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... those refinements of civility which formed what was in that age called courtesy.

— Thomas Bulfinch The Age of Chivalry (1858)

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For Mythology is the handmaid of literature; and literature is one of the best allies of virtue and promoters of happiness.

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"Alas! for shame," said Sir Launcelot, "that ever one knight should betray another! but it is an old saw, a good man is never in danger, but when he is in danger of a coward."

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He saw her eyes bright as stars; he saw her lips, and was not satisfied with only seeing them.

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