| 单词 | knight-errant |
| 例句 | In Cervantes’s classic novel, a student tells the knight-errant Don Quixote, “The greater the fame of the writer, the more closely his books are scrutinized.” Salman Rushdie’s ‘Quichotte’ is a shambling ‘Don Quixote’ for our deceptive era - The Washington Post 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z He was trying to recapture his youth, the spirit of the knight-errant. A Reality Check for Steinbeck and Charley 2011-04-03T22:00:12Z But perhaps most of all there’s Jack Reacher, the loner knight-errant of Lee Child’s novels. ‘Ghostman’: a fixer takes on a big, dangerous mess 2013-02-14T22:52:46Z At the time, the private eye genre - typified by a wisecracking knight-errant with a pistol in his shoulder holster and a bad attitude toward authority - had fallen out of favor with both readers and critics. Parker's `Sixkill' has compelling story line 2011-05-04T11:24:12Z The 16th-century novelist Miguel de Cervantes framed his fictional story of the knight-errant Don Quixote as the translation of a recovered Arabic manuscript. The Enduring Echoes of Moorish Spain 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z Man of La Mancha Classic musical inspired by Cervantes' tales of the knight-errant Don Quixote. L.A. theater openings, Sept. 13-20: 'One Man, Two Guvnors' and more 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z Nonetheless, he is regarded by some in the astronomy community as a knight-errant, tilting at windmills. Harvard’s Avi Loeb Thinks We Should Study UFOs—and He’s Not Wrong 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z One man came as a patriotic duck; another as a bald eagle; another as a cross between a knight-errant and Captain America; another as Abraham Lincoln. Why rioters wear costumes 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z Lots of shoes are practical, but only this one was worn by the cowboy: an American folk hero, a knight-errant figure with world-wide appeal. The Cowboy Boot’s Unlikely Journey from Ranch to Runway 2018-08-21T04:00:00Z He tells his longtime fan David Remnick that his all-American tough guy is a modern-day knight-errant wandering the land doing good deeds. David Remnick Interviews Lee Child, the Creator of Jack Reacher 2018-08-13T04:00:00Z Maybe the film’s drab visuals are appropriate for the story of someone who thinks he’s a heroic knight-errant but is actually a deluded old man who uses kitchenware for armour. Was “The Man Who Killed Don Quixote” really worth it? 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z But facts seem neither an attractant nor a deterrent to Trump, who at times reminds me of Don Quixote, the fictional knight-errant of 17th-century Spanish writer Miguel de Cervantes. Opinion | Trump’s believe it or not 2018-03-16T04:00:00Z He has turned your pretty little head with his knight-errant airs and cavalry officer appearance. The House 'Round the Corner 2012-04-14T02:00:22.063Z Of course I am a worshipper at the shrine of injured innocence and persecuted beauty—every knight-errant must be that, you know; but no more. The Tree of Knowledge A Novel 2012-04-05T02:00:35.603Z He is "ever a fighter," like one of Browning's heroes; he is the knight-errant, the Quixote of modern English politics. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z I have always known that I was no knight-errant. The Great House 2012-03-30T02:00:14.973Z He felt, to be candid, a trifle awkward in the r�le of knight-errant, a part reserved in those days for Lord Peterborough. Sophia A Romance 2012-03-18T02:00:22.773Z Lord Craven, the Englishman, the truest knight-errant that ever followed banished queen--if all I hear be true--he is one; and his comrade, the Lord Horace Vere. My Lady Rotha A Romance 2012-02-27T03:00:10.983Z He was no knight-errant, no rescuer of dames; and, after all, the Vicomte was their father. The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z The Spain of the sixteenth century is to us as truly a land of romance as any over which a knight-errant roamed. The Gentle Reader 2012-02-15T03:00:37.463Z "I was returning from shooting, heard cries for help, and found Miss Audley playing the knight-errant, encircled by prostrate bodies!" The Great House 2012-03-30T02:00:14.973Z "You have to blow very hard," she warned him; and he being determined at all costs to impress Miss Hamilton blew like a knight-errant at the gate of an enchanted castle. Poor Relations 2012-02-11T03:04:00.973Z That dispatch is signed by that knight-errant of political chivalry, James G. Blaine. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 8 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Political 2012-02-11T03:03:48.503Z Another knight-errant, it seems, and less fortunate than the first! The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z He ought to have been born six or seven hundred years ago, he would have made a delightful knight-errant. A Roving Commission Or, Through the Black Insurrection at Hayti 2012-02-06T03:00:13.023Z When he did not answer, "It was not I who was the knight-errant," Mary said. The Great House 2012-03-30T02:00:14.973Z Q. Why is a modern advertiser like an ancient knight-errant? Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105 September 23, 1893 2012-01-27T03:00:21.910Z But an animal in trouble was a sight which flung Peggy's shyness to the winds, and she sprang like a knight-errant to the rescue. A Terrible Tomboy 2012-01-21T03:00:07.003Z You were not intended for a knight-errant, my good Wilfred; leave well alone. Christina 2012-01-16T03:00:06.507Z After breakfast, refreshed by the meal, I sallied forth, like a true knight-errant, under the shade of a white cotton sun-umbrella instead of a shield, to search for the lady of my choice. Strange Stories 2012-01-16T03:00:05.067Z The first knight-errant to meet his fate was our old Athens friend, Mr. Fearn. Fifty-One Years of Victorian Life 2012-01-15T03:00:15.917Z Know you not that all the actions and adventures of a knight-errant seem to be mere chimæras and follies? Legends & Romances of Spain 2012-01-10T03:00:18.593Z His thoughts went back to the days when he had decided to follow the calling of a knight-errant. A Knight on Wheels 2011-12-24T03:08:07.830Z Nietzsche is already the knight-errant of philosophy: but his adventure is just beginning. Thoughts Out of Season (Part II) 2011-12-07T03:00:18.847Z He was a belated knight-errant with a decided touch of the demagogue. The South American Republics Part I of II 2011-11-06T02:00:14.827Z The faithful knight-errant swung himself from branch to branch with an adroitness which proved that he was experienced in that mode of descent. The Danes Sketched by Themselves. Vol. I (of 3) A Series of Popular Stories by the Best Danish Authors 2011-10-25T02:00:28.357Z After lecturing Sancho Panza upon the duty of a knight-errant in meditation upon his lady, he became irritated with the squire because he could not understand the reason for his amorous fury. Legends & Romances of Spain 2012-01-10T03:00:18.593Z He was a knight-errant, a Norman gentleman, ever ready to succor the oppressed, but satisfied when he had unhorsed the oppressor, though the victim lay helpless on the ground. Recollections and Impressions 1822-1890 2011-10-15T02:00:25.820Z There is nothing of the knight-errant about him personally, notwithstanding his devotion to his hero. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z “Captain Wavell p. 164of Wavell’s Arabs, Greene,” and Bertram shook hands with a remarkable and romantic soldier of fortune, explorer and adventurous knight-errant, whom he came to like, respect, and admire with the greatest warmth. Cupid in Africa 2011-09-28T02:00:21.467Z "And that dear old knight-errant of a Cromlech!" Helena's Path 2011-07-29T02:00:22.607Z “Why, Yseulte, it was worth while getting into a fix to be rescued by such a knight-errant as that.” Golden Face A Tale of the Wild West 2011-07-05T02:00:27.453Z If he had lived in the Middle Ages, he would have been a knight-errant and a troubadour, only he cannot sing. Hania 2011-07-04T02:00:18.053Z Each attribute is personified by a knight-errant, with all the passions of bodily mortality. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z Mr. Bowles rolled into bed a perfect gentleman, and something of a knight-errant as well; but when Gloomy Gus gave vent to his shrill morning call he turned in his blankets and muttered. Bat Wing Bowles 2011-05-20T02:00:33.310Z There certainly was, as I remember it now, something of the knight-errant about the exploit. White Nights and Other Stories The Novels of Fyodor Dostoevsky, Volume X 2011-05-07T02:00:35.433Z Let the worst come to the worst, better be a knight-errant still than a keeper of sheep. The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha 2011-05-01T02:00:10.977Z Lugano was the home of the Italian patriot, Mazzini, who has been called the prophet of Italian unity, as Garibaldi was its knight-errant and Cavour its statesman. The Lure of the Camera 2011-04-27T02:00:25.413Z This business so adroitly accomplished, Jack released the fair prisoners in the castle, delivered the keys to them, and, like a true knight-errant, continued his journey without condescending to improve the condition of his purse. Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales A Sequel to the Nursery Rhymes of England 2011-04-01T02:00:34.340Z He belonged not to the age of the knight-errant and the saint, but to the modern world of practical study and action. The Canadian Portrait Gallery - Volumes 1 to 4 2011-03-23T02:00:23.527Z But young Ringgold had another motive for his conspicuous behaviour: he fancied he was playing the knight-errant, by this show of friendship for our family—for Virginia. Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land 2011-03-22T02:00:20.123Z "Not a cross," replied the knight, "for I never read in any history of chivalry that any knight-errant ever carried money about him." The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha 2011-05-01T02:00:10.977Z And I for my part," said Dyson, "go forth like a knight-errant in search of adventure. The Three Impostors or The Transmutations 2011-03-09T03:00:45.227Z Instead of seeking repose on his mat, he circulates round the Creek on knight-errant adventures. Settling Day 2011-03-08T03:00:36.623Z I know I was born to be a knight-errant, and protect innocent old men, and astonish the world generally. Sharing Her Crime 2011-03-04T03:00:54.907Z Of course, I am your knight-errant," answered Lawrence hastily, "and my Lady of Beauty must not forget me. The Courier of the Ozarks 2011-02-09T03:00:43.267Z Don Quixote also made yet more noise, calling them false and treacherous villains, and the lord of the castle base and unhospitable, and a discourteous knight, for suffering a knight-errant to be so abused. The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha 2011-05-01T02:00:10.977Z It is noteworthy that while the one knight-errant boldly declares that, "Nature knows no forward or backward races," the other more cautiously avoids the term "backward" and denies only inferiority for the Negro. The Color Line A Brief in Behalf of the Unborn 2011-01-30T03:00:15.907Z This bold knight-errant may find himself worsted in the tourney. No Surrender 2011-01-29T03:00:22.467Z No surprise need be felt, therefore, that in California a gambler like Jack Hamlin should have the qualities and perform the deeds of a knight-errant. The Life of Bret Harte With Some Account of the California Pioneers 2011-01-14T03:00:47.427Z "Every day I live I am prouder of my knight-errant than ever," she cried. The Courier of the Ozarks 2011-02-09T03:00:43.267Z "Your worship," said Sancho, "would make a better preacher than a knight-errant." The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha 2011-05-01T02:00:10.977Z The learned woman became as much an object of derision in France as was the knight-errant in Spain. Woman in Science With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind 2011-01-12T03:00:29.853Z "It is not our duty," said Bright, "to make this country the knight-errant of the human race." A Short History of English Liberalism 2010-12-22T15:03:38.007Z “But I shall fight like some knight-errant of old, and fly back.” Commodore Junk 2010-12-20T17:12:13.450Z "Are you not my own, my true knight-errant?" The Courier of the Ozarks 2011-02-09T03:00:43.267Z This being the case, friend Sancho, that knight-errant who best imitates him will be most certain of arriving at pre-eminence in chivalry. The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha 2011-05-01T02:00:10.977Z He was a knight-errant in the true sense of the term. History of The Reign of Philip The Second King of Spain Volume The Third and Biographical & Critical Miscellanies Well done, Tom; I knew you were a lad of spirit, and had too much of the knight-errant in you to allow a fair lady like this to be knocked down below her value. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 14 Uncle Jasper's letter was forgotten and Edward became again, in his own eyes, the knight-errant and hero. The Princess Galva A Romance The principal personage in the tale is Owain son of Urien, who appears in a character as foreign to the spirit of Celtic legend as it was familiar on the Continent, that of knight-errant. Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race Who has put it into your head that you are a knight-errant, and that you vanquish giants and robbers? The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha 2011-05-01T02:00:10.977Z He was going to be a knight-errant, and ride about all over the country, rescuing distressed damsels, and setting captives free, and fighting at least ten people at once! Tales of the Toys, Told by Themselves It is a hag whom Life denies his kiss As he rides questward in knight-errant wise; Only when he hath passed her is it his To know too late the Fairy in disguise. A Book of Epigrams It is grotesque to think of us, or of any country, as a knight-errant, rescuing nations forlorn from evil forsworn powers. American World Policies She was in his arms, her own about his neck, and were he a knight-errant and she some gracious princess, what sweeter guerdon could he claim? The Truth About Tristrem Varick A Novel If your misfortunes, afflicted lady, can admit of remedy from the valour or fortitude of a knight-errant, the little all that I possess shall be employed in your service. The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha 2011-05-01T02:00:10.977Z Gonzalo was a genuine knight-errant, fearless, generous, and chivalric, beloved alike in the New World by the soldiers he led and the Indians he conquered. The Spanish Pioneers “Ah, I hope the knight-errant wasn’t hurt; and, oh, do look, Tiny,” Fin cried, putting down her basket. Thereby Hangs a Tale Volume One I spoiled my cap by fetching water in it from a pool, like a true knight-errant would have done with his casque, and bound up the bleeding temple with my handkerchief. The Sapphire Cross A few centuries ago he would have made an admirable knight-errant. The Truth About Tristrem Varick A Novel Thou art in the right, Sancho," said Don Quixote; "for a knight-errant, with but two grains of good luck, is next in the order of promotion to the greatest lord in the world. The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha 2011-05-01T02:00:10.977Z Cased from head to heel in an armor of ice, as the glare of the lamp fell upon him he looked like a knight-errant mailed in steel. International Short Stories American With a woman's modesty he had the spirit of a knight-errant. The English in the West Indies or, The Bow of Ulysses Anne had not ordered the red wagon, and he was not therefore allowed to bring it out; but the little freckled knight-errant had brought himself instead as faithful escort homeward. Anne The king's brothers differed in their opinions: that of Don Fernand, though a knight-errant adventure, was approved of by the young nobility. The Lusiad or The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem Gentlemen," said he, "I am a knight-errant; and my profession is to shew favour to those that are in necessity, and to give assistance to those that are in distress. The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha 2011-05-01T02:00:10.977Z On the contrary, he was rather proud of it like a knight-errant who rejoices in the adoration bestowed upon the lady of his heart. The Brain Lady L. En cavalier, my dear knight-errant—Well, and how, and how: what intrigues, what gallantries are carrying on in the beau monde? The Constant Couple or, A Trip to the Jubilee As they thus conversed they saw a knight-errant in the road before them, who sat with spear in rest as if eager to joust. Historic Tales, Vol 14 (of 15) The Romance of Reality One or two stray passers added their mite of curiosity, when the knight-errant, who always breaks a lance for distressed womanhood, appeared upon the scene. An American Girl Abroad "I will die a knight-errant," cried Don Quixote; "and so let the Turks land where they please, how they please, and when they please, and with all the forces they can muster." The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha 2011-05-01T02:00:10.977Z No ladies in peril could desire a more valiant knight-errant than the vaunting little Italian assumed to be. Josephine Makers of History As for Petch, that valorous knight-errant crossed on the next boat, and the Hoboken police were already on the qui vive. The Bartlett Mystery "Since it is the custom of you knight-errant to make a man joust whether he will or no, I am your man." Historic Tales, Vol 14 (of 15) The Romance of Reality Then, turning to Eden, he added with the grace of a knight-errant, "Miss Menemon, allow me to present my congratulations." Eden An Episode As for Sancho Panza's part, I assure your grace he is one of the most pleasant squires that ever waited on a knight-errant. The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha 2011-05-01T02:00:10.977Z Adventures we seek, and no true knight-errant hesitates before the unknown and the dangerous. Historic Tales, Vol. XIII (of 15), Part I The Romance of Reality. King Arthur The generous theory of