risk. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z "Because they are the knights of summer, and winter is coming." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Sansa watched as the knight peered up at his new king. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z So immodest was her garb that the white knight seemed uncomfortable looking at her, but Hotah approved. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The knight wore silver armor, his greaves and gauntlet inlaid with niello to suggest flowing fronds of seaweed. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Both knights began waving their arms like windmills, anti-clockwise, in the vain effort to slow up. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z While Char and I addressed the ogres, the knights were busy setting out lunch for all of us. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z The white knight had made a move, changed his mind, and started over. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z That was what the knights in the storybooks always found on their adventures. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z “Mu are my knight, ” she said to him, “with a shining needle. And I am so glad that you found me. Let’s go upstairs. Let’s eat some soup. ” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z “Buffoon!” cried the fat knight “Well,” said Lancelot, “it is your own fault You should not play dirty tricks. For the last time, will you let me arm like a gentleman?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The crowd parted to make way for a group of firefighters, their bronze helmets glinting like the regalia of knights. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “Most knights who land upon my shores seek me in my hall, not in the Belly of the Whale. A vile smuggler’s den, that place. Are you returning to your old trade, onion knight?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The old knight was off east, trying to set to rights the trouble there. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I looked down at my avatar and saw that I no longer appeared as one of the Monty Python knights. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The mounted knights returned, and at their rear the banner of Dol Amroth, and the Prince. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z There was a cockney knight called Sir Mdiagrance, who had never been happy at court. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Slowly those knights who had survived began to trickle back in twos and threes, tired men bearing news of loss or rumours of success. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “He is a French knight who calls himself the Chevalier Mai Fet I told you I was right about Sir Lancelot being dead.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z But the Jews of today were not warriors—how could they be in their cramped alleyways, surrounded and outnumbered by Christian soldiers and Christian knights? The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z The best of them convinced themselves that Arthur was newfangled, and that his knights were degenerate from the standards of their fathers. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The knight helped Cersei to her feet and led her out without a word. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He has made his way to stand in front of the knights. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He then insisted that the medal was in the knight’s pack. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z When I reflect on that moment now, the image blurs, reconstituting itself into that of a zealous knight astride a steed, charging into an imaginary battle, striking at shadows, hacking into thin air. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He reads histories and mythologies and fairy tales, wondering why it seems that only girls are ever swept away from their mundane lives on farms by knights or princes or wolves. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “Because the white knight may have changed its mind.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z “We will do as we are bid,” I assure the knight, trying to move Cardan away before he does something we will both regret. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z "The Hand serves," the young knight informed him airily. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “I rode to the water of Mortoise, where a black knight came to joust with me. He knocked me down as well.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “Edward, I sent you here to work so you’d have food and warmth and a place to belong, and instead you’re playing knights with the chickens. What be you thinking?” The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z There, visiting pilgrims, knights at arms, merchants, and minstrels gathered, each awaiting the attention of the Prior. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z The knight in the spiked helm reached die ram-part, but Yoren tangled his black banner around his spike, and forced the point of his dirk through his armor while the man was fighting the cloth. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “You will have all these knights in this order of youta saying that they are the best one, and wanting to sit at the top of the table.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe Natalie thought Chess and Finn had secretly seen themselves as knights and noblemen. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Faster and faster, until even the knight in his armor is gone beneath the gray and glimmering waves. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z When little Vladimir finally relinquished her, with assurances that he was ‘desolated to leave so early’, she was ready to rest, and see how her recreant knight had borne his punishment. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Shieldless, the blue knight was getting much the worse of it. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The images in them were distorted and two-dimensional; gigantic, flat knights peered out of tiny, misshapen castles. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Guardsmen walked the walls, and knights and men-at-arms were training with blunted weapons. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “If it please Your Grace, we are all three knights.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z ‘And there are names among us that are worth more than a thousand mail-clad knights apiece. No, he will not smile.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z His mother was a princess scholar, and his father was the most handsome, feared knight in all the land. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z But as Fabian and Jeanne approached the main road, the knight slowed. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Bronn came out from behind the statue hard and fast, still moving left, aiming a two-handed cut at the knight's > unshielded right side. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Now he saw that all the time she had been cheating him, only pretending to be too virtuous to love him, and meanwhile sporting with her wounded knights under his very nose. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z While Char and the knights discussed ogre transport, I thought about the wedding and despaired of getting there in time. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z One was a demand for payment on a gambling debt, but the knight she gave it to couldn't read. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “What gods do you keep?” he asked the one- legged knight. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She would have kissed her good knight on the cheek, but just then Missandei appeared beneath the arched doorway. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z At least knights had led my family away before the killing started. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z "We should rest here until we are stronger," the knight urged. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The two knights stood to attention while one could count three. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z There were nine other knights, from France and Danemark and Ireland: and the lady from my ship was there as well. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The gauntlet still had the knight's hand in it. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The horse pawed the ground and the knight turned his helmeted head to look down at Ron. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z It is empty of knights, empty of dragons, empty of swords and gauntlets. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “As for the Queen, let her hide and be forgiven. But thou, false recreant knight, what cause had’st thou to slay my brother, that loved thee mom than all my kin?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He loves me as he loved her, not as a knight loves his queen but as a man loves a woman. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Jeanne turns red as a beet, and Jacob looks mighty uncomfortable, but the knights are laughing. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z “Some might not fancy answering to a youngster,” he said, “but I’m a toiling knight.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Lancelot parried the stroke with his bough, and the knight’s sword stuck in the wood. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z My father told my mom that Bijan was a great Persian knight tasked with helping farmers whose crops were being attacked by wild boars. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z The causeway has become a sparkling road of stones and white shells, and the quicksand on either side, grim graveyard of nearly a hundred knights, looks as innocent as any beach. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z "The straw knight jousts better than that one." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He held his sword loathingly, and pushed the knight away. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “So, it was about these two knights named Beauregard and Belvedere.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z During the election campaign of 1705, she knighted both Newton, Halifax’s protégé, and Halifax’s brother, in the hope that the honour would encourage voters to support them. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z The knights had begun to bind the other ogres, who were also stirring. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Qotho danced backward, aiakh whirling around his head in a shining blur, flickering out like lightning as the knight came on in a rush. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z So the bald knight said, “Georges! Robert! Come on!” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z “Whether thou’rt bent or straight, well or ill, knight or clerk, lord or minstrel.” The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z But thereupon Éomer rode up in haste, and with him came the knights of the household that still lived and had now mastered their horses. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z The knight had replied that the king could well do with a bit of shame ... yet he had done as she bid. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “You will be kept a prisoner until the queen returns. If nothing can be proved against you, you will not come to harm. You have my word as a knight.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z More than once she had feared the gallant old knight would not survive the journey. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He rolled onto his side and tried to find his feet, but pain shuddered through him and the world throbbed: The knight who had felled him drew up above him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Not too long after, my door swings open, and a troop of filthy knights comes in. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z The old knight strode across the hall, his long white cloak rippling behind him. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z We figured that if the knights leapt out and startled it, and then immediately dove back into hiding, they would survive unscathed. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Catching his horse by the bridle, Ser Dontos tried to mount, but the animal would not stand still and the knight was so drunk that his bare foot kept missing the stirrup. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z A count taken by Sir Bedivere showed that half the knights were missing. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He wanted to be the best knight in the world, so that Arthur would love him in return, and he wanted one other thing which was still possible in those days. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, without any warning, he spat—right on the bald knight’s leather boots. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Within a year she was dismissing servants, ordering about his household knights, even speaking for his lordship when he was indisposed. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It was pride that made me try to be the best knight in the world. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He would go to his death a knight, asking only that they take his head before his hands. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z In Despereaux’s dream, the light came to life, brilliant and glorious, in the shape of a knight swinging a sword. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z The ill-made knight turned to his oldest friend, to the first person he had loved with his poises. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z They spurred their mounts toward the knight in the cobalt armor. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Look at the decisive battle of Brenneville in which a field of nine hundred knights took part end only three were killed. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z "The Dothraki do things in their own time, for their own reasons," the knight answered. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He swung the dead knight against the grey stone of the tower, again and again and again, until the man’s head was red and pulpy as a summer melon. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "A knight of the Kingsguard. Can he still be a knight?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z And this skinny knight wif long blond hair and a face like a weasel is staring right down at them. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z The danger about being the best knight in the world was that if you were always being tested about it, the day was bound to come when you would fail to retain the title. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z "Even if Illyrio is the friend you think him," the knight said stubbornly, "he is not powerful enough to enthrone you by himself, no more than he could your brother." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The white knight chose his words with care. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Joffrey said nothing, but a man strange to Arya, a tall knight with black hair and bum scars on his face, pushed forward in front of the prince. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z His onscreen knight pierced the dragon’s hide with his steel blade. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z Queen Selyse descended upon Castle Black with her daughter and her daughter’s fool, her serving girls and lady companions, and a retinue of knights, sworn swords, and men-at-arms fifty strong. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Two knights came to him with a dispute about some land, and he decreed that they should duel for it on the morrow. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He was using the forces of Europe, personified by the Popes, Charlemagne, Richard the Lionhearted, and other knights. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z "You are more ignorant than a child, ser knight. There are no shadows in the dark. Shadows are the servants of light, the children of fire. The brightest flame casts the darkest shadows." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Jeanne, her mouth hanging open in horror, watched her mother lean in and whisper into the knight’s ear. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z And, at those times, Tristran Thorn's daydreams were strange, guilty fantasies, muddled and odd, of journeys through forests to rescue princesses from palaces, dreams of knights and trolls and mermaids. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Lords and knights moved aside as he stepped through, tall and fleshless, a skeleton in iron mail, the King's Justice. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "A thousand lovely knights," she said, "but not the sort my enemies need fear. And my bullocks cannot carry me across the water, I—why are we stopping?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Someone had fastened a pair of antlers to the knight's head. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “So you get to fight for them, like a knight who’s their champion.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z Deep shiny gashes gleamed all over the knight's armor, on his right thigh, his beaked visor, crossing on his breastplate, a long one along the front of his gorget. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z But when she looked, the white knight was gone, the bridge across the dry moat down but undefended. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z They could see the pro- ' cessional clerics busy about the decencies of death, and the twinkling knights standing motionless, and the people’s heads, like baskets of coconuts, round the outside of the square. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z It was where the steward had lived for many years in the absence of the knight. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z When she doubled over, the knight grabbed her hair and drew his sword, and for one hideous instant she was certain he meant to open her throat. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z You can imagine the situation: the pale knights starting to their feet in the candlelight, the ineffectual attempts at aid, and their supposing eyes turning upon one another with ashamed suspicion. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z One was me, bound naked on a hackney, with two knights riding on either side, and flogging me with thorns. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Or I could bargain to be a knight. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z All the time they were to go on bleeding, turn about, until the best knight in the world had tended them and salved them with his hands. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The little men were done up in wooden armor, miniature knights preparing for a joust. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "I am a knight—" "So I've noted. Tell me—did Cersei have you knighted before or after she took you into her bed?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z "And now my William and his friends are hunted. Hunted by the king, his knights, and the queen mother. All for trying, and failing, to save a few books." The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Behind her, Lord Robert shrieked with delight as one of the puppet knights sliced the other in half, spilling a flood of red sawdust onto the terrace. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z If this ex- panded idea of freedom spread, how safe were the kings and dukes, earls and knights, of England? Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z “Uncle, I can’t fight him- He knighted me. I will go if you wish, but I won't go in armour. I am afraid that mine is treason too.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z You want to put an end to the Strong Arm, by having a band of knights who believe in justice rather than strength. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The knights, their swords drawn, saw her and froze. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z "And forty more—twenty knights with as many squires. If I arrive without a knightly tail, the Tyrells will think me of small account." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He’s more a spotted knight than a white one, Tyrion thought inanely. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z So the knights disgorge the bitter leaf, black with saliva, into Jacob’s small palms. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z He walked up to a black knight and put his hand out to touch the knight’s horse. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z The knight went with it, a log caught in a current. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The knight raised a mailed hand, and his men formed a double column flanking Catelyn and her guard. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He put the white knight back in its place, but for the moment he could not settle down to serious study of the chess problem. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z "He is to serve as your personal squire. His father would like to see him knighted, in good time." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Fewer than a score of knights remained ahorse, charging and slashing at each other as watchers and fallen combatants cheered them on. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The knight came thundering down on him, swinging the spiked ball of a momingstar around his head. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z In his dreams, he is a knight on horseback, carrying a silver sword, and it does not really seem that strange after all. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “You know, I’m ninety-eight percent sure the queen would’ve knighted that guy had he not died so young, may his soul rest in peace.” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z Could this be her answer at last, a true knight sent to save her? A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The knights hadn’t made much progress with their binding either. