| 单词 | lord |
| 例句 | Even the knights and lords above the salt enjoyed less space than usual. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “My lord,” I say, pitching my voice low. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z "I am, my lord," Jon lied . . . loudly, as if that could make it true. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Go and see that house. See if anyone there can tell us where Lord Asriel lives. You never know. They all look like lords and ladies.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z "Why, the realm, my good lord, how ever could you doubt that? I swear it by my lost manhood. I serve the realm, and the realm needs peace." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The Titan lord’s men drew their swords and charged. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z "The armorer lives above his shop, in a large house at the top of the Street of Steel. Alyn knows the way, my lord." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z It had been at Edmure's insistence that Robb had given the river lords leave to depart after his crowning, each to defend his own lands. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z "My lord, it was your sister's bidding, the queen, as you said, but His Grace . . . he'd never understand . . ." "Would you have me keep the truth from the king?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z ‘That is a fair lord and a great captain of men,’ said Legolas. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z If he was seen to accept Bolton’s feigned girl as Arya, the northern lords who had gathered to bear witness to the match would have no grounds to question her legitimacy. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Alone we are bom and alone we die, but as we walk through this black vale we draw strength from one another, and from you, our lord.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Louis turns on him, furious, but the courtier says, "France cannot lose a queen and a king in one day, my lord. We would not survive." The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z "Your lord father bid me fetch you. Come." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “You’ll wed at Winterfell. I shall inform the lords that we march in three days and invite them to accompany us.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Her eyes turned to Penelope with desire to make her lord, her husband, known—in vain, because Athena had bemused the queen, so that she took no notice, paid no heed. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “A ruin, a ridge, and a few hovels? Come, my lord. You must suffer for your treason. He will want one of the mills, at least.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The square was named for some dead lord, but no one ever called it anything but Fishfoot Yard. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z A strong place and wonderful was Isengard, and long it had been beautiful; and there great lords had dwelt, the wardens of Gondor upon the West, and wise men that watched the stars. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z “And I have kept you up all night” “No, my lord. I slept a lot on one of the saddles.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I look around at the lords and ladies of Faerie. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z ‘My lord, you called me. I come. What does the king command?’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z “No lord I. Only a simple servant of the Iron Bank of Braavos.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "And why would I care to hunt down my own truebom lords, and babes at that?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z By then he will look to you as a second father, and if not, well . . . four years is a good long while, my lord. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He might be the lord in Winterfell while his brother and fa-ther were gone, but he was still Bran the Broken. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "Come along, milady. You heard your lord father." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "To ask you to open your gates, my lord," Catelyn replied politely. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "The Lord Commander's place is at Castle Black, lording and commanding," he told Mormont, ignoring the newcomers, "it seems to me." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The second lord, the straight-backed old man in the mail bymie, studied Reek with flinty eyes. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Davos had heard that some of the lords of the Three Sisters had webbed hands and feet, but he had always put that down as just another sailor’s story. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "A fresh kill . . . the blood would still flow, my lords. Later . . . later it would be clotted, like a ... a jelly, thick and . . . and . . ." He looked as though he was going to be sick. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "Is it grief for your lord father that makes you so sad?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z "Yes you were. You were a lord's daughter and you lived in a castle, didn't you? And you . . . gods be good, I never . . ." All of a sudden Gendry seemed uncertain, almost afraid. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Good lord, I’ve got to run!” said Bagman in alarm, and he hurried off. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z "One would think," Tyrion said, "but life does take queer turns. Consider Eddard Stark, my lord. I don't suppose he ever imagined his life would end on the steps of Baelor's Sept." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z "And how is it you know that, my lord?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "Tell me, Jon, if the day should ever come when your lord father must needs choose between honor on the one hand and those he loves on the other, what would he do?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “I know, my lord,” Reek had to say. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "My lord will find my tongue well schooled. When I was a girl I learned when to use it, and when not." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She had said as much to Septa Mordane as they descended the stairs from the gallery, but the septa had only told her it was not her place to question her lord father's decisions. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z And he sent out messengers inviting the most noble lords in the land to come to a banquet to celebrate the opening of Heorot's doors. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z For each time they hit the old man, it was the lord who felt it. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z As the black-skinned girl led him up the stairs, she said, "Poor Dancy. She has a fortnight to get my lord to choose her. Else wise she loses her black pearls to Marei." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Let us move along, my lords. We have two queens to try for high treason, you may recall. My niece has elected trial by battle, she informs me. Ser Robert Strong will champion her.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Dawn came up from the couch of her reclining, leaving her lord Tithonos’ brilliant side with fresh light in her arms for gods and men. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z "They keep a chamber for me, and the young lord is like a brother." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z And since his own lord had exiled him and his story went before him, none would take him in, but after the three days’ guesting all sent him from their doors as an outlaw. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z "I broke my fast with the men, my lord." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “If I had me a dagger, you’d be less an eye by now,” he snarled, before Horse and Iron Emmett dragged him off the lord commander’s chest. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "If you two have played me false—" "There's been only die one trail, my lord, I swear it," said Caziss defensively. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She wanted to scribble them out, but he'd probably notice and lord it over her. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z The Prince Imrahil brought Faramir to the White Tower, and he said: ‘Your son has returned, lord, after great deeds,’ and he told all that he had seen. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z He was even the son of an English lord, a fact he had confided in strictest secrecy. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “How many daughters do you have, my lord?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "Stannis Baratheon is too bloody righteous to buy men. Nor would he make a comfortable lord for the likes of Petyr. This war has made for some queer bedfellows, I agree, but those two? No." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z "That is from the cold, my lord," said Hallyne, a pallid man with soft damp hands and an obsequious manner. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “For the seeking of a piggy, there are many great lords in the forest, riding with frightening shouts. They would not be cruel to starving Gurgi—oh, no—they would feed him...” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z “A child’s foolishness. Speak no ill of our friends of Frey. One of them will be your lord and husband soon.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Malcolm set off down the corridor, with Asta whispering, “See? Who was right, then? The lord chancellor of England, no less!” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z "As you say, my lord, but . . . why Harrenhal? That is a grim, unlucky place. Some call it cursed." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "The only palace I desire is the red castle at King's Landing, my lord Pyat." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z ‘Nay, you are excused for my part, lord,’ he said. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z True, some slaveowners and their overseers were brutal and cruel, but the same was true of some Westerosi lords and their stewards and bailiffs. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “He rides,” Tyrion broke in, before the lord of cheese could answer for him, “though he rides best with a special saddle and a horse that he knows well. He talks as well.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z No banners flew, no warhoms moaned, no great lord called his men about him to hear his final ringing words. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The lords torched the thatched milling room and then threw their great mugs into the flames. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “Lord Snow, as Lady Val is a stranger to our ways, please send her to me, that I might instruct her in the duties of a noble lady toward her lord husband.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “You are too eager, my lord,” I said, and he withdrew at once. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z "We've packed in our own supplies, my lord," said the Old Bear. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “I’m very glad to meet you. I suppose you’re a lord, or a warrior, or a war-leader, or a bard, or a monster. Though we haven’t had any monsters for a long time.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z The lord's seat at the head of the table had been left empty, but Robb sat to the right of it, with Bran across from him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z ‘Lord, lord,’ began Merry brokenly, ‘she is —’; but at that moment there was a great clamour, and all about them horns and trumpets were blowing. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z "Lord Walder is well, my lady. He plans to take a new wife on his ninetieth name day, and has asked your lord father to honor the wedding with his presence." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Your children were meant to have these pups, my lord. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Don’t ask me where she found the strength, but she stepped in closer for leverage, their blades crossed, and for a moment she stood face-to-face with the Titan lord, holding him at a standstill. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z “If Your Grace wishes to lose all of my lord father’s banner- men, there is no more certain way than by giving northern halls to southron lords.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Her black hair was like a mirror for smooth shining blackness, but from her speech one could perceive she was not of the lord’s family, but a slave, sharp voiced and bitter tongued. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z Outside the lord's solar she paused to listen at the door, easing it open slowly when she heard only silence. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “To be sure ... let us pray for a vision from our lord...” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “My lord, I will gladly have those ships, but I cannot give you the promise that you ask.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z None knew him, but one and another wondered at him and said, “Can he be Apollo? Or Aphrodite’s lord? Not one of Poseidon’s bold sons, for they are dead.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z His father must be someone very important—a bishop or a lord. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z "My lords, perchance you would permit me a private word with my sister?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “My lord, if I might ask ... I saw Gilly leaving. She was almost crying.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z There Vetch for all his plain quiet ways was both a powerful wizard and a lord in his own house. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z “Very nearly, I think, my lord,” replied the Butler. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Spurge babbled, “You can’t—why kill the goblin? Please, my lord. He’s innocent of...No! Why would the king of the goblins want a goblin’s head?” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z As his figure dwindled in their dust, the lord of cheese looked almost small. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z ‘My lord,’ he said to the king, ‘there are horsemen behind us. As we crossed the fords I thought that I heard them. Now we are sure. They are overtaking us, riding hard.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z And if they do, what ofitl I’m my lord’s own cupbearer. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z "My lord, you once asked me how it was that I was cut." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Now he was lord of the air, flying wherever he would, envied of all. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Nay, lord,’ said Gimli, ‘but I can speedily fetch it, if there be need.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z "Perhaps my lord would care to take the lead?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Small wonder the lords of the Vale were restive. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “No, my lord. Your gaolers have fed me well.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The commons were hooting and pointing, the lords and ladies were trying to stifle their chuckles, and failing, and over it all Ned could hear King Robert laughing, louder than anyone. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Then you could try and knock the lord into the water and you got to be lord of the crossing, but only if you'd said "Mayhaps." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Only with feasts. Each will try to outdo the others with his hospitality. My lord father said he never ate half so well as when visiting the clans.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Blood?' howled the woman on the stool. “That’s what this ill onion wants of us, my lord. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z But when the lords of Stormhold entered there were but three of them, and they announced that their coachman would sleep in the stables. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z The inconvenience of this system in record-keeping is palliated by various devices, for instance reference to well-known events, reigns of kings, dynasties, local lords, etc. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z In this way good Eumaios led his lord down to the city. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The battle was followed by the day’s first folly, a tilt between a pair of jousting dwarfs, presented by one of the Yunkish lords that Hizdahr had invited to the games. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “You are weary with grief, my lord. Let me fix you a sleeping draught.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “As you command,” said Wulfe, “but another day might mean another ship, lord Captain.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The Titan lord looked fresh and rested, his powers at hill strength. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z "I am Tobho Mott, my lord, please, please, put yourself at ease." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "I am certain your lord father knows what is best for you." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The lord of all the tricks of war surveyed this fugitive and smiled. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z At dawn three lords of Stormhold rode down the craggy mountain road in a coach pulled by six black horses. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z “The shadows come to stay, my lord, stay my lord, stay my lord.” A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “She watched the young man until she was sure of his identity, then tried to kill him. Furies obey only one lord: Hades.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z “Yes, my ... m 'lord. You met his mother whilst out riding and were smitten by her beauty.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The likes of the people here, they're bound to take you for at least a lord or a duke.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z "He does have power here, my lord," the woman said. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Afterward her lord husband led his guests onto the lower terrace, so the visitors from the Yellow City might behold Meereen by night. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Spurge said, “Thank you for the opportunity to explain, my lord. I was worried my feeble transmissions could not convey the whole complexity of the energy-making process.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z "Your Grace, my lord Hand," said Littlefinger, "the king needs both of you here. Let me go in your stead." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The flayed man was the sigil of House Bolton, Theon knew; ages past, certain of their lords had gone so far as to cloak themselves in the skins of dead enemies. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “He is. He’s the lord of our world—the wisest and most terrible of us all,” said the Brown Bear softly and reverently. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z "All of us have dreams that come true sometimes. You dreamed of your lord father in the crypts before we knew he was dead, remember?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Whatever doubts his lords might nurse, the common men seemed to have faith in their king. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “I will do as you bid me, my lord,” I said, but my heart was deeply unwilling. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “We would love to earn that money. Who is your lord here?” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z The captain was quick to appear, and even quicker to give them an escort when he recognized his lord's son. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "Doubtless you have the right of it, my lord. It is most considerate of you to . . . spare her this . . . burden." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z We took meals like this together many a time, before he sailed for Troy with all the lords of Argos in the ships. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally his lord father gave a command, and two of his guardsmen dragged the ragged man to the ironwood stump in the center of the square. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Yet he is lord of all the animals. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z The leeches wriggled slowly between her fingers as she plucked them carefully from the lord's body, their pale bodies moist to the touch and distended with blood. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z ‘Forgive me, lord,’ he said at last, ‘if I broke your command, and yet have done no more in your service than to weep at our parting.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z “You better. If you drop the lord chancellor’s apple, you’ll go to prison.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z ‘And as for orders, I think you have a madman to deal with, not a lord. I must run. I will return if I can.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z The old man remained unmoved, but after the first few blows, the lord began to howl with pain. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z "You’re a lord of the Wild, dude. The chosen one of Pan. A member of the Council of—” "Stop it!” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z "My lords, there's smoke in the city. Flea Bottom's afire." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Yes, my lord. If it please you. I would be honored.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "My lord, I . . . we . . . the queen has commanded me not to . . ." His ears had turned Lannister crimson. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “My lord, Moat Cailin is yours. Here are its last defenders.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z His lords all saw the sense in his battle plans, why was I so blind! A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The lord of time disappeared trader a giant blue butt. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z "Are we here to dispute theology, my lord? Had I known, I would have brought a septon." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Yes, I remember you mentioned him. You do mean the ex-lord chancellor of England? Lord Nugent? Not just someone who was nicknamed the lord chancellor, as a joke?” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z “My lord,” said Davos, “I would not want my words to be heard by His Grace’s enemies ... or by your lordship’s.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z They answered him with ayes and nods and muttered words, with “As you command,” and “It will be done,” and “Yes, my lord.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "One day you will be a good lord for Winterfell, I think." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The lords were anxious to question her further, but Catelyn raised a hand. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Little Walder was lord of the crossing more often than not. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “And before I’ll be a slave I’ll be buried in my grave. And go home to my lord and be free. ” While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Once, it stopped, for each of the three lords to relieve himself. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z I carved a massive cake of beeswax into bits and rolled them in my hands until they softened— no long task, for a burning heat came down from Helios, lord of high noon. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The Stormhold had been carved out of the peak of Mount Huon by the first lord of Stormhold, who reigned at the end of the First Age and into the beginning of the Second. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z He did not know how to be a lord. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z That he did, albeit with poor grace, crossing his arms, scowling, and ignoring the naked steel in his lord commander’s hands. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z 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 Tonight the image of my lord came by as I remember him with troops. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He was the lord of the crossing, and when one of the other players came up, he had to say, "I am the lord of the crossing, who goes there?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z "I'm no cheap jongleur, either, you know. I sing for lords and ladies! One day I'll sing for the king himself!" The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z This was the first time he had been deemed old enough to go with his lord father and his brothers to see the king's justice done. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Come-into-my-castle was a game for highborn children, one meant to teach them courtesy, heraldry, and a thing or two about their lord father’s friends and foes. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “So they said that he was working on a story around here. He was investigating a possible drug lord and then they found him dead.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z "He will go as soon as he has his ten thousand. My lord husband promised a golden crown." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z We plunged into the Labyrinth and kept running, the howl of the Titan lord shaking the entire world behind us. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z All the sixth graders have to sit in the front of the bus, while all the eighth graders lord it over everyone else in the back. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z But we go neither to our homes nor elsewhere until of all Akhaians here you take the best man for your lord.” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z One voyage to the east, and a man could live as rich as a lord until the end of his days. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "They do not plan to climb the Wall nor to burrow beneath it, my lord. They plan to break it." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Beneath your lordship’s roof, your lordship’s word is law... but I shall want a reckoning with this onion lord before he leaves this city.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Even Jon Arryn, as great a lord as any the Eyrie had ever known, had always traveled in strength when he crossed the mountains. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “It is not my intent to choose any side,” said Jon, “but I am not as certain of the outcome of this war as you seem to be, my lord. Not with Lord Tywin dead.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The outcome was that Parliament established a militia to be under the control of lords lieutenant appointed by Parliament, not by the King. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z "My lord," he said, a little out of breath. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z "My lord wants his supper, and hot spice wine to wash it down," Arya announced, "and he doesn't want it cold." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z There was once a rich lord who had always been wealthy. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Whether truly loyal or merely desperate, a compliant river lord might have his uses. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Indeed, my lord, this collar and chain do hold me fast,” I said, touching my ruff and the links of the chatelaine at my waist, where my needlework tools were suspended. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z "It is a great pleasure to see you again after so many years, my lord," Catelyn said. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “I am sorry to disturb you at your pleasure, my lord,” said Jaime, with a half-smile, “but I am in some haste. May we talk?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “My lord,” said King Ogunwe, “may we know whether the Lady is now part of this commanding council? If so, what is her function? If not, should she not be taken elsewhere?” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z "You must . . . warn your . . . your lord father . . ." Frothy red spittle bubbled from his mouth. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I am the lord of all creatures of the darkness, puny Iapetus. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z ‘Is it not a law in the City that those who wear the black and silver must stay in the Citadel, unless their lord gives them leave?’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z “I thought the same, lord Captain ... but he knows things. He knew that we made for Slaver’s Bay before any man could tell him, and he knew you would be here, off this island.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Guests like ourselves no lord will turn away; each one will make one gift, at least, to carry home with us: tripod or cauldron wrought in bronze, mule team, or golden cup.” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z "A hundred men are hungry, they must be fed, the lord commands hot broth. A girl must run to the kitchens and tell her pie boy." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z "I am pleased to hear it, my lord." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “I will treat with you, my lord. My king commanded that of me. I do not have to drink with you.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Butler had seen something like this once before when a force-seven earthquake had rippled through a Colombian drug lord’s estate seconds before he had been scheduled to blow it up. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z “No. I know only that the lords of Osskil have famous treasuries.” A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Lesser lords might join their cause for fear of harm or hope of gain, but only the Prince of Dome had the power to defy House Lannister and its allies. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "You are a bolder man than I, my lord," the eunuch said softly. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "Lowland lords have bed to the clans before." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "My good lord, I am so pleased to see you," he gushed, a soft eunuch's smile on his powdered face. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z "Is this meant to be your shield, my lord? A piece of pa-per?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z All of whom were acting in behalf of the Polish lords. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z All she did with that knowledge was to give herself airs and lord it over the other urchins. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z On his way to work Rick Deckard, as lord knew how many other people, stopped briefly to skulk about in front of one of San Francisco’s larger pet shops, along animal row. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z The lord’s words were accompanied by a faint rustling of wood and leaf, a slight twisting of his head. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z And the best part of the market—and I know this personal—is there ain’t no lords nor priests as to tell you what to do. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z He would learn how to be of service to his liege lord, how to be courteous and gentle, and, at the same time, strong of heart. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z Then Grand Maester Pycelle was looming over him, holding a cup, whispering, "Drink, my lord. Here. The milk of the poppy, for your pain." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “All they want is to go home, my lord.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z As she climbed to Lord Hosier's solar, she could hear them outside, shouting, "Hilly!" and "A cup! A cup to the brave young lord!" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “You also stand accused of conspiring at the murder of your own lord husband, our late beloved King Robert, First of His Name.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “You will find His Grace at Castle Black if my lord would like to ask that of him.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “My lord is good to care so much, but I am well protected.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "Don't let me keep you from your eels, my lord," Ned said with icy disdain. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Hyperion was the Titan lord of the east. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z "My lord, you wrong me. Would I bring lies to king and council?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z From a distance, you’d think it was just a party ship, not the headquarters for the Titan lord. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z “Good lord, you look like someone’s arthritic grandfather.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z "And my lord father. What a pleasure to find you here." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Nice try, Percy. But I’m not Ares. You can’t bait me. My lord is waiting, and he’s got plenty of quests for me to undertake.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z "Windy and cold and damp. A miserable hard place, in truth . . . but my lord father once told me that hard places breed hard men, and hard men rule the world." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z "But I'm not to . . . that would be ... be most unwise, my lord. You are not yet healed, the queen would . . ." The mention of his sister made Tyrion growl. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z And with him stood the great lords her brother had named the Usurper's dogs, cold-eyed Eddard Stark with his frozen heart, and the golden Lannisters, father and son, so rich, so powerful, so treacherous. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “To curry your lord father’s favor, I don’t doubt. I know how that game is played. How old is this wretched girl child?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Gilly is giving suck to Dalla’s son as well as her own. It seems cruel of you to part our little prince from his milk brother, my lord.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “The hall is not the place for such discussions, my lords. Let us adjourn to the solar whilst my son consummates his marriage. The rest of you, remain and enjoy the food and drink.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z And seeing their parents thus, the young lords shrugged their shoulders and said there must still be enough for their lifetime. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z He loved his brother's reckless wrath, but it was their lord father he must try and emulate. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He stopped in front of the lord's house, raising his head to breathe in the delicious smells of the upcoming banquet. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z 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 "Yet these are hard times, my lord. His road is no crueler than yours or your lady's." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Her father had once said of Walder Frey that he was the only lord in the Seven Kingdoms who could field an army out of his breeches. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "I was no more pleased than you, my lords. The gods saw fit to free him, with some help from my fool of a sister." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "My son and his lords bannermen are most anxious to cross the river and be on their way." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "Will you joust today, my lord?" she asked him. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z It wasn’t because he was some drug lord. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z “Good lord, Bast. I can hear him howling all the way in the back,” Kvothe called from the kitchen. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z "I do not like being lied to, my lord. Leave me out of your next deception." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z They found the lord alone in the gloom of his hall, making a supper of beer and bread and sister’s stew. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Sir and lord, I am come on a little business, not to disturb your lordship, but to talk a little business with the agent who serves your honor.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z ‘Do you remember the Wild Man’s words, lord?’ said another. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z When the rich lord turned sixty, he decided he would throw his most lavish banquet. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The title was but a courtesy due him as a council member; Varys was lord of nothing but the spiderweb, the master of none but his whisperers. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Good lord, you really don’t know anything about women, do you?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “In a minute, Malcolm, that would be a very good idea,” said the man who was the lord chancellor. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z "We shall seel My brothers are both dead. I am my lord father's only living son." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She would not keep—not she!— the lord’s estate until he came.” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “If I’m so irresponsible, why do you want to marry me off to some lord from the South?” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z All those geese were suitors, and the bird was I. See now, I am no eagle but your lord come back to bring inglorious death upon them all!’ The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z But if it does, piay that we can hold the Red Keep long enough for our lord father to march to our relief. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z But most lords treated their dogs and horses well enough. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Some of the lords bannermen gave him queer hard stares as he sat there, as if they wondered by what right a green boy should be placed above them, and Him a cripple too. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Take this creature to the Wolf’s Den and cut off head and hands, the fat lord had commanded. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “My lord,” said Davos, “if you would send me on to White Harbor, His Grace would count it as an act of friendship.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "Have no fear on that count," the lord assured them. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “My lord? I said—” “—my lord, when you should have said m ’lord. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z That seemed to amuse the lord of cheese no end. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He meant to carry her to Winterfell, to display her there in chains for the lords of the north to see, the kraken’s daughter bound and broken, proof of his power. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The horses wore bobbing black plumes, the coach was fresh painted in black, and each of the lords of Stormhold was dressed in mourning. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z "I shall bring him your message, my lord." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She smiled on him and said: ‘Then it was kindly done, lord, to ride so many miles out of your way to bring tidings to Éowyn, and to speak with her in her exile.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z "The prince will remember that, little lord," the Hound warned him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "But why, my lord? Surely they cannot harm you now. It is where they belong. All the bones of the Stalks—" "I said no." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Jon said, "My lord father believed no man could tell a lie in front of a heart tree. The old gods know when men are lying." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He held out his hand and dangled a little silver bracelet with a scythe charm—the Titan lord’s symbol. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z "I am very weary, my lord. If I might have leave to rest, I should be thankful." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “You would do well to keep your wolf beside you, my lord.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “I am trying to do my best” Elaine said: “Under any terms, you are my good and gracious lord.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z To which Matthew added, “God grant our lord long life so he may visit us soon and we might put our petitions before him.” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z They pointed and talked among themselves, lording it over me that their whole world left me out. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s a monster; lord! they complained to me. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z "My lord Hand," he said, "Lord Stark will never consent to these terms." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She was hearing the lords bannermen speaking with her son's voice, she realized. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “My lord, I... my work is here, the books ...” ' “... will be here when you return to us.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The shrimp boat captains watched for the channels and markers, somehow feeling that they were the lords of all this, of all they saw and felt. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z "This night we must go outside, my lord," she told him, for the Dothraki believed that all things of importance in a man's life must be done beneath the open sky. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The lord and lady welcomed the knights warmly. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z I "I see. You draw nicely, my lord. Yes, this ought to work. j I should have thought of this myself." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Childless lords sat in aged halls musing on heraldry; in secret chambers withered men compounded strong elixirs, or in high cold towers asked questions of the stars. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z "I feared you'd never come, my lord," she whispered against his chest. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “I’m going? To East- watch, my lord? Or... where am I...” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "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 "If you are a lord, you might learn a lord's courtesy," the little man replied, ignoring the sword point in his face. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Scrubbed and groomed, clad in green velvets and an ermine half-cape, with his long red hair freshly washed and his fiery beard shaped and trimmed, the wildling looked every inch a southron lord. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I am giving you a chance, my lord. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "My savages will put your steel to excellent use, my lord," Tyrion replied. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z 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 He laughed often, and well, and spoke amiably to highborn lords and lowly serving wehches alike. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Together, the three lords of Stormhold had placed their father's remains in the Hall of Ancestors. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z “Most of the lords in this part of the country are for keeping their lands to themselves. But times are changing, and we have a good king.” The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z "Our lord is honored by his trust," one of them said hesitantly. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “These mountain lords will not hinder my passage?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z These budding drug lords bumped up against an immutable law of labor: when there are a lot of people willing and able to do a job, that job generally doesn’t pay well. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z “I understand, my lord, but—” Tyrell did not let him finish. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “There is no need. The Lord of Light has shown me your worth, lord Captain. Every night in my fires I glimpse the glory that awaits you.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "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 That was what his lord father would have done, Tyrion did not doubt. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “My King, my lord and my uncle. Is it the court’s will that I pronounce sentence upon this recreant traitor?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z "I had not looked for you, Uncle. After ten years, I thought perhaps my lord father and lady mother might come themselves, or send Dagmer with an honor guard." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z From the circle of lords and warriors around them there arose a sound of breathless and excited, but obviously cheerful, conversation. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z In truth, the young lord commander and her king had more in common than either one would ever be willing to admit. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z But soon Gwen became distracted by a handsome young lord of her own, and Ash excused herself from the dancing circle, feeling that she had had enough. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘We must hasten south, lord. Let us leave these wild folk to their fancies. Or let us bind them and take them to the king.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z “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 "It will be enough to know that justice has been done, my lord." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “No, my lord. I’m sure...I’m sure it’s an honor,” and the words were a knife in Lazlo’s back. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “Your lord father had no cause for concern. Why would I want a rock? My manse is large enough for any man, and more comfortable than your drafty Westerosi castles. Master of coin, though...” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "And what have you been about while I've been away, my lord prince? Commanding our guardsmen not to wash? Do you want them smelling like this Reek, is that it?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z In the ruined halls and keeps of Winterfell, lords hushed other lords, horses nickered, and sleepers stirred in their dark comers. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "Ah, you are in Maegor's Holdfast, my lord. A chamber over the Queen's Ballroom. Her Grace wanted you kept close, so she might watch over you herself." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z By his bearing and the proud way he held his head, he must have been a lord. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The breath of man and horse mingled, steaming, in the cold morning air as his lord father had the man cut down from the wall and dragged before them. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "I am afraid we have some grave news about your lord father. You must be brave, child." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "The word of your lord father's treason will no doubt reach them soon. Better that it should come from you. You must tell them how Lord Eddard betrayed his king." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “My lord,” said Iron Emmett, “he threatened your life, we all heard. He said that if he had a dagger—” “He does have a dagger. Right there on his belt.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The lord of the dead paced up and down, holding his ears while Nico followed him, waving his arms. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z "My lord, we all feared you dead, or . . ." He looked at the clansmen uncertainly. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “These lords of the realm own more land than God Himself. Now we need to hurry.” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z “These others have lost their lords in the fighting. I do not know who leads them now. Crowfood is no lapdog, though. Your Grace would do well to accept his terms.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z If I put my seal to this, I will forever be remembered as the lord commander who gave away the Wall, he thought, but if I should refuse... A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She only wished there wasn’t a giant, invisible timer lording over her family, ticking down to when they would inevitably move again. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z The lord of the manor was in charge of this decision, and he generally chose the best land for himself. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z "You did not see the gods burn, my lord?" he asked. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “And who cares if one is ‘your grace’ and the other is ‘my lord?’ The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “What have we become, when kings and high lords must dance to the twittering of sparrows?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “So it was you—and the lord chancellor? Was he right about that?” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z "I do not sit on my son's war councils, my lord." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The old lord looked at the boy, then at me. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z These were the things they said to one another under the rim of earth where Death is lord. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “Good lord, is it Harry Potter? Very pleased to meet you, Ron’s told us so much about —” “Your sons flew that car to Harry’s house and back last night!” shouted Mrs. Weasley. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z "See our lord of Lannister to a tower cell, and bring him meat and mead." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Obese with imagined freedom if not with fat, great lords of lords look down with cowdog eyes and smile. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z “Why, then, you may have a chance to choose a lord commander more to'your liking. Until such time, I fear you’ll still need to suffer me.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “I have more use for you alive than dead. Serve me, and afterward I will arrange a ship to take you back to Dome and give youPrince Quentyn’s bones to return to his lord father.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “You took me unawares, my lord. I was not told of your coming.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z 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 Zeus called it into being to help his brother, the lord of the dark underworld, when he wanted to carry away the maiden he had fallen in love with, Demeter’s daughter, Persephone. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z I had this from the lord marshal, Menelaos, and when my errand in that place was done I left for home. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z "A hall to die in, and men to bury me. I thank you, my lords . . . but I spit upon your pity." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "I meant to do you honor. An homage to your beauty. In truth, I was made to sing for kings and high lords." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Everyone arose at this and the doors were opened and the lords and the creatures stood aside for the King and Queen to go out first. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z "My lord," he asked hesitantly, "it's said there was a bird last night ..." "There was. What of it?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z His lord's face swam up before him, not the man he was but the boy he had been, standing cold in the shadows while the sun shone on his elder brother. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z "Pardon, my lords, the king's steward insists . . ." The royal steward entered and bowed. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “It was ever my lord husband’s wish to grant sanctuary to these savage peoples. So long as they keep the king’s peace and the king’s laws, they are welcome in our realm.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Though such beasts might be useful to my lord husband in his battles.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “What have I done to make you hate me so, my lord?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “It is an honour for your poor page, good my lord.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z "As the gods will it. Bring on your storm, my lord— and recall, if you do, the name of this castle." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z "The distance between a lord and a grace is a small one, my lady," Catelyn said. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Why? Who will hear us in this room? My lord, you look so distracted. What troubles you?” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Sansa heard a soft murmuring from the lords around her, but it was quickly stilled. 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 I spot the lord of the Court of Termites, Roiben, who is said to have killed his own lover to win a throne. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z 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 "Stories wait, my little lord, and when you come back to them, why, there they are," Old Nan said. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "You ought to be ashamed of such talk, my lords. Where is your grief? Your uncle is dead." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “I came ashore in an open boat, my lord.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “You gave up too easily, my lord. For I must marry, all agree.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z No more answering shady Internet requests, and certainly no more consorting with the sons of European crime lords. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z "Forgive me, my lords," he said in a softer tone. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z They knew I was my father’s son — My father serves the lord. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z Some of Renly's lords bristled at that, but the king only laughed. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Who is this who speaks without the king’s leave?” asked the Yunkish lord in the striped tokar, a small man with a receding chin and teeth too big for his mouth. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “I am sorry, my lord,” I said in a dull and sullen tone. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Father is a varlet, and the varlet serves the lord. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z Iapetus, Bob, was the lord of the west. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z "And my father and my brother and my lord husband and my sons are asking with my voice." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “It is my own fault. My lord father told me I must charm your brother Robb, but I was only six and didn’t know how.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Yes, my lord. You have a daughter, I believe.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z 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 “My lord, perhaps it is too soon. Perhaps Krios or Hyperion should lead—” No. The voice was quiet but absolutely firm. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z By the time he reached the stable, Dolorous Edd had the lord commander’s palfrey saddled and bridled and waiting for him. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "Bran, your lord brother will not have time to see you now. He must greet Lord Karstark and his sons and make them welcome." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "A bigger man would be able to put the fear in them, is that what you're saying, my lord?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "It shall be as you command, my lord." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Poor humble Gurgi is always faithful to mighty lords—what joy to serve them, even with shakings and breakings.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z ‘But why, lord, did you receive me as swordthain, if not to stay by your side? And I would not have it said of me in song only that I was always left behind!’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Dareon, I am told that you sang at many a high lord's table and shared their meat and mead. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "I shall prepare the message for your seal, my lord." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Quickly, the two started off again through the alleys of tents, past the pavilions of elfin lords. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z They went out the rear rather than walk the length of the hall, Bran ducking his head as they passed through the lord's door. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “My lord, do not dwell on such things! In time, all that lives must die. It was your father’s time, but your time has not yet come.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z "Oh, good lord," says the woman in my styling chair. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z 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 Prince will chase us," said another lord, whose name Shasta had not heard. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z But he laughed and he seized her small, curling hands in his soiled ones and he laughed again and said, “Now you see that your lord is but a farmer and you a farmer’s wife!” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z That would require ridding her of her present lord and master, to be sure... not to mention the uncle who had married her to him. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Cressen looked over the knights and captains and lords sitting silent.. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z "The She- monster has tom our lord in pieces." Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z A tall lord with copper skin and silver-gold hair stood beneath the banner of a fiery stallion, a burning city behind him. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z And she answered as one that likes not what is said: ‘Then, lord, you are astray; for out of Harrowdale no road runs east or south; and you had best return as you came.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z The lord of the dark underworld, the king of the multitudinous dead, carried her off when, enticed by the wondrous bloom of the narcissus, she strayed too far from her companions. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z "My stories? No, my little lord, not mine. The stories are, before me and after me, before you too." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She knew the man only by reputation; Bronze Yohn's cousin, from a lesser branch of House Royce, yet still a formidable lord in his own right. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Serapis was an amalgam of Apis, the native bull god, and Osiris, the anthropomorphic lord of the dead—an instant “designer god” fashioned by the Ptolemies to give Greeks and Egyptians a deity in common. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z This was a bold step to take: it meant risking the lord’s pursuit, and losing contact with everything that was familiar. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z In the evening we used to sit in them like lords, and intended later on to let them out by the hour. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z On the television set is a brass statue of Shiva as Nataraja, the cosmic lord of the dance, who controls the motions of the universe and the flow of time. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “No. My mother was a Muslim. My father is a Christian lord. He fights in the Reconquista.” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z "A bannerman who is brutal or unjust dishonors his liege lord as well as himself." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z "We have sore need of you,, my lord. Rebellion everywhere, this grim omen in the sky, rioting in the city streets . . ." "And whose fault is that, Lord Janos?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He would slay the rebel lord himself and carve a place out for himself in all the histories of the Seven Kingdoms. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “I will see you at dinner, my lord. With the prisoner. “This way, Your Majesty,” said Aelia. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “But what do I know? Your false father is a great lord, and I am just some twisted little monkey man. Still, I’d do things differently.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z ‘Take this, dear lord!’ said a clear voice. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z “We don’t have your permission to leave, my lord. Also, our ship is damaged. We need our mechanic, Leo Valdez, to repair the engine, unless you know of another way.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “My lord, the Citadel... they make you cut up corpses there. I cannot wear a chain.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “You are hindering Nico. You try to persuade him to give up his goal. I would make him a lord!” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z "I think he fears to face your father in the field. His strength grows less each day. The river lords have de-parted, each to defend his own lands." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z "Nor do I have some fancy lord to give me the clothes on my back!" The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Rivers of black water were running down the hill when Jory called out, "My lord," his voice hoarse with alarm. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "Give me my father and my brother Edmure. Give me my daughters. Give me my lord husband." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “No taste for pork pie, my lord? The best pork pie we ever tasted, our fat friend would have us believe.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “I am not a benefactor,” he said, “nor a lord. What ails you?” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z "I have been called many things, my lord," he said, "but kind is seldom one of them." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The first man through was the lord with the mailed fist on his surcoat. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “How many northern lords have declared for Stannis? Tell us that.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “So if I can just convince the lords of the Seven Kingdoms to give us their Valyrian blades, all is saved? That won’t be hard.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “I shall be thirteen in November, my lord.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z When a man dies, the lord has the right to the best beast he had. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z Your brother learned that, and so did my lord father. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "You will call me my lord when you speak to me, Nan," the lord said mildly. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “No, my lord—I mean yes,” I said. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “My lord father used to tell me that a man must know his enemies. We understand little of the wights and less about the Others. We need to learn.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The boy king on the Iron Throne had made Lord Ramsay legitimate, giving him the right to use his lord father’s name. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Yet if the lord of cheese could be believed, the Mad King’s daughter had hatched three living dragons. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “My lord father used to say a man should never draw his sword unless he means to use it.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "She has not said a word since they brought you back. She is a fierce little thing, my lord. I have never seen such anger in a girl." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Will my lord take a horn of ale?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Being the lord of time, I guess he did. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Kinko is lording over a party with a bottle in his hand and drunken hospitality on his face. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The tent had to be large, since it was there his lords bannermen came to council. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The lord's voice wheezed out of him, like the wind being squeezed from a pair of rotten bellows. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z “Before I go, one question. Did you kill Jarl, my lord?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The servants hesitated, but the lord snapped angrily, "Do as I say! Now!" When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z As soon as the Narnian lords had passed she tried to move on again. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z When he reached the end of the silk, he turned to look at the staring servants and the sniveling lord and bent down. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z "And what should I do with a hundred swords, my lord?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “No arms are allowed in His Grace’s presence, my lord,” their seijeant said. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "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 “But yes, my lord, him as well. We cannot pick and choose amongst the free folk, saying this one may pass, this one may not. Peace means peace for all.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "Pylos is the least of it. The letter . . . What did your lords make of it, I wonder?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The doctor gave a hearty laugh, it must do one good to be mistaken for a lord every now and then.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z "My lord, step over here to the window, if you would be so kind." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Our spies report success, my lord,” he said. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z The families with fathers in England are able to lord it over the families that don’t. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z "This secret is your lord father's sworn man." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Perhaps that was why her lord hither had always cherished her best of all his children. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z "My lord," he said, "King Robert is gone. The gods give him rest." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “No, my lord. I thank you, but no.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z But the ghost of Salim, like the dodos, lords and crew of the Mary Celeste, vanished before we reached nine o’clock. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z “Wicked lords ride with mumblings and grumblings because they cannot find a piggy.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z "My lord father, for one. He's put me in the van." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "What kind of lord's daughter are you?" he said, laughing. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The lords of Stormhold eyed each other, one cautious, one wary, one blank. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z There was no one left on Pyke to appeal to, save for her own lord husband. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “If I am a murderer, God forgive me, my lord. But I never slew by treason.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z A lord may love the men that he commands, he could hear his lord father saying, but he cannot be a friend to them. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z So tell me, my lord—what are these wildlings, if not men?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Just so, my lord. The crossing can be perilous in this season. One ship alone may founder, where three together may aid one another. The Iron Bank is always prudent in such matters.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "Can you smell the fruit, ser? The perfume of the Arbor. Taste it, my lord, and tell me it isn't the finest, richest wine that's ever touched your tongue." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She was named for my lord father’s sister.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "The people didn't. They all ran off, even their lord." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z "With a stroke, you'd make me one of the greatest lords in the realm. Not that I'm ungrateful, my lord, but—why?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z "My lord father taught me that it was death to bare steel against your liege lord,"-Robb said, "but doubtless you only meant to cut my meat." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "I am asking for your help, my lord," she said humbly. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “But, my lord, I tell you, this is unnecessary. You already have me for advice.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “And how go the wars? Be they going well? Hast heard how ’tis with my lord the King?” The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z Ion was horrified at the accusation she brought against his lord and master. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Your banqueting young lords are here in force, I gather, from the fumes of mutton roasting and strum of harping—harping, which the gods appoint sweet friend of feasts!” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Then we were coasting the noble island of the god, where grazed those cattle with wide brows, and bounteous flocks of Helios, lord of noon, who rides high heaven. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “My lord,” he said, “I am an envoy.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “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 “Lord Snow, if I may ask ... this wildling princess His Grace King Stannis wrote of... where might she be, my lord?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "That would be a stroke of fortune, my lord," Jory said. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "I grow ever more admiring of you, my lord," confessed the eunuch. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “I swear it isn’t. I may be wrong, my lord. I...I probably am.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z This was Stannis, his just lord, to whom he owed all he was. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Bad and worse and worst makes a beggar’s choice. My lord had as well present us with a pack of wolves and ask which we’d like to tear our throats out.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z 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 White Deer and Hand Clap never lorded it over any of us. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z If ’tis neither one nor the other, then ’tis neighbor against neighbor, or ’tis the lord of the manor against the peasants, begging thy pardon, young master.” The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z Percy felt exactly like he had at twelve years old, battling Ares on that beach in Los Angeles, when the shadow of the Titan lord had first passed over him. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Joff would need to punish Father, the lords would ex-pect it, but perhaps he could send him back to Winterfell, or exile him to one of the Free Cities across the narrow sea. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “I am lord commander because my brothers chose me.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "Does my lord prince believe me now? Will he trust my words, no matter how queer they sound in his ears?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Riders would be after them within the day, birds would take wing, and surely one of the river lords would want to curry favor with his father enough to take a hand. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "She is only a babe, my lords, she does not know what she asks." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Also, British lords used to dress in their white linens in the jungle and look at how long they ruled the world. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z Now Tehlu, who made the world and who is lord over all, watched the world of men. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z ‘It will be enough if you send one to guide us, lord,’ said Legolas. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z "We couldn't have that . . . but I have no horse, my lord." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z "Power is a curious thing, my lord. Perchance you have considered the riddle I posed you that day in the inn?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z "There was grievous news today, my lord. I did not wish to trouble you until you had cleansed yourself." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "Wrinkle up your face all you like, but spare me this false piety. You were a high lord's get. Don't tell me Lord Eddard Stark of Winterfell never killed a man." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z See how she spreads her legs for this soft green land lord. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "And life? Have you had enough of that, my lord prince?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Well, you’re right. It all came out okay. But I still don’t like the way he tries to lord it over me.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z 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 ‘You are gracious, lord; or I hope that I may so take your words,’ he said. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z "And what would they be guard-ing, my little lord? Is that a silver pin I see there on your cloak?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Small wonder the lords gather around him with such fervor, she thought, he is Robert come again. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Dawn was nigh and my lords were waiting, fretting. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “My lord, have you forgotten who I am?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "I am only an armorer, my lord. I know what I'm told." 