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  • Mary, Gryffyth, and the Others must destroy Schmidt and the most evil vampire of all Weiss before they kill the Others, and the Prime Minister.

    Bloody Right-Georgia Evans « The Merry Genre Go Round Reviews 2009

  • It was this Gryffyth who received and sheltered Fleance, the son of Banquo, when flying from Macbeth, and gave him in marriage his daughter Nesta, who became the mother of Walter, the ancestor of the line of kings shadowed in Macbeth's mirror.

    Cameos from English History, from Rollo to Edward II Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

  • Gryffyth, and sent his head, his hands, and the beak of his ship, to

    Cameos from English History, from Rollo to Edward II Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

  • But, after Godwin's death, Harold, as Earl of Wessex, deemed it time to repress these inroads, and, training his men to habits of diet and methods of warfare that rendered them as light and dexterous as the wild mountaineers, he pursued them into their own country, and burnt the palace and ships at Rhuddlan, while Gryffyth was forced to take refuge in one of his vessels.

    Cameos from English History, from Rollo to Edward II Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

  • Gryffyth, all Welchmen respect -- to the mouth of a frightful pass, skirting the river; the monk will bear aloft the holy rood in signal of peace.

    Harold : the Last of the Saxon Kings — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

  • Free pardon to all, chiefs and people, and safe return to their homes, -- save Gryffyth alone.

    Harold : the Last of the Saxon Kings — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

  • Though the learning which had once existed in Wales (the last legacy of Rome) had long since expired in broil and blood, and youths no longer flocked to the colleges of Caerleon, and priests no longer adorned the casuistical theology of the age, Gryffyth himself, the son of a wise and famous father [172], had received an education beyond the average of Saxon kings.

    Harold : the Last of the Saxon Kings — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

  • And I, as King of England, will set all Cymry free, and restore to the realm of Gryffyth the shires of Hereford and Worcester.

    Harold : the Last of the Saxon Kings — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

  • But to return to Algar; in a day most unlucky he gave his daughter to Gryffyth, the most turbulent sub-king the land ever knew, who, it is said, will not be content till he has won all Wales for himself without homage or service, and the Marches to boot.

    Harold : the Last of the Saxon Kings — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

  • In a minute more he was surrounded; and through the rain of javelins that poured upon him, hissed and glittered the sword of Gryffyth.

    Harold : the Last of the Saxon Kings — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

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