their romantic knight-errant brought into actual practice. Coelebs In Search of a Wife As they spoke, a servant came and told Tristram that a knight-errant had entered the town, and described the device on his shield. Historic Tales, Vol 14 (of 15) The Romance of Reality He felt somewhat like a knight-errant reconnoitring a new and very strange world. The "Genius" How can it be imagined that the bachelor Samson Carrasco should come as a knight-errant, armed at all points, to fight with me? The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha 2011-05-01T02:00:10.977Z "A knight-errant, as I live!" said the lord. Historic Tales, Vol. XIII (of 15), Part I The Romance of Reality. King Arthur “Oh! quite an adventure, I can assure you; and who do you think was my devoted knight-errant?” Wau-nan-gee or the Massacre at Chicago A Romance of the American Revolution "I cannot think," said Palamides, "that the great Arthur would ride thus secretly arrayed as a poor knight-errant." Historic Tales, Vol 14 (of 15) The Romance of Reality It did not consist with the gentleness of a knight-errant either to kill his mistress, or the man whom she was pleased to favour. The Tatler, Volume 3 "Look you, Sancho," quoth the wife; "ever since you have been a member of a knight-errant you talk so round about the bush that nobody can understand you." The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha 2011-05-01T02:00:10.977Z And I charge you, upon pain of death, to restore to these twenty knights their armor and property, and never again to distress a knight-errant. Historic Tales, Vol. XIII (of 15), Part I The Romance of Reality. King Arthur “That may be, but it was owing to his friendship, to the wish to learn something further of his fate, that we are indebted for the visit of this romantic knight-errant.” Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 4, September, 1850 Here he found lodgings in the town, and word was quickly brought to Tristram that a knight-errant had come. Historic Tales, Vol 14 (of 15) The Romance of Reality He in civil life whose thoughts turn upon schemes which may be of general benefit, without further reflection, is called a "projector"; and the man whose mind seems intent upon glorious achievements, a "knight-errant." The Tatler, Volume 3 Take heart, sir; recollect yourself, and gather up Rozinante's reins; cheer up, awake, and shew that you have courage befitting a knight-errant! The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha 2011-05-01T02:00:10.977Z Even while he promised neutrality in commerce, the clerks were prating a different story in the bar-rooms; and the late high feat of the knight-errant, Becker, had killed all confidence in Germans at the root. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 17 (of 25) My highwayman had turned into a protecting knight-errant of injured innocence. Miss Cayley's Adventures He rode softly towards the sound, for he deemed that some knight-errant lay there solacing himself with song. Historic Tales, Vol 14 (of 15) The Romance of Reality The Earl of Harrington, under whom the Gothic transfiguration was accomplished, seems to have regarded himself as a species of knight-errant. Memoirs of Life and Literature In an ill hour," said she, "did this unlucky knight-errant come into my house; I wish, for my part, I had never seen him, for he has been a dear guest to me. The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha 2011-05-01T02:00:10.977Z Not an illusion remained to the knight-errant; not a hope was left him but to be speedily relieved from this disreputable business. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 5 (of 25) One fellow mounts upon it, and sets off with the world before him, like a knight-errant, seeking an adventure, the rabble at his tail acting as squire. Callista : a Tale of the Third Century And every knight-errant who dared to joust with him was made to suffer from the fury that burned in his blood. Historic Tales, Vol 14 (of 15) The Romance of Reality He was as little like a knight-errant as she was to a sea captain's wife. Skipper Worse "There's no fear of that," said the innkeeper; "for I never design to turn knight-errant, because I find the customs that supported the noble order are quite out of doors." The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha 2011-05-01T02:00:10.977Z The tattooing recalled Smatt and Smatt's words; recalled to Martin his reason for being in that room; banished for the moment his knight-errant mood. Fire Mountain A Thrilling Sea Story "And what is a knight-errant?" asked Nell, turning her pretty head towards him. In Desert and Wilderness "Fair sir," said Lancelot, feebly, "I am a stranger and a knight-errant, who have sought renown through many realms, and have come here to my deadly peril." Historic Tales, Vol 14 (of 15) The Romance of Reality She was going forth to do battle alone for the tarnished honor of her name, a gallant little knight-errant, tight-lipped and heavy-hearted, and far more afraid than she dared admit. Kildares of Storm This knight-errant would fling his shield over the very spies who tracked his steps. Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle Fair ladies entertain him as if he had been a knight-errant in quest of the Holy Grail. Bunyan And it never occurred to him that probably no knight-errant had ever performed as much for his lady as he had done for his little sister. In Desert and Wilderness If I had been born three or four centuries ago I could have been a knight-errant or a troubadour. A Singer from the Sea Bozzy was a convivial knight-errant in what was called 'Saving the ladies.' James Boswell Famous Scots Series A better democrat never wore the armour of the knight-errant; a better Christian never assailed Orthodoxy. Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle Giants, dragons, and angelic champions carry us into a spurious fairy land, where the knight-errant is a preacher in disguise. Bunyan THE reception tendered Don Quixote was arranged in true knight-errant fashion by the Duke, who had ridden ahead and given full instructions to the servants. The Story of Don Quixote A knight-errant among badgers, he sought adventure for the sake of a lady-love whose face he had not even seen. Creatures of the Night A Book of Wild Life in Western Britain After seeing for a long time little but rusticity, their lively manner, and gay inviting appearance, pleased me so much, that I thought, for a moment, I could have been a knight-errant for them.' James Boswell Famous Scots Series You may go and tell him I advise him to relinquish his knight-errant project, or I will expose his absurdity by taking the advantage which the law offers in such cases. The Politician Out-Witted He belonged not to the age of the knight-errant and the saint, but to the modern world of practical study and practical action. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. X (of X) - America - II, Index The partisans of the Roman ritual placed their defence of it in the hands of one knight-errant, and those of the opposite party confided theirs to the care of another. Roman Catholicism in Spain He could have had a little cell and told his beads without being disturbed by anybody, except an occasional knight-errant who would blow a horn from the opposite bank. The Manor House School There are a distressed princess confined in a castle, and a knight-errant, who, after fighting wild beasts and dragons, sets her at liberty and marries her; wedding-feasts, jousts, and tournaments. Travels in China, Containing Descriptions, Observations, and Comparisons, Made and Collected in the Course of a Short Residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on a Subsequent Journey through the Country from Pekin to Canton Just as a knight-errant of the old time might set out to seek his mistress, so did Alban go to Warsaw determined to succeed. Aladdin of London or, Lodestar “The Wickliffe boy—is a knight-errant born out of time,” she said. Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905 Vincent was a homely little boy, but he had the soul of a knight-errant, and the grace of God shone from eyes that were never to lose their merry gleam even in extreme old age. Life of St. Vincent de Paul The thought of a bear had somehow given place to her old knight-errant of the soda-fountain. Virginia of Elk Creek Valley Herbert is sometimes cited as a model of a modern knight-errant, of an Amadis born too late. A History of Elizabethan Literature Why surely it is M. de Lalande, our cavalier, the knight-errant who goes about rescuing distressed dames. My Sword's My Fortune A Story of Old France In the Iliad he is represented as fighting against the centaurs, and in the Hesiodic poems he is an amorous knight-errant, misguided by the beautiful Ægle. Ancient States and Empires What is the name and purpose of this curious knight-errant? The Humbugs of the World An Account of Humbugs, Delusions, Impositions, Quackeries, Deceits and Deceivers Generally, in All Ages And now by some magic jugglery of ordinary events, each well within the bounds of credibility, yet so overwhelmingly incredible in their sequence and completeness, he was Sylvia's lover, her defender, her trusted knight-errant. The Strange Case of Mortimer Fenley The very name sounds strange; a locomotive disguised as a knight-errant—the agent of civilisation in the habiliments of chivalry. South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899 And, looking back on it, the most bitter portion of his own wrecked life was the short time he had yet thought happy; three months, spent as knight-errant. The Light of Scarthey The engineer devoted to discipline was already a free lance, because already a knight-errant. Lord Kitchener He would persuade you that he is a knight-errant of purity. American Sketches 1908 But to-day her only anxiety was to find her elusive quarters for the strange cruise, to learn whether or not her new knight-errant were alive or dead from the rigors of his escape. The Ghost Breaker A Novel Based Upon the Play It scarcely wanted a knight-errant like the fourth James, with his chivalrous tastes and devices, to fill the noble town with brightness, for all these fine sights were familiar to Edinburgh. Royal Edinburgh Her Saints, Kings, Prophets and Poets He stopped at many cities, and sometimes traveled on land with only a few attendants, like a simple knight-errant. With Spurs of Gold Heroes of Chivalry and their Deeds More than once they had heard him declare his intention to turn knight-errant, and they began to fear that he had carried out his mad design. Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes To her he seemed some knight-errant like those she had read about in the stories which her stepmother had forbidden her to read. The Day of Judgment As I live his horse is a mule—what a pity it was not some knight-errant! but I have heard that these fine gentry no longer exist.” The Tiger Hunter Mr. Opp’s soul was undoubtedly that of a knight-errant, but his body, alas! was not. Mr. Opp It is a nobler sight to behold a knight-errant assisting a widow in solitude than a courtier-knight complimenting a damsel in the city. Wit and Wisdom of Don Quixote This knight-errant proclivity ripened from the Quixotism of boyhood into the chivalrous devotion which had manifested itself in his somewhat romantic friendship for Maurice,—a friendship productive of such happy results to the young viscount. Fairy Fingers A Novel "It's something to have a knight-errant who's prepared to relieve a maiden in distress," reflected Wendy, seating herself on the fence to await the return of her chivalrous squire. A harum-scarum schoolgirl A knight-errant to the core, the atmosphere of Williams under Hopkins gave him his consecration. The Negro and the Nation A History of American Slavery and Enfranchisement "If I thought you a maiden in distress, I proved to be a very superfluous knight-errant," he retorted. The Fifth Ace To deprive a knight-errant of his mistress is to rob him of the eyes with which he sees, the sun by which he is enlightened, and the support by which he is maintained. Wit and Wisdom of Don Quixote Sidney combined the wisdom of a grave councillor with the romantic chivalry of a knight-errant. History of the English People, Volume V Puritan England, 1603-1660 Mark what Young says of the men of the world:— "They, who think nought so strong of the romance, So rank knight-errant, as a real friend." Lectures on Architecture and Painting Delivered at Edinburgh in November 1853 Before that, a student was a kind of troubadour, a cross between a monk and a crusader, a knight-errant of love and letters, and the moral code for him did not apply. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 13 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Lovers "In spite of my blindness and your pride, fate seems to have appointed you to the permanent job of knight-errant to the maiden in distress, hasn't it, Mr. Duenna?" The Fifth Ace "Look you, Sancho," replied Teresa, "ever since you have been a knight-errant man you talk in such a roundabout manner that nobody can understand you." Wit and Wisdom of Don Quixote But I can go to the armoury of grace, where there is an ever-open door and abundant welcome for every person who fain would be a knight-errant of the Lord. My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year I was too late to play the knight-errant. The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse The lady of the knight-errant might be one to whom he had never spoken. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 13 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Lovers The biographer dwells with loving and smiling particularity on the elvish phases of the young knight-errant. Pipefuls Nothing inspires a knight-errant with so much valor as the favor of his mistress. Wit and Wisdom of Don Quixote The little girl was sobbing, half in distress, and half because of the haste she had made, and Master Richard's juvenile soul burnt within him at the sight like that of a knight-errant. Julia And Her Romeo: A Chronicle Of Castle Barfield From "Schwartz" by David Christie Murray You cast your eye along that little book-shelf there and——" "Oh, I've been looking them over—Dante and Michael Angelo and Homer and Shakespeare and that knight-errant Spaniard and the rest of 'em. Sonnie-Boy's People In Monte Carlo there are many strange scenes, and the knight-errant often finds that his bump of caution has suddenly developed. The Lure of the Mask After seeing much service on the continent, and passing through as many adventures as a knight-errant of old, he was transferred to British North America. The Story of the Upper Canada Rebellion But for the present know that there is nothing in the world so pleasant to an honest man, as to be squire to a knight-errant, and seeker of adventures. Wit and Wisdom of Don Quixote The good man there was glad when he saw a knight-errant, and made him what cheer he might. Stories of King Arthur and His Knights Retold from Malory's "Morte dArthur" Master of himself, he walked beside her, cared for her, tended her, guarded her, served her as if he had been a knight-errant out of a romance, and she a distressed princess. Prisoners of Hope A Tale of Colonial Virginia The knight-errant, as Ariosto draws and reflects him, disdained so dishonourable a means of beating a foe. Historical Sketches, Volume I (of 3) The Turks in Their Relation to Europe; Marcus Tullius Cicero; Apollonius of Tyana; Primitive Christianity Do not forget them; be to them a knight-errant. The Daughters of Danaus Modesty is as becoming a knight-errant as courage. Wit and Wisdom of Don Quixote Her voice rang out shrilly, as she came forward, trembling with anger, and her knight-errant looked up at her in a daze of wonderment. Joyce's Investments A Story for Girls The frigate having refitted in Port Royal harbour, was again to sail—like a knight-errant—in search of adventures. Paul Gerrard The Cabin Boy Provided that castle is lost, Mr Pearce,” continued the captain, pointing to the French vessel—“this little frigate, if necessary, shall be knight-errant enough to bear her company.” The King's Own Foolish knight-errant, when you ought to know that drunkenness is at the root of these crimes! The Daughters of Danaus Why am I so unhappy a knight-errant that no damsel can see but she must presently fall in love with me? Wit and Wisdom of Don Quixote “A battle with a bear and a boa-constrictor in one day is pretty well enough to satisfy a knight-errant,” said I to myself. My First Voyage to Southern Seas Nothing but the highest praise is due to his conduct in Holland; to the valor of a knight-errant he added the best virtues of a commander and counsellor. Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth He was always happy in the woods, like a knight-errant in search of adventures, plenty of which he was indeed likely to meet with. On the Banks of the Amazon Fired by stories of a past, in which wealth and position had been won by his forefathers, he conceived the idea of becoming in his own person a hero—a knight-errant. The Mystics A Novel In his immaculate frock-coat, freshly-creased trousers, and irreproachable silk hat, he was as truly a knight-errant at that moment as any mailed warrior of old, going forth to fight a tourney for his lady’s favour. Flaming June The Swedish army had been crushed, and the Swedish hero-king was a mere knight-errant unable to return to his own land. Heroes of Modern Europe You don't say!" says I. "And you such a star at this knight-errant business! Shorty McCabe on the Job Don Quixote feels himself called on to become a knight-errant to defend the oppressed, and succor the injured. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 He does not look like a knight-errant who flies to the rescue of maids, and Tory maids at that, does he? The Tory Maid Neal went to England a sort of Yankee knight-errant to fight for his country. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No 3, September, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy. I could not help laughing at the idea of my tall, awkward master, a knight-errant to this queen of the amazons. Ernest Linwood or, The Inner Life of the Author "But tell me—who was the knight-errant, that I may at least shake hands with him." The Great Amulet The name implies “that the horse had risen from a mean condition to the highest honor a steed could achieve, for it was once a cart-horse, and was elevated into the charger of a knight-errant.” Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 "Ah, monsieur the Englishman," he said; "so you are off again, like a veritable knight-errant of romance, in search of fresh adventure." Saint Bartholomew's Eve A Tale of the Huguenot WarS He now determined to take up the profession of knight-errant, travelling from court to court, and winning smiles and fame wherever lists were set up or men of prowess could be found. Historical Tales, Vol. 6 (of 15) The Romance of Reality. French. He, in civil life, whose thoughts turn upon schemes which may be of general benefit, without further reflection, is called a projector; and the man whose mind seems intent upon glorious achievements, a knight-errant. The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886 Feudalism and the Crusades had commissioned the knight-errant; and now, when law began to hold sword for itself, the self-constituted legal force—knight-errantry—was no longer needed. A Hero and Some Other Folks After the battle of Eylau—like a miserable adventurer—a knight-errant—I went in disguise to the village where she had at length promised to meet me at her brother's house. Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia Dr. Beaumont therefore was left to perform the service of knight-errant all alone. The Loyalists, Vol. 1-3 An Historical Novel Thus the champion went forth as a knight-errant, with few followers, but a great name. Historical Tales - The Romance of Reality - Volume VII The matter-of-fact man of thirty was ready to tread in the footsteps of this great predecessor, and play the modern knight-errant with the whole-heartedness of Don Quixote himself. A Maker of History Essentially chivalrous, the French explorer proved the knight-errant among American discoverers. A Hero and Some Other Folks Cased from head to heel in an armor of ice, as the glare of the lamp fell upon him, he looked like a knight-errant mailed in steel. The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VII. (of X.) To the courage of a knight-errant Cochrane added the shrewd and humorous sagacity of a Scotchman. Deeds that Won the Empire Historic Battle Scenes And the knight-errant retreats, with drooping crest and smirched armor—a melancholy contrast to the preux chevalier who went forth but now chanting his war-song, conquering and to conquer. Sword and Gown A Novel The young knight-errant has run an eventful course, and he gives his account of it; but the leading event of his tale is himself. The Craft of Fiction The strange figure and accoutrements of Don Quixote raised great laughter among the gay ladies at the inn, and induced the puissant knight-errant to administer to them the rebuke "Excessive laughter without cause denotes folly." History of English Humour, Vol. 2 For it was not as colonists that most of them went, but in a spirit compounded of that of the crusader, the knight-errant, and the pirate. The Age of the Reformation "It does so," replied Don Quixote; "and if I do not complain of the pain, it is because a knight-errant must never complain of his wounds." The Ontario Readers Third Book Come! gentle sleep, and take this friendless little knight-errant in thy kind arms! Timothy's Quest A Story for Anybody, Young or Old, Who Cares to Read It Her knight-errant was neither young nor handsome, being, indeed, rather bald and stout, but no orthodox interesting hero of fiction could have been more welcome at the moment. A Popular Schoolgirl Who the first set of witnesses were which they produced before their knight-errant chief-justice, Sir Elijah Impey, who wandered in search of a law adventure, I have laid open to your Lordships. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 12 (of 12) I regarded her, though, with the chivalrous eyes of a knight-errant on quest; I may say I don't know that I ever felt prouder, old friend, of a conquest. The Heptalogia Thus, among the more ardent Catholics, especially the refugees at the Seminary at Rheims, a crown in heaven was held out to any spiritual knight-errant who would remove the obstacle. English Seamen in the Sixteenth Century Lectures Delivered at Oxford Easter Terms 1893-4 And all this was nothing as yet but the exercise of a knight-errant in his infancy. Georges Guynemer Knight of the Air What room was left for a knight-errant in the Spain of to-day, ruling by steel and shot and flame and gold? Days of the Discoverers To her he was a young knight-errant, the hero of a budding maiden's shyest, sweetest, fondest fancy, and ere long the idol of the dreams and thoughts she dared not whisper even to herself. Foes in Ambush Bethink you, this is no knight-errant venture; we are two of Dan Morgan's soldiers bent upon doing a thing most needful for the welfare of the country and its cause. The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady If hard usage and obstacles could cure a knight-errant of his sentiment, then Jimmy Hambleton had been free of his passion for the Face. The Stolen Singer But he turned aside to become the knight-errant of the poor. The Investment of Influence A Study of Social Sympathy and Service The second son, Laurence, had distinguished himself at Oxford, and had become a knight-errant of the Society of Antiquaries. The Vicissitudes of Bessie Fairfax He sailed to strange skies, a knight-errant of a star, and he could tow the masses with him. The Romance of a Pro-Consul Being The Personal Life And Memoirs Of The Right Hon. Sir George Grey, K.C.B. You will be besieged with wrongs—will be the only "Defender of the Faithful"—not knight-errant, for you may stay at home, and all will come to you for redress. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 337, November, 1843 His courage in walking unarmed and without police escort in Tulla and Athenry was as great as ever was displayed by a knight-errant of old. The Reminiscences of an Irish Land Agent Sebastian, by disposition a crusading knight-errant, devoted to religion and chivalry, becomes, in the hands of Dryden, merely a gallant soldier and high-spirited prince, such as existed in the poet's own days. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 07 "And to think," said he, at last, in a hoarse and not over-steady-voice, "that I dared to compare myself to a knight-errant!" The Wharf by the Docks A Novel You seek adventures with as much gusto as a knight-errant of the olden times. The Gold Hunters' Adventures Or, Life in Australia Like Fouqué, Digby was inspired by the ideal of knighthood, but he emphasises not so much the gallantry of the knight-errant as his religious character as the champion of Holy Church. A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century Since the morning a restraint had fallen between the knight-errant and the rescued lady—a restraint Mollie saw clearly enough, but could not properly understand. The Unseen Bridgegroom or, Wedded For a Week The Old World was tough in wickedness anyhow; the Old World's heart of stone might blunt the sharpest blade of the bravest knight-errant. The Economic Consequences of the Peace "It does so," answered Don Quixote, "and if I do not complain of the pain, it is because a knight-errant must never complain of his wounds, though they be killing him." Young Folks Treasury, Volume 3 (of 12) Classic Tales and Old-Fashioned Stories The knight-errant was described as courteous, religious, valiant, adventurous, and temperate. A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century The age which turned Hercules into a knight-errant, very consistently represented the poet and philosopher as a magician. A History of English Prose Fiction The warlike Mstislaf, greedy of renown, with the chivalry of a knight-errant, sought to have a hand in every quarrel then raging far or near. The Empire of Russia The English attitude is that of the knight-errant, seeking high adventures and welcoming death in a noble cause. Out To Win The Story of America in France "Defile not by a touch the armor of the most brave knight-errant that ever wore a sword." Young Folks Treasury, Volume 3 (of 12) Classic Tales and Old-Fashioned Stories These two the poet sends forth, as a knight-errant with a squire, to correct existing abuses of all kinds—political, religious, and scientific. English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction Hercules, according to them, performed his labors, not because of the wrath of Juno or the command of Jove, but, like a true knight-errant, to gain the favor of a Boeotian princess. A History of English Prose Fiction Let this knight-errant be sent--so said this Mentor of the Press--and his strange power over men would accomplish the impossible. The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) A knight-errant of the spirit, as he himself