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... against the traitor and his allies was fought at Camlan in Cornwall . There Arthur was fatally wounded , and the British resistance was broken . Then spake King Arthur to Sir Bedivere : " Far 6 ENGLISH HISTORY Lord Tennyson.
... against the traitor and his allies was fought at Camlan in Cornwall . There Arthur was fatally wounded , and the British resistance was broken . Then spake King Arthur to Sir Bedivere : " Far 6 ENGLISH HISTORY Lord Tennyson.
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... traitor knights , Oaths , insult , filth , and monstrous blasphemies , Sweat , writhings , anguish , laboring of the lungs In that close mist , and cryings for the light , Moans of the dying , and voices of the dead . Last , as by some ...
... traitor knights , Oaths , insult , filth , and monstrous blasphemies , Sweat , writhings , anguish , laboring of the lungs In that close mist , and cryings for the light , Moans of the dying , and voices of the dead . Last , as by some ...
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... traitor of thine house . " Then spake the King : " My house hath been my doom . But call not thou this traitor of my house Who hath but dwelt beneath one roof with me . My house are rather they who sware my vows , Yea , even while they ...
... traitor of thine house . " Then spake the King : " My house hath been my doom . But call not thou this traitor of my house Who hath but dwelt beneath one roof with me . My house are rather they who sware my vows , Yea , even while they ...
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... Traitors are rarely bred Save under traitor kings . Our vice - king John , True king of vice - true play on words — our John By his Norman arrogance and dissoluteness , Hath made me king of all the discontent Of England up thro ' all ...
... Traitors are rarely bred Save under traitor kings . Our vice - king John , True king of vice - true play on words — our John By his Norman arrogance and dissoluteness , Hath made me king of all the discontent Of England up thro ' all ...
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... traitor coming In Richard's name it is not he not he . very ( The men stand amazed . ) Friar Tuck ( going back to the bush ) . Robin , shall we not move ? Robin . It is the King Who bears all down . Let him alone awhile . He loves the ...
... traitor coming In Richard's name it is not he not he . very ( The men stand amazed . ) Friar Tuck ( going back to the bush ) . Robin , shall we not move ? Robin . It is the King Who bears all down . Let him alone awhile . He loves the ...
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