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No knightlier soul than his ever flashed a sabre in the cause he loved so well, and like Marshall Nay, he was one of the bravest of the brave.
History of Kershaw's Brigade D. Augustus Dickert
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They are gone, those times, gone like the Dinosaur; gone with bows and arrows and the old knightlier days.
Unhappy Far-Off Things Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett Dunsany 1917
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No knightlier spirit breasted the storm in twenty battles beneath the Red Cross
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It thrilled me with pride that I should receive so famous a sword, for knightlier foeman than Alphonso never trod a deck nor tossed his gauntlet in the lists.
The Black Wolf's Breed A Story of France in the Old World and the New, happening in the Reign of Louis XIV Harris Dickson 1907
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Where could one find a nobler, knightlier body of young men?
The Great War As I Saw It Frederick George Scott 1902
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He looked, in their evening circle at Teackle Hall, like a younger and knightlier person, in a modern suit of clothes, and slippers of Vesta's gift.
The Entailed Hat Or, Patty Cannon's Times George Alfred Townsend 1877
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By our halidame, Lord Scales, thou must look well to thy lance and thy steed's girths, for never, I trow, hast thou met a champion of goodlier strength and knightlier mettle. "
The Last of the Barons — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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By our halidame, Lord Scales, thou must look well to thy lance and thy steed's girths, for never, I trow, hast thou met a champion of goodlier strength and knightlier mettle. "
The Last of the Barons — Volume 04 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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