calls the Spanish mystics, he starts for his adventures after having, like Hernán Cortés, burnt his ships. Tragic Sense Of Life The very name sounds strange; a locomotive disguised as a knight-errant; the agent of civilisation in the habiliments of chivalry. London to Ladysmith via Pretoria "May I know what your knight-errant is saying to you, Mary?" inquired Mrs. Becker. Willis the Pilot Across the field of imagination there passed the figure of one who "went away sorrowful, having great possessions," and his heart—the heart of a child or a knight-errant—burned within him. The Marriage of William Ashe The Government having used their knight-errant, now put him on one side as too insubordinate and ambitious for his post. The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) If, as some say, in Spain Don Quixote is dead and Sancho lives, then we are saved, for Sancho, his master dead, will become a knight-errant himself. Tragic Sense Of Life "That may be, but it was owing to his friendship, to the wish to learn something further of his fate, that we are indebted for the visit of this romantic knight-errant." International Weekly Miscellany - Volume 1, No. 9, August 26, 1850 In relation to Julie, Delafield had been surely the mere shadow and agent of his little cousin the Duchess--a friendly, knight-errant sort of person, with a liking for the distressed. Lady Rose's Daughter Ill for ill, it is even better to be a knight-errant than a shepherd. The Children's Hour, v 5. Stories From Seven Old Favorites At Jerusalem he figured as the Christian knight-errant, but at Damascus as the champion of the Moslem creed. The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) Bruno, the knight-errant of these truths, devoted all his life to scourging pedantry, and dissented in toto from the idol of the schools. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 6 At that time, when a gentleman went on a distant visit, he sallied forth like a knight-errant on an enterprise, and every family excursion was a pageant. Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists But, alas! he is in addition a knight-errant—and such a knight-errant as Europe has never seen before. The Boy Knight In spite of my character of knight-errant, I reached my dear mountains without any other adventure. The Cross of Berny Shepherd going to see her there, broke the doors open, beat the keeper, and like a true knight-errant, set his distressed paramour at liberty. Lives of the Most Remarkable Criminals Who have been Condemned and Executed for Murder, the Highway, Housebreaking, Street Robberies, Coining or other offences How near the character of the duellist, originally, approached to that of the knight-errant, appears from a transaction, which took place at the siege of Juliers, betwixt this Balagny and Lord Herbert. Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, Volume 2 Consisting of Historical and Romantic Ballads, Collected in The Southern Counties of Scotland; with a Few of Modern Date, Founded Upon Local Tradition He was a typical knight-errant; more than this, he was a great commander. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 12 — Modern History Charley pulled the long hair once more, as they passed, and began to sing, "Willie went a-hunting"; but the young knight-errant was too sleepy and tired to return to the charge. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 65, March, 1863 I reply that it is better to be a real Vaudeville Frenchman than an imitation of English jockeys, as they are; they call me knight-errant because I reprove them for speaking coarsely of women. The Cross of Berny The opposite extreme to the knight-errant in reference to public service would be the State-servant who was attached to his task solely by want, without genuine duty and right. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 07 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes The hero of the book, Amadis, surnamed the Knight of the Lion, stands for a type of a constant and deferential lover, as well as a model knight-errant, of whom Don Quixote is the caricature. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge If this young lady was going to California, he might perhaps be her knight-errant across the desert, guard her from privations and hardships, and crown himself with her smiles. Overland At the small hostelry whose hospitality they sought the hawkers gave their names as Gasparini and Romano, names which masked the identities of the knight-errant Duc and his friend, La Fosse, respectively. Love affairs of the Courts of Europe I am told Don Quixote is almost a savage; he travels all the time so as to sustain his character as knight-errant, and that he spent last winter in Rome.... The Cross of Berny But alas! he is in addition a knight-errant—and such a knight-errant as Europe has never seen before. Winning His Spurs A Tale of the Crusades But he acted like a knight-errant, not like a general, gave battle, and was defeated and slain, "The Last of the Barons." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 55, May, 1862 For two days he had faced death, fighting like a legionary or a knight-errant, and in short playing the hero. Overland Dignity is a good thing to stand on, but a poor thing to travel with, and Max soon found it the most cumbersome piece of luggage a knight-errant could carry. Yolanda: Maid of Burgundy Or the next knight-errant you light upon may prove something ruder than--Captain Berkeley!' The Castle Inn Blanes explained like a knight-errant the impulse that had called him to the war. Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel There is too much of the love-lorn knight-errant, and too little of the Roman warrior, in Dryden's hero. The Dramatic Works of John Dryden, Volume 1 With a Life of the Author I was dressed and sent out to conquer, with a heart beating like that of an old knight-errant at his first sally. The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 03 The Rambler, Volume II When he was in Skye he amused himself by thinking of his Scottish tour as the journey of a knight-errant. English Literature: Modern Home University Library of Modern Knowledge In his home-coming,--her champion and knight-errant from childhood's early days,--there came to Florence a compensation for all that she had suffered. Ten Girls from Dickens Over the Mediterranean waves had sailed Roger de Lauria, knight-errant of vast tracts of sea, who wished to clothe even the fishes with the colors of Aragon. Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel There was a certain piquancy in travelling alone with this knight-errant. The Port of Adventure Words that to some might seem wild, even insane in their extravagance, sung by some ancient forgotten poet; or possibly the motto of some love-sick knight-errant, whose passion was consumed to ashes long centuries ago. Green Mansions: a romance of the tropical forest "What ho! my knight-errant of Twynham!" said a voice, "You are off to Ebro, I hear; and, by the holy fish of Tobias! you must take me under your banner." The White Company The insult was unresented: but, one day, when her lover appeared as usual, a British officer, approaching her, spoke sneeringly, or disrespectfully, of our knight-errant. The Life of Francis Marion The flying man has recaptured some of the glamour and romance which encircled the knight-errant of old. The Mastery of the Air I was no longer a knight-errant, prepared on all occasions by dint of arms to vindicate the cause of every principle that was unjustly handled, and every character that was wrongfully assailed. Thoughts on Man, His Nature, Productions and Discoveries Interspersed with Some Particulars Respecting the Author I am here on a hare-brained errand, playing knight-errant in a way that shocks my common sense. Gulliver of Mars As he spoke, the knight-errant, who had remounted his warhorse, galloped forward to the royal stand, with a silken kerchief bound round his wounded arm. The White Company He was a sort of knight-errant in the brigade, and his behavior seemed not unfrequently dictated by a passion for chivalrous display. The Life of Francis Marion Even while he promised neutrality in commerce, the clerks were prating a different story in the bar-rooms; and the late high feat of the knight-errant, Becker, had killed all confidence in Germans at the root. A Footnote to History Eight Years of Trouble in Samoa I can't turn knight-errant, and undertake to redress every individual case of wrong in such a city as this. Uncle Tom's Cabin Charles XII was ere long to be a mere knight-errant at Bender. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 12 Mr. Waverton felt a pleasant warmth of heroism steal over him, felt himself a knight-errant rescuing his lady from the powers of darkness. The Highwayman After seeing for a long time little but rusticity, their lively manner, and gay, inviting appearance, pleased me so much, that I thought for the moment, I could have been a knight-errant for them. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 2 Great Britain and Ireland, Part 2 When they were in full assembly, Lothaire introduced the miller, bidding him say whether the knight-errant was present. Cameos from English History, from Rollo to Edward II These things interested her greatly, so much so that it seemed to her one of those knight-errant stories or one of the minstrel songs in Germany, and the rybalt songs in Mazowsze. The Knights of the Cross or, Krzyzacy That is, of the gambler and bully who some time ago had been attempting to plunder brother Edward; and who had been so successfully opposed by the family knight-errant, Henley! Anna St. Ives But the virgin in distress found her knight-errant duly provided. The Highwayman A lover without pounds is the most helpless and contemptible of mankind; he is a knight-errant without his armour, a troubadour without his lute. Birds of Prey A time of greater quiet succeeded, during which young Henry set out as a knight-errant, going from one country to another in search of opportunities of performing deeds of arms. Cameos from English History, from Rollo to Edward II The student took off his hat, and approached the lady, deferential as knight-errant of old awaiting the behest of his liege mistress. Charlotte's Inheritance "And pray who is this generous knight-errant so ready to rush to the rescue of beauty in distress?" Run to Earth A Novel Why, he gave me the only knight-errant ever I had. The Highwayman He fought through life like an old knight-errant, but without enthusiasm. Authors and Friends The Etheling had never shed blood to regain his own lost kingdom; but he was a true knight-errant and redresser of wrongs. Cameos from English History, from Rollo to Edward II That occurred to him now, and he pictured to himself how it would look if he, Paul the simpleton, were to play the lute here as a knight-errant, crowing longing love-songs at the same time. Dame Care Caesar, the most skilful and prudent of generals, was yet adventurous as a knight-errant. Caesar: a Sketch But I was still under the influence of the girl's melting gaze, and I saw that this was where I started in as a knight-errant. My Man Jeeves It elevates the merchant into a kind of knight-errant, or rather a commercial Quixote. The Crayon Papers In the early springtime, therefore, all the young men who are of the proper age band themselves together and take to the forest in search—like the knight-errant of old—of adventure and danger. The old Santa Fe trail The Story of a Great Highway He was the complete courtier, the knight-errant, the romantic preux-chevalier all in one. The Historical Nights' Entertainment Second Series The gay and reckless presumption of Edward, worthier of a knight-errant than a monarch, laughed at the word invasion. The Last of the Barons — Complete What I mean is, she made me feel alert and dashing, like a jolly old knight-errant or something of that kind. My Man Jeeves Madam," I said laughingly, "the next time I play the knight-errant, may God send me a less observant damsel. The Yeoman Adventurer Let us the brave knight-errant / receive so courteously That we in nought shall merit / his hate, for strong is he. The Nibelungenlied Translated into Rhymed English Verse in the Metre of the Original Garibaldi has been called the knight-errant; Mazzini, the prophet of Italian unity; and Cavour was the hub which formed the centre of the wheel of Italy's fortunes. Memoir and Letters of Francis W. Newman Every day a knight-errant or so came along, and the sight of them fired the king's martial spirit every time. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Part 6. Alas, youth! these are strange times," observed the president, "when a doctor of divinity and an under-graduate set forth, like a knight-errant and his squire, in search of a stray damsel. Fanshawe I would that I could ramble about and act the knight-errant as you do. A March on London A bold knight-errant / am I; unlock the gate. The Nibelungenlied Translated into Rhymed English Verse in the Metre of the Original Frank, as chivalrous as a knight-errant of old, would fain have died at his post, but his mother interfered; and he could do no less than obey her. Two Years Ago, Volume I But he was destined that day to play knight-errant to ladies in distress. Dawn Like the warriors Hugo exalts in his Légende des Siècles, you have been the champion of justice, the knight-errant of liberty. Paris under the Commune The Seventy-Three Days of the Second Siege; with Numerous Illustrations, Sketches Taken on the Spot, and Portraits (from the Original Photographs) Certes, this is no knight-errant who sings, but an angel from Paradise who hath come among us. The Story of the Champions of the Round Table He is esquire to a knight-errant, donzel to the damsels, and gentleman usher daily waiter on the ladies, that rubs out his time in making legs and love to them. Character Writings of the 17th Century For Arthur is no knight-errant, but a grim, stern, ferocious Saxon warrior, loved by his subjects, yet dreaded by them as well as by his foes. Arthurian Chronicles: Roman de Brut But the little peer was prepared for this incident, and having his sword drawn, made a sudden pass at our generous knight-errant. Damon and Delia A Tale The characters of buccaneer, land-pirate, knight-errant could not be conveniently united with those of banker, exchange broker, dealer in dry goods, and general commission agents. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 02, December, 1857 And Rudin himself, though he always welcomed Volintsev with effusion, though he called him a knight-errant, and borrowed money from him, did not feel exactly friendly towards him. Rudin He is a kind of a knight-errant that is bound by his order to defend the weak and distressed, and deliver enchanted paradoxes, that are bewitched and held by magicians and conjurers in invisible castles. Character Writings of the 17th Century Garibaldi, "the hero of the red shirt," was the knight-errant of Italian independence. General History for Colleges and High Schools You were the knight-errant, and I was the Christian maiden in the hands of the ogre, and when you heard of it you buckled on your armour and started to the rescue. The People of the Mist Sir Launcelot was not now so much of a knight-errant as to leave Aurelia to the care of Providence, and pursue the traitors to the farthest extremities of the earth. The Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves The magic word took Mrs Ford's mind off the matrimonial future of Mr Burns, and brought him into prominence in his capacity of knight-errant. The Little Nugget He looked like a large, grave, elderly monkey, but he was as brave as a lion and as courteous, as chivalrous, and as loyal as an Arthurian knight-errant. The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography Alas, the unlucky hour when this knight-errant came to my house! The Junior Classics — Volume 4 But first I must explain that I am no knight-errant. The People of the Mist A knight-errant ought to understand the sciences, to be master of ethics or morality, to be well versed in theology, a complete casuist, and minutely acquainted with the laws of his country. The Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves The contemplation of Mr Burns as knight-errant healed the sting of defeat. The Little Nugget The editor has exceptional opportunities, and might be the knight-errant of our age. A Day of Fate "What is a knight-errant?" asked the young woman. The Junior Classics — Volume 4 After seeing for a long time little but rusticity, their lively manner, and gay inviting appearance, pleased me so much, that I thought, for the moment, I could have been a knight-errant for them. The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, LL.D. "And I say unto thee," resumed the knight, "nothing is impossible to a true knight-errant, inspired and animated by love." The Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves A woman of her sort can trick a man into whatever meanness she pleases, and, just because she asks him, he thinks himself a kind of knight-errant. The Little Nugget Now is the time for me to display courage, and prove than an editor can be the knight-errant of the age. A Day of Fate She is a girl of mettle, tall and stout, and a sturdy lass that can hold her own with any knight-errant in the world. The Junior Classics — Volume 4 She had called me her knight-errant, and I owed it to her to do nothing of which she would disapprove. Captain Macklin We shall not dwell upon this tender scene, because it is but of a secondary concern in the history of our knight-errant. The Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves Never had knight-errant been more true to his mistress. Charlemont; Or, the Pride of the Village. a Tale of Kentucky With incomprehensible boldness he decided to make an accomplice of the eager and unsuspecting knight-errant! Green Fancy Know then, sister mine, that a knight-errant is a thing which in two words is found cudgelled and an emperor. The Junior Classics — Volume 4 I'm not to remember I ever was a knight-errant. Captain Macklin "If we go by