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 “I am sure the lord commander did not come to hear about Robert’s by-blows. Patchface, be a good fool and take the princess to her room.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z My lord swore that he would ride him. home when the war was done. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “There are cells down in die bowels of easterly Rock where my lord father kept the worst of ours.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z All of a sudden, after living like a young lord, he found himself doing the most drudgelike work. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z From the Anfalas, the Langstrand far away, a long line of men of many sorts, hunters and herdsmen and men of little villages, scantily equipped save for the household of Golasgil their lord. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z “There’s plenty of oil, my lord,” he said. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Two old men shared the high table with him, and Reek knew at a glance that both were lords. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z ‘It is near the hour that we set for our going, lord,’ he said. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z “If it is justice that you want, my lord, look to King Stannis. No man is more just.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The lords so hon-ored always declined politely, but of course they did decline. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z ‘The Deeping Wall is taken, lord, and all the defence swept away; but many have escaped hither to the Rock.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z They whipped up into the sky and flew toward the lord and his servants like a swarm of mosquitoes. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “You know who I am. Yollo. One of our lord’s treasures. Now do as I told you.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z ‘Little service can I offer to your lord, but what I can do, I would do, remembering Boromir the brave.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Not indeed that prize which Saruman desires above all else, but at the least two members of my Company, sharers of a secret hope, of which even to you, lord, I cannot yet speak openly. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z "My lords of the council, what do you say to her plea?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "My lord father—" "Sorry, my lord," the messenger said. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He said I couldn’t tell anyone, not ever, because that hare belonged to the lord, and we had no right to eat it. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z ‘Oh, I’m not a lord.'. Octavian’s eyes crinkled. ‘Just a centurion, an augur and a humble priest doing his best to serve the gods. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “We are loath to let you go, my lord,” he says, and the words seem to take on a special, bittersweet resonance coming from his mouth. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z "A child sees an obstacle, and his first thought is to run around it or knock it down. A lord must learn that sometimes words can accomplish what swords cannot." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The tunnel opened on a cavern under the castle, where the storm lords of old had built their landing. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Custom demanded that the queen begin with the Astapori envoy, a former slave who called himself Lord Ghael, though no one seemed to know what he was lord of. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Percy, remember your training. Remember your study of mythology. What is my connection to the titan lord?” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, my sweet lord,” I sputtered, choking down a mouthful, “what is this? Fermented motor oil?” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z And as lords and ladies never notice the little grey mice under their feet, Arya heard all sorts of secrets just by keeping her ears open as she went about her duties. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Her lord father had taught her never to steal, but it was growing harder to remember why. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Have I ever been wrong in my advice, my lord? Have I ever said ‘This is so' when it was not?” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Everyone else, servants, staff, lords, ministers, parliamentarians, guards or whatever, sleeps in another palace or fort or keep or barracks or house inside the walls. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z “My lord, will you grant me leave to send a raven to the Wall? His Grace will want to know of Lord Tywin’s death.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I practiced turning my head and shoulders in the manner I had seen one of the queen’s ladies use while conversing with a young lord. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z "They await your command," Lady Lysa said to her lord son. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "I will not keep you long, my lord. There are things you must know. You are the King's Hand, and the king is a fool." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z ‘Twice now, lord, I have heard of the Paths of the Dead,’ he said. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z “The nuns? Not if the lord chancellor had told them not to.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z The lord and maester swept from the room, giving her not so much as a backward glance. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z "What would my lord father do?" he asked her. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She kissed the lord of the dead and rose from the sofa. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z "The Stark boy was not with them, my lord. They say he crossed at the Twins with the great part of his horse, riding hard for Riverrun." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “We have a different problem, my lord,” the Commandant says. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z “But the form, my lord ...” Luke’s voice started shaking. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z "Has my lord prince begun choosing his crew?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Then she looks at all the lords and ladies watching her. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z As if the blight was our fault and we wanted the crops to rot in the fields and had planned all along not to pay the rent to the lord of our cottage. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z "The shadows come to dance, my lord, dance my lord, dance my lord," he sang, hopping from one foot to the other and back again. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Must I remind my lord, this trouble is not of my doing? And not all of us have had die opportunity to refill our coffers with the plunder of Maidenpool and Dragonstone.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “I have four sons. Would you consider one of them instead? Ben is twelve and thirsty for adventure. He could squire for you if it please my lord.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Only dwarfs look up to me. I don’t read, my lord. On a good day I can write my name.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "For the love I bore your lord husband, let me avenge his death." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "My lord father would be most honored if you would share meat and mead with him in the castle and explain your purpose here." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "This is a gift worthy of a great warrior, O blood of my blood, and I am but a woman. Let my lord husband bear these in my stead." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "I spill my seed on her belly, my lord." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Well, my lord... usually prophecies are unclear. They’re wrapped in riddles. They rhyme, and...” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z "I am not worthy of this vin-tage, my lord. And it's a poor wine merchant who drinks up his own wares." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Small and mean as it was, the longhall was the largest building in the village, so the lords and captains had taken it for themselves, whilst Stannis settled into the stone watchtower by the lakeshore. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “But I cannot refuse you, lord. He is in such a strange, dark mood, I am afraid of what he will do if I ask him.” Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z He had his lord father’s eyes—small, close-set, queerly pale. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z After the lord of the dark world below carried her away she was never again the gay young creature who had played in the flowery meadow without a thought of care or trouble. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Somewhere out there, all the lords and ladies and lieges ruling over far-flung Courts are arriving to pay their respects to the new High King. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The reason for inflicting this torture was not only to punish Prometheus, but also to force him to disclose a secret very important to the lord of Olympus. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z "I remember your brother from Winterfell. My dog called him the lord of the wooden sword. Didn't you, dog?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I waited eight hours, knee deep in slush, to grind my meal and give the lord his share. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z They'd come frightened and helpless, and her brother had taken them in when most lords would have closed their gates. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “I have never turned my cloak, my lord. I am a king’s man.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She had turned, just a few degrees, as she approached the lord of all France. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Across the fire trench, the southron lords sat silent on the benches. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Your death is with us now, my lord. Give me your hand.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "You would not speak so if you were women. Say what you will, my lords, but Joffrey is too proud to settle for Renly's leavings. He will never consent." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Might we know what it says, my lord?” asked Iron Emmett. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Americans were intensely aware of the power that the sugar lords wielded in London. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z "I have seen the Year of the Monkey five times!" the lord said with pride. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z "There," whispered the eighty-first lord, and he fell to the stone floor of his chamber, and he breathed no more. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z "My lord prince," said Reek, "your sister has crane to Winterfell. You asked to be informed at once if she arrived." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z "Esteemed lords, the king demands the immediate presence of his small council in the throne room." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “What brings you here, my lord? The Blackfish? We heard how he escaped.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z They had brought cattle and sheep, dairy butter and cheese, whatever had been their portion after giving what was due to the lord of the manor. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z "We'll have that soon enough. There will be another battle, between your brother Robb and my lord father, and that will settle the issue." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Ged stepped forward and struck the lord’s hands down with his own, saying as he did so only one short word. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z 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 From there the lord of the castle could look down on his walls and battlements, and be-yond, to where the waters met. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He is responsible for nothing in the house; in spite of their absence, Gerald and Lydia continue to lord, however blindly, over their days. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z "Yes, my lord. Sam is teaching them to talk." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “It was a relief to see that horn bum, my lord,” Edd said. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The Titan lord was completely encased in an enormous maple. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z “Don’t be too proud, my lord,” I said. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z "My lord, a suspicious man might think you wished, to find a time when Sandor Clegane was not protecting King Joffrey, the better to do the boy some harm." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The drawbridge creaked down, the portcullis winched up, and Lady Catelyn Stark rode forth to rejoin her son and his lords ban- nermen. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Spice soldiers and cheese lords,” his lord father called them, with contempt. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “I could send you to White Harbor,” the lord allowed. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The talk in Flea Bottom was that the gold cloaks had thrown in with the Lannisters, their commander raised to a lord, , with lands on the Trident and a seat on the king's council. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "It's not true, my lord! The mortal's lying." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Not in half a thousand years have they forgotten their grievance that the lords of Gondor gave the Mark to Eorl the Young and made alliance with him. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z And then they knew him, changed as he was, so high and glad of face, kingly, lord of Men, dark-haired with eyes of grey. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z "Thank the lord I'm still able to hobble about." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z On a stony outcrop of land higher than the surrounding country, they passed a lord's pavilion with walls of heavy sailcloth. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “The shadows come to dance, my lord, dance my lord, dance my lord,” the fool sang on, swinging his head and making his bells clang and clatter. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Rich land is scarce in Kerm, and a Domain’s pride is in the length of its borders, and the lords of Kerm Land are proud men and umbrageous men, casting black shadows. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Of smallfolk and commoners, she saw no sign, but under the gallery a cluster of lords great and small milled restlessly. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z A scant few moments later, the red-faced lord shoved the table over in fury, scattering the pieces across the carpets to the sound of Yunkish laughter. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z They became lords of sounds and lesser things. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z A high official and wealthy man, he lived in a style that has no equivalent in Karhide, even among lords of a great Domain. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Proud lords whose houses went back thousands of years made way reluctantly for the balding, frog-faced commoner as he marched past. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z To which of the surviving sons would the eighty-first lord give the stone? Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z "Spies and informers are seldom loved, my lord. I am but a loyal servant of the realm." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Besides, his father and uncles were old, and the old lords were like that; they took their dusty feuds to the grave, forgetting nothing and forgiving less. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “But I haven’t,” says the unchallenged lord of all and everything, in sport disguised as a frightened human child. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z "Your lord father will hear of this! Go to your chambers, at once. At once!" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z ‘We will come, if our own lords allow it,’ said Gimli. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z As he waited for his daily audience with the lord of the South Wind, he tried to decide which of the god’s personalities, Roman or Greek, was worse. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “It repeats me to the heart,” be said, “that you should dunk so, my lord Sir Gawaine, for I know that while you are against me I shall never more be accorded with the King.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z It was well past midnight before the last of their guests took their leave and Dany retired to her own apartments to join her lord and king. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He woke at dawn to the sound of falling rain and the timid knock of a serving man anxious to learn how his new lord would break his fast. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “We will have lost a man,” said Jon, “but we have just gained sixty-three. You’re good at counting, my lord. Correct me if I’m wrong, but my reckoning leaves us sixty-two ahead.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “My son’s getting more action than me these days, lord help me.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z "My lords," she said then, "Lord Eddard was your liege, but I shared his bed and bore his children. Do you think I love him any less than you?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "And your daughter's life, my lord? How precious is that?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The titan lord wasn’t called the Crooked One for nothing. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z "My son reigns as King in the North, by the will of our lords and people. He bends the knee to no man, but holds out the hand of friendship to all." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Some. Along with mothers and grandmothers, widows and maids ... would you condemn them all to die, my lord?” 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 His words crashed among the lords bannermen like a great stone from a catapult. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z A fortnight passed before Littlefinger was strong enough to leave Riverrun, but her lord father forbade her to visit him in the tower where he lay abed. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “If they do not slay us with their swords, they will do so with their mouths. Pray, how does the lord commander propose to feed Tormund and his thousands?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “I wouldn’t be surprised if you managed to ensnare some lord into marriage. Maybe even His Highness, if you were charming enough.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z His lord father had come first, escorting the queen. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Inside the walls of green silk, his captains and lords bannermen were waiting to hear word of the parley. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He has brought the lords and ladies of Faerie here to win them over; even he seems to see that more murder is unlikely to do that. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “I was mulling wine. Will my lord take a cup?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The crookback lord looked again and gave a sudden snort. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “My thanks. Please escort me to your lord commander.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “And did you burn those crops, my lord?” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z We arrived there early, and when the office opened, we were the first the lord of Alexandra—a tall, heavyset white man in a brown suit—saw. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z "Stark's lords will fight you," the man Reek called out. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z "If Stannis bothered with them, it's past certain every other lord in the Seven Kingdoms saw a copy as well." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The lord weighed him with hard black eyes. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “The Prince of Winterfell should have that right, as all lords did in days of old. The first night. But you’re no lord, are you? Only Reek. Not even a man, truth be told.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “My lord has a new wife to give him sons.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The dung made him think of his lord father. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "It is no matter to them if the high lords play their game of thrones, so long as they are left in peace." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Iron Emmett’s fledglings cheered their lord commander at the start, but the relentless speed of Rattleshirt’s attack soon beat them down to silence. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "Will you take some wine with us, my lord?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The shadows behind them swallowed his father as the shadows ahead retreated to unveil other statues; no mere lords> these, but the old Kings in the North. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z "Here to fight in the Hand's tourney, my lord?" a guardsman called out to him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Still, there was a clear pecking order based on this accommodation, and he lorded it over the others. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z “My lord, will you sup with us? Owen, shove over and make room for Jon.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Faerie lords and ladies, just like in the songs. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Even amongst slaves there were lords and peasants, as he had been quick to learn. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z 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 "That might take rather a long time, my good lord. I know quite a lot." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “If not... my lord, even a paper shield is better than none.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Below the waves the merlings hail their lord by blowing into seashells. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "You have done well, Bran. Here, and at the audiences. You will be an especial fine lord one day, I think." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “It is of the English. I so heard our lord of the land tell his young son who was setting out for the great university of Heidelberg long ago.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z You shall show money with lords for wagers, and beat ’em!” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z “Move to avoid the cut, and you will still die, but your dying will be uglier. Stretch out your neck, my lord.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "My lady, they murdered my lord father, your husband," he said grimly. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “My lord,” said Master Hyrrokkin, straightening as much as his old back would allow. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “Some might think it better if the lord commander stayed safe and warm south of the Wall. Not that I’d say such myself, but some might.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Besides, the lords of the Trident were sworn to Riverrun and House Tully, and to the King in the North; they would never accept Littlefinger as their liege. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Until the day their lord father’s heart had burst in his chest as he was ascending a steep flight of steps to her bed, that is. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z 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 One reason they persisted was that the lord of the manor could accuse the Jewish community of a crime, find the entire community guilty, and impose a heavy fine. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z Before them a pale lord in ebon finery sat dreaming in a tangled nest of roots, a woven weirwood throne that embraced his withered limbs as a mother does a child. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The boys he had led and lorded over were all ahead of him now, because of the months he had lost, and that spring and summer he studied with lads younger than himself. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Piper had heard that Percy could speak to horses, being the son of the horse lord Poseidon, but she’d never seen it in action. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Half a mile from the castle, she passed through a large encampment where the scarlet banner of the Blackwoods waved above the lord's tent. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z "You are kind to ask, my lord, but my tale is long and sad, and we have treasons to discuss." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She looked at her son, watched him as he listened to the lords debate, frowning, troubled, yet wedded to his war. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “My lord jests. You will forgive me if I do not laugh. We Braavosi are descended from those who fled Valyria and the wroth of its dragonlords. We do not jape of dragons.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Where is it you want me to go, my lord?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “You are unjust, my lord,” I said gently. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “BOY! YOU THERE! BOY?' Boy was not the worst of the things that Jon Snow had been called since being chosen lord commander. He ignored it. “ A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Isobel, the lord’s daughter, will have to be married, and squat in the straw, and scream with the pain and pray for her life same as me. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z "Sleep. I am much better rested since you began to visit us, my lord. And Marei is teaching us to read, perhaps soon I will be able to pass the time with a book." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z ‘But my lord sends word that we must set ourselves in readiness: orders may come for a sudden move.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Truly, my lord, said the voice next to me, you are well-named the Crooked One. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z "But if the rest of you serve me as loyally as you served Ned Stark, you'll find me as generous a lord as you could want." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Do all you are told and nothing more, and you shall live like little lords, pampered and adored,” he promised. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "His lord father agreed with you," said a voice at her elbow. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He promised her a honeymoon in Europe during which, of course, they would pay a visit to his father, the lord. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The second lord was thin as well, but twisted where the first was straight. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z For the gods hold you, as Helen’s lord, a son of Zeus.’ The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “You offer me empty lands and desolations, yet deny me the castles I require to reward my lords and bannermen.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “We must go to the rescue immediately, my lord. Gawaine can stay here...” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z And when the mist passed on its way, and the remade swans lorded their magnificence over the humble green river, they turned to each other, fingers interlaced, and looked, and looked, and looked. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z "Fratricide . . . my lord, this is evil, unthinkable . . . please, listen to me." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “A mistake? There was no need, my lord,” Master Hyrrokkin assured him. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Covered with the same wishy-washy flowered material as the spread, the pillows evoke an Arab engineer more than a lord and master of the harem. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z In his time, my lord could line them up, all twelve, at intervals like a ship’s ribbing; then he’d back away a long way off and whip an arrow through. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “The Titan lord always pays his debts. Perhaps a glimpse of the friends you abandoned ...” The darkness rippled around me, and I was in a different cave. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “A clever lord, you. Ghost’s the better choice. I don’t have the teeth for biting wildlings anymore.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "I beg you the honor of acting in your place. Give this task to me, my lord, and I swear I shall not fail you." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Two of Morgant’s warriors threw themselves in front of him to defend their lord, but Smoit cut them down with powerful blows and strode past. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z That was when Lord Baelish had said, "Oh, I don't know, Septa. Some of her lord father's decisions could do with a bit of questioning. The young lady is as wise as she is lovely." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z It wasn’t his fault — a villein only gets what the lord lets him keep, and our lord was tightfisted. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z "So it would seem. Unless ..." "Unless, my lord? There is no seeming to this. Sunnis is the heir. Nothing can change that." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "Good lord, child, sit down and tell me." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z “If it please my lord, who died in my place?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z A train of mules trailed behind them, carrying chests and ~ casks and barrels, and hampers of delectables to keep the lord of cheese from growing peckish. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "Instruct your nephew that he is to remain at Torrhen's Square, as his lord father commanded." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Send women, then. Send giants. Send suckling babes. Is that what my lord wishes to hear?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He would wake up as a lord of the Wild with a bunch of beautiful naiads taking care of him. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z “Gurgi hastens to obey, mighty lord. He will say no more, not even whisperings of what he saw. No, he will not disturb the sleepings of powerful heroes. See how he leaves, with tearful farewells.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z For once more lust of battle was on him; and he was still unscathed, and he was young, and he was king: the lord of a fell people. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z I once praised my lord Hamlet, turning his name on my tongue like the bread of life itself. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z They looked at their lord in amazement, and then as one man they drew their swords and laid them at his feet. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z “The lord of light. Titan of the east.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z They chose me to be their lord commander. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z High lords and serv-ing girls alike broke off what they were doing and moved to the balustrade. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Like a pack of trained dogs, the lords and ladies in the hall began to shout their pleasure. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “None, my lord,” I said, discretion guarding my tongue. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The lord fingered the ribbon, frowning at the seals. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "It is a hard thing to tell a man, my lord. I was fearful how you might take it. Can you forgive me?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z There was no sound, but as clear as day, I heard it say: Free me, lord. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z “Vogarro will be returned first, and my sweet lord has been dead these thirty years.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The old songs he played, and new ones he'd made himself, and he played and sang so well that when he was done, the lord offered to let him name his own reward. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The kitten landed on the ground in front of his master, then arched his back and hissed at the lord of the abyss. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z "Let us hope that is the worst thing you ever see, my lord." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She donned her armor and said, "I'm sorry my lady mother took you captive, my lord." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Hazel stared down at the rolling farmland, thinking about what lay beneath it—the realm of her father, lord of the Underworld. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He was highborn, the son of the most pow-erful lord in the realm, the brother of the queen. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The Lannister lord was strong- looking for an old man, with stiff golden whiskers and a bald head. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “What would you have me call you?” the lord asked, as they trotted down the broad straight streets of Barrowton. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z And with that he lifts his ’at as perlite as a lord, and walks away. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z His muttered "My lord" struck Tyrion as a tad grudging, but he opened the door nonetheless. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He felt the silver muzzle pressing against his palm, and remembered the last time he had seen his lord father drink from this goblet. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z A pair of gaunt children and some thralls stared at him with dull eyes, but there was no sign of his lord father, nor anyone else he recalled from boyhood. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z All the others were crowding in, now, to the brazen house—Poseidon who embraces earth, and Hermes the runner, and Apollo, lord of Distance. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z "My lord father has little enough time remaining him. So long as your grandfather lives, my place is at Riverrun with him." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “As you command, my lord. House Estermont has blood ties to both kings, as it happens. Good hostages.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "And if he will not give them to you, my lord?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Nico’s ghost hissed, “My lord, the soul exchange! Ask him about that!” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z "My lord, will the king listen to you?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “My lord Sir Gawaine, in their quarrel they proved themselves not in the right. I speak for the Queen, not for my own worship.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘My - my lord -’ ‘You neglected your duties. You succumbed to flattery and vanity. You encouraged your descendant Octavian to follow his dangerous path, and you prematurely revealed a prophecy that may yet destroy us all.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Indeed, the steward said we belonged to our lord as well. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z “Yes, my lord. But to oppose Boreas, we really need to get our ship out of the harbor.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z "Your lord husband awaits you within the town." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Enough gold to live like a lord, you said. What did you do with all that wealth?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z And now the lords Bran glimpsed were tall and hard, stern men in fur and chain mail. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Eril-Fane might have slain the gods and freed his people from thrall, but that thing remained, blocking out the sun, and lording their long torment over them. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Long ragged tails streamed behind them like flickering flames, and in place of a lord's sigil they bore the device of a god: the burning heart of the Lord of Light. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z "Salloreon, as it please my lord. If the King's Hand will permit, I should be most honored to forge him a suit of armor suitable to his House and high office." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Sorry to trouble you, my lord,” she told the god, “but actually we came here to get your advice. Please, we need your wisdom.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Look at these here lodgings of yourn, fit for a lord! Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z “Then you, half-blood, shall help present it when the lord awakes.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “Don’t call me that. I’m not given the title of lord,” he said quietly. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z When I reached the gatehouse windows, I saw below a throng of lords, ladies, and servants cheering and waving. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z 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 "But I have no wish to be a lord of anywhere," he told her, "or of anything, except perhaps my lady's heart." Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z When their lords called, they came . . . but not forever. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “If I should die, I beseech my lord to see that my letters are delivered.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z No one would ever be lord of the crossing but me. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Bran looked to his lord father for rescue, but got only a frown, a furrowed brow. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "My lord prince," he said, "you must yield." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z "She has, my lord, but King Joffrey sent for me to see him off. I mean to visit the sept as well, to pray." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The lord of suet was not so bad as masters went. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “The free folk have neither laws nor lords,” Jon said, “but they love their children. Will you admit that much?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "My lord father has sent my brother to sit in his place in this council. He bids us accept Tyrion as the Hand of the King, until such time as he himself can join us." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Then the Titan lords army exploded from the Labyrinth. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z The lord weighed his sons long and carefully with his eyes. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "It is better than the songs," she whispered when they found the places that her father had promised her, among the high lords and ladies. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Force them to make a public affirmation of the oaths sworn her father by the lords they served, and then call on them for succor, and her a woman, yes, that was sweet. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Among all those elegant lords and ladies, she was the most elegant of all, in her bearing and in her appearance. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z “Surely the lord commander cannot mean to allow that... that demon through as well?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The war lord had made camp in a wide clearing, well protected by trees, its approach guarded by a deep ravine, and the tents had been blended in with a line of underbrush. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z A sweet little girl; the young lord of Storm's End had doted on her. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Come with us, live with us in O-tokne—can he not come, my lord?” she asked, childlike, of her stern husband. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z His lord father took his place on the hill where he had slept. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z And close behind came the young lord himself, a dashing figure on a black courser, with red- gold hair and a black satin cloak dusted with stars. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z That you'd been in this house for over thirty years, serving a real English lord. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z One man surrendered a shirt of silver scales that had surely been made for some great lord. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z But when she bared her lord’s leg, bending near, she knew the groove at once. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Going then to the great hall, lords and crew prepared for feasting. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z We might blow up his ship and disintegrate his monsters, but a Titan lord wouldn’t be so easy to kill. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z It was Jon Snow she needed, not fried bread and bacon, but it was no use sending Devan to the lord commander. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "Even his brother is a pup beside him. My lords, open your eyes. Do you need to see his seal on the corpses? It was Gregor." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "He paid yesterday, my lord, and he paid dearly," Ned replied. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Only a few years ago, he would never have dared attempt a landing on Cape Wrath; the storm lords were too fiercely loyal to House Baratheon and to King Robert. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z They were to press the war home to its real lords—until they themselves were ready to refrain from warfare, being confronted with its reality. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The lords and ladies in the gallery were as engrossed in the melee as the men on the ground. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z They are the sons of wealthy lords and ladies. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z "My lord, do you believe in the old powers?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z "My lord," the maester said, "I would not counsel .. . that might be, ah, unwise, as it were . . your wound . . ." "Bring it," he had to say. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z "In such cases, her liege lord must find her a suitable match." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “You have friends here, I do not doubt,” said the lord. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Meanwhile guests were arriving at the great lord’s house, bringing their sheep, and wine, the ease of men, with loaves their comely kerchiefed women sent, to make a feast in hall. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The lords looked at her, but it was Robb's eyes she felt, his and his alone. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The lord tore off another chunk of bread to swipe out his trencher. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "With my lord's own sword, I will kill him. I swear it. I swear it. I swear it." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z In honor of-the occasion, his lord father would doubtless permit each child a glass of wine, but no more than that. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z A long column of armored lancers was crossing the moat between the walls when Bran emerged from the tower,- Karstark men, following their lords into the castle. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "Unhand, please, my lord . . . need your milk, the pain ... the chain, don't, unhand, no . . ." The pink face was beginning to purple when Tyrion let go. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Under the windows was a huge oaken table where the lord wrote his letters. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z "My lords," he said, "my place is beside the young king now. Pray give me leave to attend him." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “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 “I have seen her in my flames, but only once. We must win the lord commander’s trust, and the only way to do that is to save her.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He wondered what his lord father would make of them in their skins and bits of stolen steel. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The lords fell silent one by one, and Robb looked up at the sudden quiet and saw her. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z If the dish smelled especially choice, he would send it to one of the lords on the dais, a gesture of friendship and favor that Maester Luwin told him he must make. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z "Your lord father commanded us to harry the coast, no more." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Either his lord father had a new respect for Tyrion's abilities, or he'd decided to rid himself of his embarrassing get for good. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “My lord father—” “Your father is a castellan, not a lord. And a castellan has no right to make marriage pacts.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Where are the young lords?” asked Wang Lung, still staring about him, so impossible was it for him to believe these things. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z He asked “Who is the master here, the lord of Athens? I bring a message to him from the master of Thebes.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z "I shall require your help," Ned said when Tomard appeared, looking faintly apprehensive, as he always did when called before his lord. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Not at all, my lord. You are most welcome.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z His lord father's assembled captains and bannermen had fallen very quiet as the courier told his tale. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I gave him a horse the day he set out, a red stallion with a fiery mane, die pride of my lord father’s herds. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The next day he met with Pechvarry, who said, “I did not know you were so mighty, my lord.” A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z “Some do, my lord. On the day their guest departs.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “No, no! The lord of the great horns pursues wise, miserable Gurgi with leaping and galloping. Gurgi fears terrible smackings and whackings. He follows kindly and mighty protectors. Faithful Gurgi will not leave them, never!” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z "My lords," he said to the sons, in a voice gone hoarse and shrunken, "we . . . we shall need to find a stonecarver who knew his likeness well . . ." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z ‘You are a stern lord and resolute,’ she said; ‘and thus do men win renown.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z "I'm told those northern waters are very stormy, my lord." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Half the lords in the realm could not tell taxation from tyranny, and would bolt to the nearest usurper in a heartbeat if it would save them a clipped copper. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The descendants of some maroon communities still live on the lands that the sugar lords never managed to conquer. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z He seated himself in a high chair piled with cushions and said, "You look very ele-gant today, my lord." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Do you blame me, my lord? Such a prize is not easily won. A nubile girl, I hear, and not hard to look upon. Good hips, good breasts, well made for whelping-children.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Therem had been the son, child of the flesh, of this old lord. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z “What would the lord commander like us to do with his corpses?” asked Marsh when the living men had been moved. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z At first goods and damage was paid for by Pimple; but soon they began lording it around and taking what they wanted. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z "Then my answer is still no, my lord." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z "Thus far hunting seems indistinguishable from riding through the woods, my lord." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Yet all he said was, "As you command, my lord, but . . . but I am hungry. Might not I have a place at your table?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z "A plague, my lord. One that boils his spleen and rots his lungs." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z "Pardons, my lord. The message is not for you either. It is marked for the eyes of the Lady Catelyn, and her alone. May I approach?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Tyrion would gladly have kept her with him, but his lord father had forbidden it. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z A villein’s fate depended on the land he worked and the temperament of the lord he served. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z Three of them had entered together by the lord’s door behind the dais—one tall, one plump, one very young, but in their robes and chains they were three grey peas from a black pod. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "My lord," he said, "Lord Baelish is without and begs audience." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Many of his own lords thought him weak and would have welcomed open war with the Lannisters and the boy king on the Iron Throne. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "Only the lord can call the banners," Bran said as the snow drifted down around them. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “If your stiff-necked lord commander will allow it. Did your fires show you where to find this girl?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “I will need to let the pus again. The color... lord Captain, the cut is not healing. It may be that I will need to take your hand.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "Pride is everything to a king, my lord. Robert came all this way to see you, to bring you these great honors, yoti cannot throw them back in his face." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z At the head of the table sits Mr. McCracken, who glowers at everyone as if he were a lord presiding over his fiefdom. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “They were asking. The lord chancellor and the others.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Malcolm’s father was right: Lord Nugent had been lord chancellor, but that had been under a previous government, a more liberal body than the present one, and ruling at a more liberal time. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z High lords and fabled champions had come from all over the realm to compete, and the whole city had turned out tq^ watch. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z "My lord," Catelyn said, "there was a small sept in the last village we passed. If you will not permit me to depart for Riverrun, grant me leave to go there and pray." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She might have the very proof that Ned needed to bring the Lannisters to ruin, and if it came to war, they would need the Arryns and the eastern lords who owed them service. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Suppose they were to kill your “Then I should be dead, my lord.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Even the king’s proudest lords had learned to listen when he spoke. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The lord and lady sat with Fabian at the high table. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z “My lords and ladies, pardon the ruse by which I have gathered you here to witness the marriage of my daughter. Father, we wait your services.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Pippin sat down, but he could not take his eyes from the old lord. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z So she described it, sitting in her chamber among her maids—while her true lord was eating. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Now I am the lord commander, and it is hard to know which path is right. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The Jewish community would scrape together enough money to pay the fine, so that people could keep their homes and continue to live under the lord’s protection. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z “If I stand beside you, my lord, they will surely know it is I. If they see me in the courtyard, they may think I am but one of the stableboys. I shall stay here.” The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z "Cubs still have that soft fur, my lord," one of his men pointed out. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Today our office was at last graced by the presence of our lord and master, Mr. G. Lew. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “No, my lord, this is hardly, the place,” I replied, my voice sharp with rebuke. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “No. It is nothing. The doctor says... My lord, I would like to speak to you outside.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes, my lord. I was bad, my lord. Insolent and...” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “How like a royal court,” I muse, “where powerful lords and councillors direct the king's course.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z "My lord," he blurted at Mormont as he swung open the iron bars, "there's been a bird, you must come at once." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z When Parliament listened to the sugar lords, the colonists felt helpless, as if they were slaves. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z "As it happens, I am a widower these past eight years. Past time I took another, wife, don't you agree, my lords? A man does get lonely." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Lady Walda gave a shriek and clutched at her lord husband’s arm. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z So Nestor held his throne and scepter now, lord of the western approaches to Akhaia. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 The young lords had not seen, then, beyond that plain face of the kitchen slave. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z "My lord father would call that insolence, and send you to the mines for impertinence." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “You are putting those breeches on backwards, my lord,” he told Bracken. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Of course his first impulse was to say that he was only poor Arsheesh the fisherman's son and that the foreign lord must have mistaken him for someone else. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z “If your memory improves, I will expect—” Suddenly the Titan lord winced. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z "My lord father has sent me to greet you, and inquire as to who leads this mighty host." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z His lords pleaded with him to build inland; his priests told him he must placate the gods by giving Elenei back to the sea; even his smallfolk begged him to relent. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The lord with the mailed fist on his surcoat raised his eyes. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Last night I dreamed my brother was alive again. We were jousting before some great lord, riding Crunch and Pretty Pig, and men were throwing roses at us. We were so happy...” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Tyrion had wanted desperately to go with them, but his lord father had dubbed the voyage a “fool’s quest,” and forbidden him to take part. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Sometimes they did, when Father had to dine with the king or some lord or the en-voys from this place or that place. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Scheme all you like, Massey. She’ll still be for the fire, her and her king’s blood. There’s power in king’s blood, the red woman used to say. Power to please our lord.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Whatever pride his lord father might have felt at Samwell's birth vanished as the boy grew up plump, soft, and awkward. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Good lord, how was a person supposed to eat through this garbage? The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z The lord received a tenth of all the grain they ground. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z No, he thought; the more direct way would be best—to go humbly to his lord. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z She has the right to know her lord is dead. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The beast seemed so untouchable up there, as though it would always and forever lord its death leer over the city. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He told Hermes to go down to the underworld and to bid the lord of it let his bride go back to Demeter. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z One of the squires interrupted the bawdy story he'd been telling to make room at the table for their lord's brother. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Reek,” he said, “if it please my lord.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “All the rats in the Dreadfort belong to my lord father. How dare you make a meal of one without my leave.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Ironmen from the isles, wildlings from beyond the Wall... and now this traitor lord with his outlaws, rebels, and sorcerers.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z ‘And would you have your proud folk say of you: “There goes a lord who tamed a wild shieldmaiden of the North! The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z “For honor’s sake I must ask about my liege lord.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “My lord, will you revoke the Order of Exile on Estraven, to clear his name?” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z "You are all your lord father claimed you were." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z "No, it's a sign! It's a sign, my lord!" The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z "A good lord comforts and protects the weak and helpless," he told the Freys. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “And you will kill people with this bowr “Yes, my lord. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The lord could make them swear oaths and answer questions. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z What skin the corpse lord showed was white, save for a bloody blotch that crept up his neck onto his cheek. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "I know the penalty for desertion, my lord. I'm not afraid to die." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "And you have a deal more faith in your brothers and uncles than I do, my lady. The Florent lands lie too close to Highgarden for your lord uncle to risk Mace TVrell's wrath." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z "Your own . . . my lord, that would not be possible. The King's Hand has taken up residence in your former chambers." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She only wished there wasn’t a giant, invisible timer lording over her family, ticking down to when they would inevitably move again. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z But she, for greeting, called from the meeting ground her lord and master, Antiphates, who came to drink their blood. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z At that same hour, before the distant manor of Odysseus, the suitors were competing at the discus throw and javelin, on a measured field they used, arrogant lords at play. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “To serve, my lord,” he answered, his voice as brittle as the papers in his hands. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z "Charged by your own lord husband to keep the king's peace and enforce the king's justice." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “My lord,” said the officer who came in, “an angel has just arrived at the western gate—wounded—he insists on speaking to you.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z ‘Yea,’ he said; ‘for though the Stones be lost, they say, still the lords of Gondor have keener sight than lesser men, and many messages come to them. But sit now!’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z When he had finished, and his master had shown the king the stolen cup, some of the lords of the court cried out that the slave should be offered to the Firedrake as a sacrifice. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z “You are only lord commander by my sufferance. You would do well to remember that.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “The magic staff of kings and lords and wizards and...elves or whatever.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z It seemed to them that Gandalf had never spoken so fair and fittingly to their lord. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z His lord \\^s stubborn and proud; when he had set his mind, there was no changing it. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “You have no power over me. I am the lord of spirits! The ghost king!” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Wrapped in his furs and leathers, mounted on his great warhorse, his lord father loomed over him like a giant. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She shook her head at this, and, the difficult speech halting on her lips, she said further, “Well, and my lord, come home unexpectedly.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z "My lord father owes Lady Lysa fealty, as does his heir. A second son must find glory where he can." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “They must be away. That is the retreat Lord, lord, will ye look at the confusion!” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “Will my lord want me after he has eaten?” she asked as she was lacing up his boots. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "I am the lord here while my mother and father are away, Lannister. I am not your boy." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z On foot they came, and horsemen, filling the river plain with dazzle of bronze; and Zeus lord of lightning threw my men into blind panic: no one dared stand against that host closing around us. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The lot o’ them been lording the big secret over folk for half a year, smug as pontiffs.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She would sooner sit bathed in the ruddy glow of her red lord’s blessed flames, her cheeks flushed by the wash of heat as if by a lover’s kisses. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "I cannot visit long, my lord," he announced. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "I am pleased to hear it, my lord. Some of your sister's hirelings are mine as well, unbeknownst to her. I should hate to think they had grown so sloppy as to be seen." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “We were only having a jape, my lord.” 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 “What choice do I have, my lord? Come with you, or remain with Garth and Lady Lu?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z In England, abolitionists spoke up for Africans, but kings and lords still ruled. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z "My daughter . . ." "Surely you did not think I'd forgotten about your sweet innocent, my lord? The queen most certainly has not." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "Where I might have expected to find you, my lord. You are still my father's bannerman, are you not?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He wanted a bargain animal whose talent had been overlooked by the old-money lords of eastern racing. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Good lord,” said Professor McGonagall, looking alarmed as she took the necklace from Harry. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Then the lord gave us a strip in the low field, and that was so far, it took half the day to get there, and I couldn’t keep up. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z The peasant moves the boundary stone And steals the lord’s demesne. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z Yet I knew him otherwise: a lofty lord without kindness or caring for my mother. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z "Well enough for a man of my years, my lord," he replied, "yet I do tire easily, I fear." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “You were my steward, fetching my food and cleaning up my leavings. I was lord commander, with never a moment’s peace.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "His Grace is without, my lord, and the queen with him." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "My lord, my lord," he sang, tugging at her wrist, "here's the weasel who made the soup!" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She was the good girl, the obedient girl, but she had felt as wicked as Arya that morning, sneaking away from Septa Mordane, defying her lord father. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z How could a trial threaten her, when her weakling son was the lord judge? A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The girls went out with torches in their hands, swift at their work of bedmaking; returning they whispered at the lord Odysseus’ shoulder: “Sir, you may come; your bed has been prepared.” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z As the riders passed, Lord Jason nodded a curt greeting, but it was only a high lord's courtesy to strangers chance met on the road. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Seeing this done, the king in majesty said to his squire: “A fresh bowl, Pontonoos; we make libation to the lord of lightning, who seconds honorable petitioners.” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z "So when Vaigo Hoat's the lord, he's going to cut off the feet of all the servants to keep them from running away. The smiths too." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z This champion the lord of stormcloud, Zeus, and strong Apollo loved; nor had he ever to cross the doorsill into dim old age. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z "You don't want to do that, my lord prince." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Some of the older lords will still remember me, and their sons will have heard the stories. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Or are you one of the fragile creatures who will fall in love with a lord’s son and pine away?” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z "My lord," Poole said, "he commanded us to send you to him the moment you opened your eyes." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He would try to hold every inch of his soil, to defend every man, woman, and child who named him lord, and Tywin Lannister was shrewd enough to know that. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "I shall, my lord. And I shall command them to pray for the health of the king and his Hand as well." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Mrs. Coulter said to Lord Roke, “My lord, are your spies always sent out in pairs?” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z In the gloom they heard the hiss of Wormtongue’s voice: ‘Did I not counsel you, lord, to forbid his staff? That fool, Háma, has betrayed us!’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The one being greater in both status and size, so it was that Skathis himself, the god of beasts and high lord of the Mesarthim, had dubbed them the greater and lesser Ellens. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z But he never lorded this over me, or ridiculed me for not having enough dough to teleport anywhere. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “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 “My lord,” I began, “you know you gave me these gifts, and with them sweet and gentle words.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z For a moment he sounded as commanding as their father, like the lord he would someday be. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "My lord, no," an urgent voice called out. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "Gold," he repeated, scrambling backward like a crab, "more gold than you'll see here in a lifetime. Enough to buy land, women, horses . . . you could be a lord. Lord Mord." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “We approve. Afterward some bard will make a stirring song about you, no doubt, and we shall have a more prudent lord commander.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z ‘I will not say farewell, my lord,’ said Pippin kneeling. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z “My dear lord,” she said, “you who are father and mother and brother unto me as well as husband, stay here with us. Do not make me a widow and your child an orphan.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z She lorded it over us plenty before she finally departed. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z Boys might play with swords, but it took a lord to make a marriage pact, knowing what it meant. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z When a lord had a feast, he served meat on bread—instead of using plates, people ate on “trenchers,” which were just slabs of stale bread. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z He watched the lords and ladies, the serving men, the old blind seneschal, and the young maester Myles, with his silky beard and servile smile. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z If they returned triumphant, her lord husband's joy would be fierce, and he might be willing to hear her out. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "Your garb, my lord," the boy mumbled when Tyrion entered, staring down at his boots. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He began to wonder why he had been so eager to come, when he had been given every excuse, even his lord’s command, to stay behind. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z “How, my lord? The old wounds never heal, my father says.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The Riders of Rohan sat uneasily upon their horses, on either side of the stair, and looked up darkly at the great tower, fearing what might befall their lord. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Finally, after three girls in as many years, Lady Tarly gave her lord husband a second son. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z They often kept each other’s council, for they were both lords among their people. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “I did not send for you, my lord,” I said evenly. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “That is because my lord Benderesk has not been wholly frank with you. I will be frank. Come, sit by me here.” A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z The other lords had not been slow to take the lesson. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He will help you place the other boys with noble lords, where they can serve as pages and squires and win their knighthoods. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "There was a raven this morning, a letter for the queen from her lord father. I thought you had best know." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He could almost hear him, and their lord father as well. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He ejected them with celerity, and his servants watched with some satisfaction as these lords of the leaf stalked back out to their chaises, disappointed in their designs. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z There flowered a White Tree, and that was for Gondor; but Seven Stars were about it, and a high crown above it, the signs of Elendil that no lord had borne for years beyond count. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z We don’t know what it is, lord, one of the hippocampi said. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z The bones were gone, though, so he said, “You have better men than me in your service. Knights and lords and maesters. Why would you need a smuggler? You have ships.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “The best pie you have ever tasted, my lords,” the fat lord declared. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Then Mother tells me: the lord has his rights. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z Perhaps my lord father was right to despise me all these years, if this is the best I can achieve, Tyrion thought when he was alone. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z "She is frightened, my lord. In the Eyrie she feels safe." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The three lords of Stormhold got out of the coach and stretched their cramped legs. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z “My lord,” Grover said, “please, you must come back with me! The Elders will never believe id They’ll be overjoyed! You can save the wild!” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z "This will not do!" the lord roared, and he commanded his servants to even out the road by filling the gaps with uncooked rice. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “But I can’t just ignore the coloring. If I wait a span or two, some young lord will pay just for the snappy look of him.