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z “Fair knight,” he said, “put down that wounded man and 353 let him test a little. Then we two can prove our strengths.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Catelyn glanced around the room, at the faces of the knights and sworn swords, and took a deep breath to slow the frantic beating of her heart. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "But it was ships and soldiers I wanted" "Did I not give you an army, sweetest of women? A thousand knights, each in shining armor." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Beyond the tents the big destriers of the knights from White Harbor and the Twins were shivering in their horse lines. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The old knight's white mustache was pink with wine. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The bald knight looked at the other knights. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z The knight grunted, turning, wrenching his weapon up. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The canvas or sacking screens of their perches moved heavily in a breath of wind, like banners in a chapel, and the rapt nobility of the air kept their knight's vigil in knightly patience. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “But think of the maimed knights and the beating.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “I—I want to be your knight,” I stammer. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Stone-faced, he told the knight that they required audience with the queen. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The knight dismounted, then hammered on the door until a haggard slave with a horsehead on his cheek came running. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He had to make do with oddments assembled from Lord Lefford's wagons: mail hauberk and coif, a dead knight's gorget, lobstered greaves and gauntlets and pointed steel boots. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "Neither. These are gnats, not knights. I'd have them all put to death, only it's my name day. The tourney is done. Get them all out of my sight." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Cressen looked over the knights and captains and lords sitting silent.. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Not you! If the knights are anywhere nearby, they’ll spot you from a mile away. Gwenforte, too. Stay here with her. Jacob and I will find out where the inn is, and be right back.” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z In die songs, the knights never screamed nor begged for mercy. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Dain, about to be crowned the High King, has the power to grant me a place in the Court, the power to gainsay Madoc and make me a knight. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Clustered around the doors of the sept, in front of the raised marble pulpit, were a knot of knights and high lords. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z James Jay, who had been knighted by King George Ill, was the brother of a leading Patriot, John Jay. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z That was where His Grace left Queen Selyse and their daughter Shireen when he assembled his knights for the march to Castle Black. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z For one thing, the knights were more evenly matched, and, in the tilt with which it began, neither of them was unhorsed. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Beyond, in a clearing overlooking the river, they came upon a boy and a girl playing at knights. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z There were a few older men among them; knights, she surmised. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z There were Polish knights and kings and queens. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z The knight was a white steel shadow, his eyes shining darkly behind his helm. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Which I don't mention to Freak because he's very sensitive about knights and quests and secret meanings. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z I wonder how knights moved their huge poles on horses? Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z His Grace should have sent another man, a lord or knight or maester, someone who could speak for him without tripping on his own tongue. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “The tally was more than seven hundred. They were all kerns, of course. None of the knights were injured, except the one who broke his leg falling off the horse.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z "I prayed to the gods for a knight to come save me," she said. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z "What on earth?" he mutters, as the knights are swallowed, one by one. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z “All the knights,” said Arthur, “who got to the Grail had the sense to be confessed first.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z And he would never walk, nor fly, nor be a knight. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z "Louis, sweet Louis, good Louis, kind Louis...I have never known you to be a fool before. Please—call back your knights." The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Yes, he sent his knights after the Roach, allowing the Bomb to bar the doors of this room. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Even the knights and lords above the salt enjoyed less space than usual. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z His brother was a knight, and he hated his brother. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Jacob’s neck snaps backward, and he goes careening into the chest of one of the big knights. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z For the rest of his life he would be draped with plaudits and honors, becoming, among much else, the first person in Britain knighted for scientific achievement. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Another went clanging off the breastplate of the knight in the black-and-gold armor. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He was reading from the beginning so that he could get to the end, where the reader was assured that the knight and the fair maiden lived together happily ever after. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z “And our noble knight has been the Queen of England’s lover all the time.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z That is pestilence, not peace, the old knight told himself with his last sip of wine. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z A hundred knights had ridden out into the bay. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z But others preferred to use household knights and men-at-arms for those purposes, whilst keeping their seven as their own personal guard, never far from their sides. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Then as now, when a knight took the black, tradition decreed that he set aside his former arms and take up the plain black shield of the brotherhood. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Bran had never seen the old knight look so fierce. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Listen,” said Harry, taking advantage of the knight’s exhaustion, “we’re looking for the North Tower. You don’t know the way, do you?” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Suddenly he was Sir Will, a brave knight whose job it was to retrieve precious stolen objects from spooky evil wizards. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z The knight with the lazy eye looked like he was going to be sick. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z “Make way,” the knight growled as his horse pushed through the throng. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z And then, tracing each word with his paw, he read the story of a beautiful princess and the brave knight who serves and honors her. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z Magdalys read: My brother knight—I trust all is well with your endeavors and I write you with the utmost urgency. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z He left the living to look after the dead, sent Bronn to take charge of his captive knight, and went alone in search of his father. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Most recently, he sent me an utter fantasy in which he faces off against a goblin knight and somehow wins. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z "Even the truest knight cannot protect a king against himself," Ned said. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She did not gown herself as a lady, but chose a knight's finery instead, a velvet doublet quartered rose-and-azure, breeches and boots and a fine-tooled swordbelt, her new rainbow cloak flowing down her back. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Together they saw the tragedy and humiliation of their Table, from which no man was willing to save them— knew that the Queen of it was called, by common breath, a destroyer of good knights. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He slept, he dreamed, he watched. / was going to be a knight, Bran remembered. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The Hound had never taken a knight's vows. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Then the horse got up on its forelegs, its haunches heaved upright, and the knight sat up, lifting one steel gauntlet, as if to rub his head. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He watched Caswell’s weakling son named a page, a squire, and finally a knight. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z That perhaps brave knights had once roamed along our very river, and Lanternwood had been inhabited by secret princesses. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z “An admiral without ships, a hand without fingers, in service to a king without a throne. Is this a knight who comes before us, or the answer to a child’s riddle?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Supper was pease porridge and yesterday’s bread, and that caused muttering amongst the common men as well; above the salt, the lords and knights were seen to be eating ham. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Each hawk or falcon stood in the silver upon one leg, the other tucked up inside the apron of its panel, and each was a motionless statue of a knight in armour. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z It was useless to go on dramatizing her charms and talents for the benefit of these ridiculous knights—useless to go on hunting them with the tyrannous baits of what she thought was love. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Smiling at the Domish knights, she switched back to the Common Tongue. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He was a knight of Westeros, a man of the stormlands and the Domish marches; his place was in the Seven Kingdoms, not here upon the sweltering shores of Slaver’s Bay. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z On the dais, Lord Wyman Manderly sat between a pair of his White Harbor knights, spooning porridge into his fat face. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It’s the Sheriff of Nottingham’s knights who turn out to be evil robots. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Char said that one of the knights, acting as a scout, had seen me. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z The captain had only to look at him to see that the white knight was ill at ease. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The exile knight gave a weary shake of the head. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The riding knight who had captured him was a man of enormous stature, and Lancelot recognized him by his blazon as Sir Carados. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z A splendid way to die before he finished growing that mustache, but young knights always think themselves invincible. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Bailiff Charles chewed on his mustache and stared at the knight. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z He’s a knight, a mercenary, or an assassin, depending on the game. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z In the middle of it there was a green silk canopy borne on four spears by four knights gorgeously apparelled. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z We had an opportunity to relive the medieval era and enjoy a nice dinner while being entertained by knights participating in hand-to-hand combat. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Above the church door a stone lady gazes up at her stone knight. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Ghosts could walk, trees could talk, and broken boys could grow up to be knights. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z A few of his favourite knights had been taking their nightcap with him, but now he was alone. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z It looks like some kind of royal palace with its arched entryways and tall columns, and I half expect a robed king and queen to step out along with armored knights. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z And with that, my eight-year-old knight in shining armor rode off. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z "A knight is what you want. A warg is what you are. You can't change that, Bran, you can't deny it or push it away. You are the winged wolf, but you will never fly." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z When two knights jousted they held their lances in their right hands, but they directed their horses at one another so that each man had his opponent on his near side. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z If I were those knights, I wouldn’t want to keep her tied up. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z There are knights posted around the perimeter, but, indeed, they pay me little mind as I walk past. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “There is no knight in shining armor; it’s all just make-believe, like happily ever after. ” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z “Remember, don’t speak,” the knight whispered to me. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z As the northern lords studied the castle, a sally port opened, a plank bridge slid across the moat, and a dozen knights rode forth to confront them, led by four of Lord Walder's many sons. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z That was as good as being a knight. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The captains, knights, notable warriors, and others of high birth we shall ransom or make other use of, the rest I mean to hang... A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z They had got into it, because knights must always accept an adventure, and it had sailed away at once. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The knights and the children, the lord and the lady, they all turn to me, and listen. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z “He’d sell you to the queen for a pot of that Lannister gold. Poor man needs every dragon, with seven sons all determined to be knights.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The armor had been made of silver and gold, the knights of jade and beryl and onyx and tourmaline, of amber and opal and amethyst, each as tall'as her little finger. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z A day came when it no longer made sense for the knights of Castle Black to dine apart. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The guns and the wagons float past the dim background of the moonlit landscape, the riders in their steel helmets resemble knights of a forgotten time; it is strangely beautiful and arresting. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Fabian looks at the other knights and rolls his eyes. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Lady Arryn had summoned her knights and retainers to hear his confession, as he had hoped. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “You know me, ” that was what the knight in his dream had said. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z Ever since I was four or five years old I knew I’d be a knight. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z Then there came a brown-haired girl slender as a spear who stood on the tips of her toes to kiss the lips of a young knight as tall as Hodor. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The lower tables were crowded with knights, archers, and sellsword captains, tearing apart loaves of black bread to soak in their fish stew. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The knights and I had to jog after them, laughing all the way. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Elaine and the domestics sat in these galleries to watch, and the two knights fought beneath them for a long time. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z It seemed to Tyrion that the lad had grown three indies since being knighted. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The education of any civilized gentleman in those days used to go through three stages, page, squire, knight, and at any rate the Wart had been through the first two of these. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z "Oh, good. I am a knight of sorts myself, sweet ser. A champion of light and life." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z When the counterfeit Beast was perfected, the knights took it away and hid it in a cave at the foot of the cliffs, above high-water mark. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z They pressed on, covering not quite a mile before Renly's outriders came swooping down on them, twenty men mailed and mounted, led by a grizzled greybeard of a knight with bluejays on his surcoat. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Patchface covered his ears, Princess Shireen pressed her face into her mother’s furs, and the boldest of the queen’s knights moved forward, steel in hand. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The knight loomed overhead on his armored warhorse. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Her own mother says she’s in there,” the bald knight snapped. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Goblin children fleeing griffin-riders through fields, screaming and zigzagging as the elfin knights dipped lower, hurling magic flame from their flying mounts in the black, smoke-smogged skies. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z And if any young knights in armor dared to come calling on their white chargers and plead with me to let down my hair, I would pelt them with peach pits until they went home. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z The fat knight rode at him, and tried to swipe off his head, leaning across the horse between. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z In front of the inn, a couple of knights are out enjoying the fresh air and the sunset—Haye, Georges, and Robert. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z The knight scrambled along the ground toward him, and threw his arms round his thighs. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Help me, she prayed, send me a friend, a true knight to champion me . A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The wounded knights were laid on stretchers in the outer room. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The petitioners clustered near the tall doors, the knights and high lords and ladies beneath the tapestries, the smallfolk in the gallery, the mailed guards in their cloaks, gold or grey: all stood. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I expect her to get yanked by the throat for the insult, but the chubby knight who’s got her rope just laughs. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Last the rear guard—more knights in plate and mail, with a screening of outriders following half-hidden to make certain no foe could steal up on them unawares. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "He was no true knight," she whispered to him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The young knight with the green viper embroidered on his surcoat stepped forward and went to one knee. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Like other sons of noble family, he would be sent away from his mother and father to live in the household of another knight, where he would learn all the ways of knighthood. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z When the King’s nephew, a boy called Castor, came to be knighted on the following Saturday—this was the ceremony which Elaine was coming home to attend—there was gaiety in the castle. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z But the knight only grimaced, then turned to watch the bloody show. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Even so, the sight of him gladdened the old knight’s heart. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The man was no knight, but his courage had earned him that much courtesy. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The bald knight approached it, covering his face with a thick, hairy hand. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z A female knight sits beside them, her sword across her lap. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “I shall not be a knight because I am not a proper son of Sir Ector’s. They will knight Kay, and I shall be his squire.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The man is a shell, Tyrion thought, the first time he saw the big knight beaten. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Then he sat down in his black leather chair, considered his move for ninety-five seconds, and played his knight to his king bishop’s third square. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He stood in the hall with his knights and our entire household. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z The young knight gave him a disdainful smile. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Do these knights enjoy to be playing this game with our mother?