perils dared, the uncle is the true knight-errant," said she to her father. Love and Life An Old Story in Eighteenth Century Costume "My dear Madame," said Annesley, recovering with an effort his wonted sang-froid, "I was merely endeavouring to calm the rhapsodies of my friend, who seemed disposed to throw himself at your feet in knight-errant fashion." Tales of Chinatown Hearing all this, and being somewhat of the knight-errant order, C. and I determined to face the danger, and, if possible, deliver the town from the enchantment. Dreams and Dream Stories "Is it the custom in this country, lout, to speak in that way to a knight-errant?" The Junior Classics — Volume 4 But shall we make of Emile a knight-errant, a redresser of wrongs, a paladin? Emile So Montague made his d�but in the r�le of knight-errant. The Metropolis It was a long way to Madame Bernard's, and Juliet's knight-errant was weary, after an exhausting day in town. Old Rose and Silver Yerkes led the way again impulsively as any knight-errant rescuing beleaguered dames, but I looked back and saw that the Syrian woman had locked the outer door. The Ivory Trail "Peace, friend Sancho," said Don Quixote, "when didst thou read of a knight-errant that was brought before the judge though he killed ever so many people?" The Junior Classics — Volume 4 Emerson is the knight-errant of the moral sentiment. Birds and Poets : with Other Papers You shall be rewarded for your constancy at last, dear knight-errant. Hilda Wade, a Woman with Tenacity of Purpose "You're a real knight-errant, sir," squeaked one of the two, looking up into the kindly face. The Landloper Each morning I bring to the meadow a little bundle of my things and give them to my knight-errant and he takes them to the inn where he is staying. Nonsense Novels Foreboding evil it announced the knight-errant of never-ending space, a wicked comet. Tales of Aztlan; the Romance of a Hero of our Late Spanish-American War, Incidents of Interest from the Life of a western Pioneer and Other Tales "Evidently the role of knight-errant is new to you," she observed. The Lamp of Fate Aiming at something, he knew not what, he ransacked Europe and India for adventures, and abandoning the fair pretensions he began with, he became the knight-errant of modern times. Writings of Thomas Paine — Volume 2 (1779-1792): the Rights of Man "I think I'll have to lay it all to those nice old ladies who were foolish enough to put that knight-errant idea into my head," he said. The Landloper A good knight-errant is an indifferent courtier and a bad statesman. Love-at-Arms Sheepishly, overwhelmed with confusion, I went out—a knight-errant with a shorn crest. The Strolling Saint; being the confessions of the high and mighty Agostino D'Anguissola, tyrant of Mondolfo and Lord of Carmina in the state of Piacenza Then, too, there was something of fascination after all, in going out alone like a knight-errant to conquer the world. The Fortunes of Oliver Horn She deemed me some knight-errant who caracoled through Italy in quest of imperilled maidens needing aid. The Shame of Motley: being the memoir of certain transactions in the life of Lazzaro Biancomonte, of Biancomonte, sometime fool of the court of Pesaro "I find that I get along much better in the world," asserted the knight-errant. The Landloper You said, Fanfulla, that in these days there are no longer maidens held in bondage to whom a knight-errant may lend aid. Love-at-Arms The captive churchman chafes with empty rage, Till some knight-errant free him from his cage. Cambridge Pieces Raleigh's next few years are brilliant and busy ones; and gladly, did space permit, would I give details of those brilliant adventures which make this part of his life that of a true knight-errant. Sir Walter Raleigh and His Time This is said gayly, or sportively, as keeping up the idea of a knight-errant. The Lady of the Lake Don Quixote was not a better knight-errant than you are. Framley Parsonage I am a knight-errant, not a prince, and I'll not be converted from one to the other. Love-at-Arms Above all it was his wish to find the occasion for one of those adventurous passages of arms which had made his name famous throughout Christendom as the very pattern and leader of knight-errant chivalry. Sir Nigel He is a fanatic, no doubt, a true knight-errant: but he is too much of a poet withal. Sir Walter Raleigh and His Time And the Dalesmen gave a pace forward spontaneously as the gray knight-errant stole across the green. Bob, Son of Battle And in this knight-errant it seemed to her that she had got it. The Patrician And from where she stood she sought with admiring eyes the graceful shape of the Count of Aquila—the knight-errant of her dreams. Love-at-Arms And above all I pray you, Nigel, none of your knight-errant ways. Sir Nigel "The earth no sooner put on her green habit," says our knight-errant," than the earl overspread her with his troops." The Complete Writings of Charles Dudley Warner — Volume 3 He dwelt passingly upon the manner in which they had treated him, and found it difficult to choose words to express the reason for his returning in disguise to play the knight-errant to Valerie. Saint Martin's Summer Why, this love of mine reacheth back through the years to Sir Martin, my little knight-errant, and hath grown with the years till now it filleth me and the universe about me. Black Bartlemy's Treasure There, like some knight-errant of philosophy, he offered to defend nine hundred bold paradoxes, drawn from the most opposite sources, against all comers. The Renaissance Studies in Art and Poetry It somewhat discounted the knight-errant idea, riding stirrup to stirrup beside that barbarian horseman. All Roads Lead to Calvary The door yielded to my hand, with all that facility with which the portals of enchanted castles yield to the adventurous knight-errant. The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon "Good luck, my knight-errant, good luck—and come back to me soon!" The House of the Wolf; a romance Though not mad, he is eccentric, and commences knight-errant. Adventures Among Books "Romance," I said, "attended the sombre grey and blue levies as faithfully as she ever rode with knight-errant or crusader." The Path of the King The boy thought over what a good knight-errant would do in such case, and then answered, "Tell you what: I'll fight you for it." Westward Ho!, or, the voyages and adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight, of Burrough, in the county of Devon, in the reign of her most glorious majesty Queen Elizabeth Did Charlotte want a knight-errant, or a devoted lover, the Marquis of Douro, or Lord Charles Wellesley, came ready to her hand. Life of Charlotte Brontë — Volume 1 My knight-errant must have faith in me, as I have in him; or he would not be here at this time of night, and alone with me. The House of the Wolf; a romance In feeling, he was a knight-errant rescuing beauty in distress from a dungeon cell. The Lost House To play at once the buffoon and the knight-errant, like his Irish friend, would have been absolute torture to him; but even the semi-official part he had played that afternoon was very painful. Manalive As the queen's true knight-errant, I am bound to be behindhand in no adventure. Westward Ho!, or, the voyages and adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight, of Burrough, in the county of Devon, in the reign of her most glorious majesty Queen Elizabeth He might play knight-errant at my expense, but he would indulge in no wassail afterward, commemorating my weakness and gullibility. Options Pizarro appears only as an adventurer, a fortunate knight-errant. History of the Conquest of Peru; with a preliminary view of the civilization of the Incas But, though a knight-errant, Ford was a modern knight-errant. The Lost House Pray, are the follies of this knight-errant and those of the squire, his brother, anything related? The Way of the World SO King Mark rode by fortune by a well, in the way where stood a knight-errant on horseback, armed at all points, with a great spear in his hand. Le Mort d'Arthur: Volume 2 So God me help, said the lord, with that knight will I joust, for I see that he is a knight-errant. Le Mort d'Arthur: Volume 1 The perilous enterprise was intrusted by Hernando Pizarro to his brother Juan, a cavalier in whose bosom burned the adventurous spirit of a knight-errant of romance. History of the Conquest of Peru The knight-errant ran up the fire-escape, pulled himself over the edge of the roof, and, crossing it, dropped through the trap to the landing of the kitchen stairs. The Lost House Giants, dragons, and angelic champions carry us into a spurious fairyland where the knight-errant is a preacher in disguise. The Life of John Bunyan So the good man was fain when he saw he was a knight-errant. Le Mort d'Arthur: Volume 2 Sir, said Bors, I am a knight-errant; and told him all the adventure which he had seen. Le Mort d'Arthur: Volume 2 Sir, I am a knight-errant as ye be, that hath sought you long by your shield. Le Mort d'Arthur: Volume 2 |
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