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z "Gunthor son of Gum, hear me. My House is rich and powerful. If the Stone Crows will see us safely through these mountains, my lord father will shower you with gold." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "Do you thirst, my lord? I have your milk, your good milk. You must not fight, no, don't try to move, you need your rest." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “You have been chasing your prey ten years, my lord?” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z "If it please my lord, what would you have of King Renly?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Good evening, my lord,” I then managed to say. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Her father used to say that a lord needed to eat with his men, if he hoped to keep them. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “I understand,” continued Mordred, in what was almost a soliloquy, “that our liege lord himself must watch the execution from this window.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “No thanks for him—oh, no—only smackings by great lords! Not even a small munching for helping find a piggy!” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z “You’ve despoiled me, you beardless boy. My lord husband will cut your balls off and put you in a dress.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z A bolt in the belly, my lord, and all for you. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Have no fear, my lord, Tyrion thought, it’s not the Wall I have in mind for you. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z "If I have given offense, I am deeply sorry. All men know how much we love you, my lord. And how much we need you." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Then the Titan lord turned his attention bade to Chiron. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Yet I still dream of that night, my lord. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She would make it true if she must; Robb would listen to her, even if his lords would not. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z "I fear so, my lord. It is so sad. So grievous sad. And them so young and innocent." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “My lord, what I have to say is gone out of my head. I only just now learned of Lord Estraven’s disgrace.” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z His voice became heavier, ancient, and powerful— the voice of the Titan lord Kronos. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z He asked her about the man Bronn had taken her from, and she named the minor retainer of an insignificant lord- ling. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "At once may be too late. I fear those birds have flown. But I shall do what I can, my lord. With your leave." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Then you are in the wrong place, with the wrong lord.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Lord Davos, if you are a lord, I know what your so-called king would have of me. Steel and silver and a bended knee.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "You would win, my lord. Lord Alester was indeed the first to bend the knee! Many others followed." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z ‘Now, lord,’ said Gandalf, ‘look out upon your land! Breathe the free air again!’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z They lived in what we would consider desperate poverty, and they were dependent on the whims of the weather and the good will of their lord. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z The oldest girls serve pumpernickel and goose liver on the house’s last unchipped plates while the portly vice minister and his severe-looking wife inspect the parlor like lords come to tour some distasteful gnomish cottage. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The lord wiped his mouth with the back of his hand and picked up the ribbon for a closer squint. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I was lorded over by Mommy, my older siblings, friends of Ma’s, and relatives on my father’s and stepfather’s sides whom, years later, I would recognize as guiding forces in my life. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z My sense of triumph in lording Breanna over Coop lasted twenty-seven minutes before the guilt set in. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z Privately, the eighty-first lord had hoped that by the time his end came upon him, six of the seven young lords at Stormhold would be dead, and but one still alive. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z He, not my father, was now my lord. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Sam hesitated for a moment, then bowing very low: ‘Good night, Captain, my lord,’ he said. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z “You have a new lord now,” he declared. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z From then on, Zeus and his brothers and sisters ruled, undisputed lords of all. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Men seldom do, for when women are the advisers, the lords of creation don’t take the advice till they have persuaded themselves that it is just what they intended to do. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes — as in Jacob’s case — paying the fine was of no use, because after the lord had pocketed the money, he drove the Jews out of town. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z "I fear I did forget, my lord. Pray forgive me. For a moment I did not remember that I was talking to a Stark." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “No, my lord. You spent most of those classes setting me on fire.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z She gazed down at the bones that were all that remained of her lord and love. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z They didn't have to tell the truth, but the oaths were binding unless they said "Mayhaps," so the trick was to say "Mayhaps" so the lord of the crossing didn't notice. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “How like my lord’s own changeable moods these two faces are, one that laughs and one that weeps,” he mused. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The man wore a heavy cloak with a fur collar, fastened with a silver mockingbird, and he had the effortless manner of a high lord, but she did not know him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Sugar lords like Beckford wanted to make sure American colonists would buy only from their islands, and would not be able to look for cheaper sugar elsewhere. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z 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 Half of the lords bannermen were between the smuggler and the high table. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Couldn’t have made it in front of the lord and lady, could I?” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Gem- stones glittered on the fingers of the lords and the girdles and hairnets of the ladies. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "My lord father," he announced, "His Grace commands you to attend him in the Chamber of the Painted Table. You are to ride the horse and come at once." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z "It's . . . terrible, my lord. My brother is a vile traitor." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Their host, a grizzled one-armed petty lord by the name of Harwood Stout, knew better than to refuse him, though by now his larders must be well nigh exhausted. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Every man of the party was of better birth and higher station than Davos Seaworth, and the great lords glittered in the morning sun. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z 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 "My lord, you must be still," the man murmured. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Yes, my lord,” I said, for this seemed to fit his role of pleading lover. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “My lord. You look different without your cloak.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z 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 "He's more use alive than dead. And my lord father never condoned the murder of prisoners after a battle." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “No, my lord. I was looking for passage to White Harbor. The king sent me, with a message for its lord.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Van Rensburg was not a clever fellow, and while he would lord it over us at the quarry, we could outwit him in court. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z To the men beside him he said, “Reek has been with me since I was a boy. My lord father gave him to me as a token of his love.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The gods must have their due . . . even cruel gods who would take Ned from her, and her lord father as well. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "In the name of King Robert and the good lords you serve, I call upon you to seize him and help me return him to Winterfell to await the king's justice." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I was struck through with my own wayward brand of reverence: praise be the lord of all plagues and secret afflictions! The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “I do not understand, my lord. Pray explain your meaning,” I begged. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z What I know is this: She left the coronation ceremony before any of the other lords or ladies. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Jon fixed the lord commander’s seal and handed him the letter. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z But soon the minstrel plucked his note once more to please the Phaiakian lords, who loved the song; then in his cloak Odysseus wept again. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “I paid for my smuggling at Storm’s End, my lord.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Oh . . . nearly! Careful now . . . good lord, I thought she’d had it then!” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z "I will, my lord, but why . . . ?" Tyrion smiled up at him. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “They complained about Lord Commander Mormont too. Men love to complain about their wives and lords, he told me once. Those without wives complain twice as much about their lords.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Slay whom your lord names as enemies, and be content. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z And I will serve you to the last, my sweet lord, my poor lonely son, Cressen thought, for suddenly he saw the way. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Sneaking around behind the lords and ladies, Prince Brat tied their powdered wigs to the backs of their oak chairs. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z "You reproach yourself more than I ever could, Your Grace. You must have these great lords to win your throne—" "Fingers and all, it seems." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Then she dried her eyes and set out to find her lord. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “Good lord, look at you!” he cried, delighted at my grubbiness. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Some of the other lords muttered about that, but Catelyn would not listen to their complaints. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “My lord, wouldn’t it be safer to leave the boy here aboard the boat?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "Do tell my lord father. My mother died birthing me, and he's never been sure." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z 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 "You would bring us the whisperings of a traitor half a world away, my lord. Perhaps Mormont is wrong. Perhaps he is lying." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Some children push themselves ahead just to lord it over other children, because they’re insecure or selfish. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z "Her blood is the blood of summer, my lord, but my daughter was bom here in King's Landing." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Had his lord father taken leave of his senses? A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Here I am, my lord,” I whispered, beckoning from the darkened arcade. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The boy lord had taken an arrow in the eye, and Ser Rodrik had lost his left arm at the elbow. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Ugly tales like that were told of every great lord in the realm. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “For that, you need White Harbor. The city cannot compare to Oldtown or King’s Landing, but it is still a thriving port. Lord Manderly is the richest of my lord father’s bannermen.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Demographically speaking, they lived in the hinterlands, remote and thinly settled; their lives were as far from Wari or Toltec lords as the nomads of Siberia were from the grandees of Beijing. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z They never played lord of the crossing again, but they played other games—monsters and maidens, rats and cats, come-into-my-castle, all sorts of things. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Her brother swung up into his saddle, every inch the lord in his bright mail and flowing mud-and- water cloak. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The lord's bedchamber was crowded when she entered. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Only Bran the broken boy, Brandon of House Stark, prince of a lost kingdom, lord of a burned castle, heir to ruins. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "A eunuch has no honor, and a spider does not enjoy the luxury of scruples, my lord." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Catelyn would raise the north when the word reached her, and the lords of river and mountain and Vale would join her. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "Your lord father sent you to us, Jon. Why, who can say?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "Now there is tedious reading if ever I saw it. A sleeping potion, my lord?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z But the lord's servants promptly had them thrown in jail. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z I delight in the chemicals that would doubtless sicken all the lords and ladies at the Court. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z "My lord, what will happen to him? Will they kill ' him?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Enough for any man to live like a lord for the rest o’ his days. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Perhaps it had been part of a temple, or the hall of the village lord. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “My lord,” said Davos, “I pray no harm will come to your son, or to any man of White Harbor.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “One of the lords in the South. Someone named Lord Win.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z It was fighters he wanted, and men who would be loyal to him, not to his lord father or his uncles. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “These wildlings ... do you think they will keep faith, my lord?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "The red enamel blood is a shade much, if you don't mind my saying. Tell me, my lord, did you drive the spear into the man's back yourself, or mdid you only give die command?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z With the other servants came the lord of the house, who was furious to be called away from his party. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z There the guards awaited him, and heralds stood, and all the lords and chiefs were gathered together that remained in Edoras or dwelt nearby. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The lord gave answer, but too softly for Arya to hear. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z His father is a great lord, fighting in Spain against the Muslim kings there. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z “Good lord. Haven’t laughed like that in years. And boy, did I need it.” Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z Somehow she had gotten the notion that a dwarf lord- ling would be the perfect consort for her laughter Lollys, a large, soft, dim-witted girl who rumor said was still a maid at thirty-and-three. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The lords clasped their bare heads as if they'd been scalped. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z The lord got to knock anyone in the water anytime he pleased, and he was the only one who got to use a stick. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Rex, it’s been forever! How are you? Oh lord, please pardon my appearance, I’m a mess!” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z "Wait for me, my lord," she said as his eyes closed. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z "Three sons, two daughters. The direwolf is the sigil of your House. Your children were meant to have these pups, my lord." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Where is your shelter if some stiff gale blows up from south or west— 370 the winds that break up shipping every time when seamen flout the lord gods’ will? The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z And so Estraven received what they gave us, as a lord among lords or a beggar among beggars, a man among his own people. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z “The Arctic mostly, so they say. But you remember what the lord chancellor was asking about?” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Over the clatter of knife and plate and the low mutter of table talk, he heard Patchface singing, . . dance, my lord, dance my lord,” to the accompaniment of jangling cowbells. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z My father is the noble lord’s physician, And I am bound to carry on tradition. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z Sam, you sweet fat fool, you played me a cruel jape when you made me lord commander. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "Please, my lords," she pleaded, "don't hurt me." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She feared for her lord father, and wondered at his ominous silence. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Davos saw the looks that passed between the lord- lings as he rode past them to join the king. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z "I will be as good a lord to you as Eddard Stark ever was." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Some lords trusted their maesters to read their letters and convey the contents, but Stannis insisted on breaking the seals himself. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Forgiveness comes only from the gods. What of Ser Lan- cel, who was your cousin and your lord husband’s squire? Did you take him into your bed to win his loyalty as well?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Oh, lord! I don’t know. Not these two or three years, perhaps.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z "We do, my lord, and thank you for asking." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z ‘Receive it, lord!’ he said: ‘in earnest of other things that shall be given back. But if I may counsel you in the use of your own, do not use it — yet! Be wary!’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Jane said, in a whisper: “He talks as though he were a great lord.” Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z Perhaps she would wear it to a dinner party at the villa of some great lord or count, perhaps to the palace itself. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z No doubt he dreamed of putting her in the Seastone Chair on Pyke and ruling through her, as her lord and master. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “If it please my lord, I would request a privy audience.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Davos felt as though the lord had punched him in the belly. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “I would not send out hunters, my lord. I would not.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "If my lord will open the wardrobe, he will find what he seeks." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “The Master ordered it decanted especially for you, my lord,” said the Butler. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z "I'll keep that in mind, my lord. In any case, it was Lady Lysa I hoped you might sway. For her, I have a sweeter offer." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Crispin, for these lords to have sons out of wedlock is common.” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z The others clapped and hollered, "Yes, my lord! What Tirid said!" City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z She may not be a princess, but she would make a worthy wife for any lord. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Sir Ector’s health had been drunk with “Best respects, Measter,” or “Best compliments of the Season, my lords and ladies, and many of them.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z How frustrating it must be to come so close to your goal, to have Oak and the crown in one place, to have the lords and ladies of Faerie assembled. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z On the sixth hour, at which time, my lord, You said our work should cease. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z To command the snowy sentinels on die walls, the squires had erected a dozen snowy lords. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She was only six years older than me, for gosh sake, which to my mind didn’t give her any right to lord it over me like she was a hundred. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z "If not illness, my good lord, what else could it be?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Can there be anything more magnificent than that this barbarian lord should have all the things to be found under the heavens in his domain, fashioned in gold and silver and jewel and feathers? 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Child like you drunk as a lord ringing for a priest at this hour. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “Reek, my lord. Your man. I’m Reek, it rhymes with sneak.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The dolphin spoke in a chattering voice, but I could understand it in my mind: Yes, lord! The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z “It makes me feel like a weed in a flowerbed when someone starts ‘lording’ me here.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z "I am . . . yours, my lord. Your man. I swear it. I will not run again." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Tramps, vagabonds, ladies, and lords, welcome to Dolly Parton Night at the Hideaway!” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z ‘I do not know, I am sure, lord,’ she answered, ‘at least not by that name. I will go and ask of the herb-master; he knows all the old names.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z “They will only slow us, my lord,” he said to Jon. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z But Lady Seymour was the wealthy, elderly widow of a British lord, incapable of social error, so all pretended she had not said a word. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z “Sit down, my lord. You are welcome home. Make yourself easy and tell the story—if you am not too tired?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z And if their lord father were truly a prisoner, that could mean his death for a certainty. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "Lyanna might have carried a sword, if my lord father had allowed it. You remind me of her sometimes. You even look like her." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z That sort of entrance might serve for a sellsword and his son, but not for a great lord and his prince. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Proud Volantis, queen of the Rhoyne and mistress of the Summer Sea, home to noble lords and lovely ladies of the most ancient blood. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z All around them the guests were dressed as princesses or lords, their masks glittering with garnets and plumed with feathers. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z "Will we be going back to the castle now, my lord?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “We all must chooseshe proclaimed. “Man or woman, young or old, lord or peasant, our choices are the same.