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That adulturous pretender Lancelot should never appear in anything, Gawaine is the greatest of Arthur's Knights: P
Suvudu Cage Match grrm 2010
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Then the good man called Gawaine, and said: It is long time passed sith that ye were made knight, and never sithen thou servedst thy Maker, and now thou art so old a tree that in thee is neither life nor fruit; wherefore bethink thee that thou yield to
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Then the good man called Gawaine, and said: It is long time passed sith that ye were made knight, and never sithen thou servedst thy Maker, and now thou art so old a tree that in thee is neither life nor fruit; wherefore bethink thee that thou yield to Our Lord the bare rind, sith the fiend hath the leaves and the fruit.
Chronicle and Romance (The Harvard Classics Series) Thomas Malory Jean Froissart
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Then the good man called Gawaine, and said: It is long time passed sith that ye were made knight, and never sithen thou servedst thy Maker, and now thou art so old a tree that in thee is neither life nor fruit; wherefore bethink thee that thou yield to Our Lord the bare rind, sith the fiend hath the leaves and the fruit.
Chapter V. The Sixteenth Book. Of the Good Counsel That the Hermit Gave to Him 1909
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Then the good man called Gawaine, and said: It is long time passed sith that ye were made knight, and never sithen thou servedst thy Maker, and now thou art so old a tree that in thee is neither life nor fruit; wherefore bethink thee that thou yield to Our Lord the bare rind, sith the fiend hath the leaves and the fruit.
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"Gawaine," Greta cooed, and fluttered pale eye - lashes at him.
Fortress Of Frost And Fire Lackey, Mercedes 1993
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"Gawaine," Greta cooed, and fluttered pale eyelashes at him.
Fortress Of Frost And Fire Lackey, Mercedes 1993
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If he lunched with Gawaine and lingered chatting, he should not reach the
Adam Bede 2004
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You know Gawaine has got the curses of the whole neighbourhood upon him about that enclosure.
Adam Bede 2004
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Gawaine was at home, the hand of the dial in the courtyard had scarcely cleared the last stroke of three when Arthur returned through the entrance-gates, got down from the panting
Adam Bede 2004
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