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z "You require passage for a hundred Dothraki, all their horses, yourself and this knight, and three dragons?" said the captain of the great cog Ardent Friend before he walked away laughing. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The knights you have chosen to follow me are stout fellows and bear the command of a stripling with good humor. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Others followed—the queen’s knights first, partnered with her ladies. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Do you think it would be fine to be the best knight in the world? The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “You will be able to teach him all your tricks, so that he grows up to be the greatest knight in the world.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The knights had little curtains on the back of their helms, to keep the hot sun off the metal, like the handkerchief which cricketers will sometimes arrange behind their caps today. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The old knight put a hand on Bran's arm. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z But the men of the king’s household they could not yet bring from the field; for seven of the king’s knights had fallen there, and Déorwine their chief was among them. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Asha had heard rumors that some of the men-at-arms were wagering on which of the great knights and lords would be the next to die. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The knight gave his heels to his mount and started off again. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Griffins flew back and forth in the sky, cawing, while knights sitting on their backs brandished lances, spears, and bows. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z “I was excited, I suppose, and frightened about you. There was a press of people waving weapons, and knights trying to stop me. I had to cut my way.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The knights drop the ropes around the children’s necks. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z I told myself that the handsome young man was a sleeping knight. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Kneeling on the ground before Her was a knight in full armor, hands clasped in prayer, his face uplifted toward the Virgin. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z The tent was poor and shabby, compared with the splendid pavilions of the English knights. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Father thought the king’s knights weren’t aggressive enough; the earl believed them to be valiant and praiseworthy. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z “Come here! Come here!” the lady cried, leaping down from the dais and bustling from knight to knight. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z I twined arms with a succession of momentary partners—dukes, earls, knights, squires—and back to Char. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z The knights are walking, dragging the kids behind ’em like dogs. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z He let his eyes examine each of the remaining starting-point possibilities—top left, bottom left, and bottom right—and then, in a form of backward reasoning, tracked the path from the princess to the knight. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Before the rebellion, the old knight thought him too young and untried; afterward, he had been known to say that the Kingslayer should exchange that white cloak for a black one. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It was a horse that could have carried a knight in full armor into combat, but all it carried on its naked back was a woman, clothed from head to foot in grey. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z A lard an his cushioned chair might be crippled—the Walders said their grandfatfacr was so feeble he had to be carried everywhere in a litter—but not a knight on his destrier. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z There are gods, she Odd herself, and there are true knights too. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z "Yield. Ser knight, I yield to you. My pledge, here, here." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z There was the king, queen, rook, bishop, knight... The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The knight thought he could dupe the sailor. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The two knights stayed on the lookout “This is a pretty stale of affairs.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z She picks up the card with the knight from where it sits and places it on top of the crumbling castle. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Lord Nestor Royce, High Steward of the Vale and Keeper of the Gates of the Moon, was waiting in the yard to greet them, surrounded by his knights. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The knight crashed into the weep-ing woman, rocking her on her plinth. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “It is because she has a necessity to be hospitable to the knights.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z She had loved listening to the men on the benches too; to freeriders tough as leather, courtly knights and bold young squires, grizzled old men- at-arms. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z It was those that the old knight encountered—big men, masked as boar, bear, vole, and manticore. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Bailey stares at the card, wondering where the knight is going and what the card is supposed to mean. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “Did you really think that being a knight would make everything better?” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z A body of knights would pick sides, so that there were twenty or thirty on either side, and then they would rush together harum-scarum. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I pass the pair of knights and turn a corner, out of their sight line. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Catelyn did not need to be told; she had eyes, die could see the bright finger of blood running along the knight's forearm, the wetness inside the elbow joint. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "She forbade him to fight, in front of his brother, his knights, and half the court. Tell me truly, do you know any surer way to force King Robert into die melee? I ask you." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The knights of the guard were mounting, hopping beside their chargers with one foot in the stirrup, while each horse revolved about the axis of its rider. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Theon did not fear a doddering old man, but those watching archers and that line of knights were a different matter. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The beat knights had gone to perfection, leaving the wont to hold their sieges. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z At the same moment the knight leaned over to his near side and swapped off the lady’s head. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Shagwell the Fool hacked the heads off two dead knights and pranced about the castle swinging them by the hair and making them talk. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z |
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