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forth like a knight errant
However that may be, De Leon gladly heard their story, and lost no time in going forth like a knight errant in quest of the magic fount.
— from Historic Tales: The Romance of Reality. Vol. 02 (of 15), American (2) by Charles Morris

felt like a knight entering
I felt like a knight entering an enchanted wood.
— from Captain Macklin: His Memoirs by Richard Harding Davis

free lance a knight errant
Old Pop was a free lance, a knight errant.
— from Dwellers in Arcady: The Story of an Abandoned Farm by Albert Bigelow Paine

for learning and knowing everything
I thought that advocates were paid for learning and knowing everything.
— from Pamela Giraud: A Play in Five Acts by HonorĂ© de Balzac


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