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "As you wish, my lord," he said with no trace of his former friendliness. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Yesssss, my lord” “Is our little surprise ready to be unleashed?” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z And the aged lord, without a word, shambled silently away, his old velvet shoes flapping and off at his heels, coughing as he went. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z My forlorn thought flows variable as her song, wondering: shall I stay beside my son and guard my own things here, my maids, my hall, to honor my lord’s bed and the common talk? The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z "Why are you so helpful, my lord Varys?" he asked, studying the man's soft hands, the bald powdered face, the slimy little smile. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Stannis, my lord, my sad sullen boy, son I never bad, you must not do this, don’t you know how I have cared for you, lived for you, loved you despite all? A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Our lord of cheese is the size of an elephant, but he has a bladder like a peanut, the dwarf mused. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “You heard your lord grandfather. Hush! You know nothing.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Why, my lord, you look as though you have been visited by a ghost!” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z And then there was the work he had to do in the lord’s fields — the work he was paid to do. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z "Even in the west, we know the prowess of the warrior clans of the Mountains of the Moon. What brings you down from your strongholds, my lords?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He doesn’t lord it over me, which is nice. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z I was lorded over by Mommy, my older siblings, friends of Ma’s, and relatives on my father’s and stepfather’s sides whom, years later, I would recognize as guiding forces in my life. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “He never said, my lord. Only that he won the coin at dice.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It was a classic meal of the French lords. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z The servant had called the monster in the pit something other than “my lord”... some special name or tide. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z “Come, let’s find you a handsome young lord for tonight.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z "My lords," he said, smiling at nothing in particular before he turned to Ned. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "He could not lead an army even if my lord husband gave him one," Dany said. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "It would seem he has met some trouble on the road. My lord father is quite vexed. You would not perchance have any notion of who might have wished my brother ill, would you?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z ‘By your leave, lord!’ said Pippin and turned and fled in terror from the deathly house. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z “Have my silver saddled. I would not go to my lord husband upon the backs of bearers.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The world was simpler when I had a lord commander to decide such matters, Selmy reflected. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “His Grace has seen victory in his fires,” Foxglove said, “a victory that will be sung of for a thousand years in lord’s castle and peasant’s hut alike.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The castle was too crowded to withstand a long siege, and too many of the lords here were of uncertain loyalty. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Is it the lord chancellor?” said Malcolm eagerly, jumping up and following his father out. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z “Two come forth today to join their lives, so they may face this world’s darkness together. Fill their hearts with fire, my lord, so they may walk your shining path hand in hand forever.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "I have not had the honor, my lord." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “My lord, Actaeon trespassed in gazing at the goddess. Being turned into a stag and devoured by his own dogs was a fitting punishment,” I said. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z A maester must go where he is sent, so Cressen had come here with his lord some twelve years past, and he had served, and served well. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z "It is good to see you in such a fierce humor, my lord." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "I see no other choice," he conceded, "but if you do not return ..." "Someone will come down out of the Fiostfangs, my lord," the ranger said. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z A lord needed men about him he could rely upon for honest counsel. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z ‘The first circle of the City is burning, lord,’ they said. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z "Rely on it, my lord. The princess is with child." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z For the people of the City used horses very little and they were seldom seen in their streets, save only those ridden by the errand-riders of their lord. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z "No, my lord," Sam replied in a thin, nervous voice. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "I see no lord. Only a dog dressed in chickenbones, who rattles when he rides." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Uncle had on his best outfit, looking as splendid as any lord. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z "I think he means for you to have a crown, my lord." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z "Keep your eyes and ears open," he warned them, before he rode off to the towerhouse to see if there was any sign of the lord- ling or his guards. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z At last the lords agreed, though with much ill will, to elect Claudius as king. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “You have my word on that, my lord.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Her lord husband stood and raised his hands. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Nay, nay, my lord,” said Sir Ector, with some very feeble old tears. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Red Ronnet’s sire had been quick to take advantage of his lord cousin’s downfall, true, but his son had been a child at the time. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "My lord, the child has lost the use of his legs. He cannot sit a horse." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She remembered hearing her lady mother tell Father to put on his lord's face and go deal with some matter. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She found her son surrounded by his father's lords ban- nermen, in a drafty hall with a peat fire smoking in a black hearth. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He dreamt of his lord father and the Shrouded Lord. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Piers Plowman, went to town to sell his children to the lords of the New Order for purposes that we may call questionable at best. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She heard her saying, "1116 council does us great honor, my good lords." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Soon all the lords and warriors followed suit. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z "The talk in the yard is we shall have a tourney, my lord," Jory said as he resumed his seat. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "A pity. Well, the threat may serve to keep the Marcher lords close to their castles, at least. What news of my father?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z This was the corner where the lord and lady relieved themselves during dinners and banquets. 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 Even the villeins could go: their duty to God was more important than their ties to the lord of the manor. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z I knew she looked just like her parents—lanky, washed-out, lipless—and that when she spoke to them they answered her in the same even, lowing rhythm of ennui and supremacy she lorded over us. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “We must hurry. Hopefully you have slowed down the Titan lord, but his vanguard will still be coming through. They will be anxious for blood. Most of our defenders are already in place. Come!” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z When said lord reached inside the helm and drew out a large purple melon dribbling pulp, he wheezed until his face turned the same color as the fruit. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “I do not know, my lord, what I should believe,” I said, my voice trembling from the effort to control it. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Elaine, sitting at the high table beside her lord at dinner, lived in a flow of conversation about people whose names she had never heard and about events which she could not understand. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The old lord kept mostly in his own apartments, coming forth mornings to pace up and down the snowy inner courtyards of the castle-keep like an old sorcerer who has been brewing spells all night. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z "My lord, I do not believe Robb Stark will yield easily. It is Lady Catelyn who wants this peace, not the boy." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z ‘I am troubled in mind, lord,’ he said, standing by the king’s horse. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z “I’m sorry, Percy. I didn’t mean to get you involved. Leneus is still a lord of the Wild. You don’t want to make an enemy of him.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z “You must excuse me, Captain-General. My lord father is buried beneath the sept, and it has been too many years since last I prayed for him.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z 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 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 He lowered his blade and said, “As my lord commands. But after I deliver you the head of Stannis Baratheon, I mean to finish hacking off Lord Lard’s.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Calmly, she said, "All the more reason that we must reach Riverrun, and soon. Where can we go to talk, my lord?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "My lords, it seems to me that if the rest of her kin were to remain loyal in this terrible time, that would go a long way toward laying our fears to rest." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z ‘You speak justly, lord,’ said the pale man sitting upon the steps of the dais. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z “But it doesn’t take a thousand men to open a door, my lord.” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z "Are you well, my lord?" asked one of his men, his sword in hand. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z A smart count in the Champagne region of France guaranteed the safety of any merchant coming to sell or trade at the markets in the lord’s lands. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z If a villein inherited enough strips of land to support his family, or if he was lucky enough to serve an honest and generous lord, he might live in relative comfort. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z And I admire the way he talks back to the gentlemen as if they have no right to lord it over him. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z One of the other men said, "The Old Bear sent him out to look for Waymar Royce, and he's late returning, my lord." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "My lord," he said to Ned, "pardon for disturbing your rest. I have been left a message." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Did they not appreciate the connection this church created with their lord Jesus Christ? Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Wizards trained on Roke went commonly to cities or castles, to serve high lords who held them in high honor. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z She loved King's Landing; the pagaentry of the court, the high lords and ladies in their velvets and silks and gemstones, the great city with all its people. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “It is worse than I feared, my lord,” Marsh announced when he was done. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I am as much a lord as you, and a better man. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “There is none swifter, honored lord. Adventure can run down the wind itself. Tell me where you wish to sail, and swiftly I shall bring you there.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The yellow lord seemed amused by the notion. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "My lord," he said, "you never asked me how it went. With the girl." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Taran was about to speak, but the war lord raised his hand. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z Together they garbed him as befit a lord. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The lord of suet was already dying from whatever hideous disease he had brought back from Sotho- ryos, it seemed to Tyrion. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Lords produced lords—not because peerage was hereditary, but because intelligence was. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Until he knew how matters stood here, it was more prudent to play the common sailor, not the lord. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "Innkeep," a servant's voice called out behind her, "we have horses that want stabling, and my lord of Lannister requires a room and a hot bath." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z They were tall pale folk in linen and samite and tiger fur, every one a lord or lady to her eyes. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z My lord, you rule wide country, rolling and rich with clover, galingale and all the grains: red wheat and hoary barley. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes, my lord. I was bought to please the king.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "Yes, my lord, but—" "Do we still mount watches?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Oh lord, Sierra, really? Everybody has a little gut, and plenty a’ dudes go crazy for ’em. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z The serving men brought every dish to Bran first, that he might take the lord's portion if he chose. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Or suppose the humans simply cut their losses and abandoned Weep, leaving a ghost town for them to lord over. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “Yes. Not enough to be afraid of, my lord.” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z "My lord," she asked, "will you take me with you when you leave Harrenhal?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z But finally he stood in the entrance like a little lord at peace with himself and the entire world. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z There were shouts from the watching guardsmen and the lords and ladies in the gallery. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He dreamed his sister was standing over his bed, with their lord father beside her, frowning. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z But for the satyrs, Pan was our lord and master. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z So the king and the prime minister and the lord chancellor would all be looking for somewhere to convalesce it. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z “Still expecting guidance from the wind lords? A son of Jupiter should know better.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Edmund’s father seized the king’s treasury, and the lords contended for control. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z "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 Yet one stood there still: Dernhelm the young, faithful beyond fear; and he wept, for he had loved his lord as a father. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z ‘Such a resolve might be expected from a lord of the House of Eorl, old though he be,’ he said. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z His sons were good fighters and better sailors, but they did not know how to talk to lords. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “I was a lord, by right of birth. I want no hollow titles.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Everybody watched hopefully, to see the effect, but Lancelot grabbed the King’s hand and cried in anguish: “For God’s sake, my lord, tell me how I came here?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Lapham was always telling him to give God thanks who had seen fit to make him so good an artisan—not to take it out in lording it over the other boys. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Good lord, firedamp in a coal mine,” my father said. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Let them make their case before the Iron Throne and the lords of the land. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “You know, my lord,” Aelia said, “Daedalus thought you would come. He thought the riddle might be a trap, but he couldn’t resist solving it.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “We are lords here now. We two will order all things well.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z He had been a reporter for El Diario/La Prensa working on an investigation of a drug lord in East Harlem. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z "Past forty, I bet. And he has a bad belly. Do you think he'll be lord?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Hamlet would bring Claudius to justice in a court of the lords. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z "Would you make me your captain for the night, my lord prince?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z "Is it true, my lord?" asked the High Septon, a small, shrewd man with a wispy white beard and wizened face. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Yes, my lord. It’s just—” You wanted power. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z ‘It may be well enough for this lord of the race of Gondor, as he claims,’ he said, ‘but who has heard of a horse of the Mark being given to a Dwarf?’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Tommen’s rule is bolstered by all of the alliances that my lord father built so carefully, but soon enough she will destroy them, every one. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Crossing the door sill she sat down at once in firelight, against the nearest wall, across the room from the lord Odysseus. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z "You are as wise as you are gentle, my lord." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He is the lord overcomer of obstacles, the god of good luck, the god of wisdom, the patron of learning. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “My lord, I wish you would reconsider. The new men can take their vows in the sept as easily.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "Osha, as it please the lord," she muttered sourly. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The way his lord father had died, for one. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "My work is costly, and I make no apologies for that, my lord," he said as he filled two matching silver goblets. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z North of here the kingsroad ran along the Green Fork of the Trident, through fertile valleys and green woodlands, past thriving towns and stout holdfasts and the castles of the river lords. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "I . . . I fear I'm a coward. My lord father always said so." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The toast he gives—to surprises and to the benefits of being too drunk to show up for the first coronation—causes all the lords and ladies to laugh. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Even from afar, his lord father was resplendent. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "Joffrey is such a grateful sovereign, I'm certain you will have no cause to complain, my good brave lord." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Thank you, my lords. Let us convene again five days hence. After Cersei’s trial.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The noise was a swelling tide: horses blowing and whickering, lords shouting commands, men-at-arms trading curses, camp followers squabbling. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “I... my lord, the men would never... giants eat human flesh, I think ... no, my lord, I thank you, but I do not have the men to watch over such a creature, he...” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Oh, my dad is the all-powerful evil Titan lord who wants to destroy Western Civilization. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z "Pray excuse me, my lords. Other business calls." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Once I stand in front of the lords and ladies of Faerie and declare my intent to go against Balekin, there’s no going back, no crawling under the coverlets in my bed, no running away. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The fat lord opened his eyes slowly, as if the effort were almost too much for him. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The Freys would report back to their lord, and the gods only knew what he might do. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "You commanded me to tell no one, my lord." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “She shall be the Lady of Winterfell, and me her lord.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Is he angry at the lords' decision? For I have heard him speak of the time when he would be king,” I said. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “Giant will be waiting on the lord commander’s pleasure,” Dolorous Edd reminded him. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "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 “I will guide you, my lord. Ask him if it is true about an exchange of souls. He will tell you.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Telemakhos gazed and said: “May Zeus, the lord of Hera, make it so! In far-off Ithaka, all my life, I shall invoke you as a goddess, lady.” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘The scouts have found naught to report beyond the grey wood, lord,’ he said, ‘save two men only: two dead men and two dead horses.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Silently the lady made her way to her glowing upper chamber, there to weep for her dear lord, Odysseus, until grey-eyed Athena cast sweet sleep upon her eyes. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘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 The next morning Lord Ramsay dispatched three riders down the causeway to take word to his lord father that the way was clear. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She, herself, felt the distance, but refused to lord it over us. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z For even as the revolutionaries in France passed humane laws, they began using the guillotine to execute their own lords and nobles. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z Left of the high seat stood a maester nigh as fat as the lord he served, a rosy-cheeked man with thick lips and a head of golden curls. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "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 He is the all-father, the lord of the slain, the gallows god. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Word of the victory at Riverrun had spread to the fugitive lords of the Trident, drawing them back. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z You have to grind at the lord’s mill unless it’s broken a day and a night. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z “Thoughts for the prince. Pansies for you, my lord. Think of me,” I said, my small voice striving to rise above the noise. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z And the stone lords had given him courage. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z |
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