knights

• “At the coronation of a king or queen, there be other knights made with longer and more curious ceremonies, called “knights of the bath.”

  Of Degrees of People in the Commonwealth of Elizabethan England. Chapter I. [1577, Book III., Chapter 4; 1587, Book II., Chapter 5

• “Among the toy soldiers – by toy makers Britains, Heyde, Mignot and Elastolin – is a rare group of 27 handmade Medieval mounted knights from the early 20th century that could bring $15,000 to $25,000.”

  The Huffington Post: Forbes' Toy Collection Going On Auction Block

• “Admits Sewell, “When I was an adolescent, I imagined these knights from the Middle Ages would ravish me.””

  She’s Just Not That Into You

• “The name knights then prevailed over that of hospitallers.”

  The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability

• “And, to find out the truth better, Vivaldo did ask him again what meant the word knights-errant.”

  The Second Book. V. Wherein Is Finished the History of the Shepherdess Marcela, with Other Accidents

• “Thereupon I called my knights and my men, and asked them what they wished us to do whether to surrender to the Sultan's galleys, or to surrender to those on land.”

  The Memoirs of the Lord of Joinville

• “Some three hundred yards away certain French knights, mounted, often two upon one horse, or afoot, were flying from that awful field, striking out to the right in order to clear themselves of the cumbering horde of fugitives.”

  Red Eve

• “Let one Fool and four knights from the British Isles, come in and clear the way!”

  The Peace Egg and a Christmas Mumming Play

• “For when certain German knights were boasting before him of the power and glory of Odoacer, he said that it would last some thirteen, or at most fourteen years; and the prophecy (so all men said in those days) came exactly true.”

  The Hermits

• “Scottish knights is now engaged; but such hosts impede him, that hope hardly dares hover over his tremendous path.”

  The Scottish Chiefs

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