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Arthur Milman. INTRODUCTION CONTENTS . Ballads . I. KING ARTHUR'S DEATH . II . FAIR ROSAMUND PAGE 1 19 · 28 88 III . HUGH OF LINCOLN IV . , V. A LYTELL GESTE OF ROBIN HOOD 39 45 1995 49 ROBIN HOOD RESCUING THE WIDOW'S THREE SONS FROM THE ...
Arthur Milman. INTRODUCTION CONTENTS . Ballads . I. KING ARTHUR'S DEATH . II . FAIR ROSAMUND PAGE 1 19 · 28 88 III . HUGH OF LINCOLN IV . , V. A LYTELL GESTE OF ROBIN HOOD 39 45 1995 49 ROBIN HOOD RESCUING THE WIDOW'S THREE SONS FROM THE ...
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... King Cnut himself , who , as he once happened to be sailing by the Abbey of Ely , heard the monks within its walls singing merrily , and answered them in corresponding strain to this effect : Merrily sung the monks of Ely When Cnut the king ...
... King Cnut himself , who , as he once happened to be sailing by the Abbey of Ely , heard the monks within its walls singing merrily , and answered them in corresponding strain to this effect : Merrily sung the monks of Ely When Cnut the king ...
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... King Alfred visited the Danish camp under the disguise of a minstrel , and being invited to entertain their king with music and song had leisure to observe the dispositions which had been made for defence , and to plan the assault which ...
... King Alfred visited the Danish camp under the disguise of a minstrel , and being invited to entertain their king with music and song had leisure to observe the dispositions which had been made for defence , and to plan the assault which ...
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... King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table . But it may be doubted whether the poetical fables of ' Arthur and the Table Round ' ever took any real hold of the popular ear . They are too visionary and unreal to touch the heart of ...
... King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table . But it may be doubted whether the poetical fables of ' Arthur and the Table Round ' ever took any real hold of the popular ear . They are too visionary and unreal to touch the heart of ...
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... king had loved to hear . At the end of the reign of Queen Elizabeth we find them included in an Act of Parliament which aimed at the punishment of rogues , vagabonds , and obstinate beggars . In the chill air of Puritanism their ...
... king had loved to hear . At the end of the reign of Queen Elizabeth we find them included in an Act of Parliament which aimed at the punishment of rogues , vagabonds , and obstinate beggars . In the chill air of Puritanism their ...
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