The father of the rejected prince determined to resist this "family compact," sent out knights and squires to impress every knight errant they met into his service.
Right heartily did we introduce ourselves as pianist and 'cellist errant at his service.
But determined fiddlerserrant usually land on their feet.
He disclosed himself as a fiddler errant by wistfully remarking that all this made him long for two things: his violin, and a chance to play trios.
II Fiddlers errant are apt to rush in and occupy the centre of the stage where angels in good and regular practice fear even to tune up.
III Fiddlers errant find that traveling with a 'cello is almost as good--and almost as bad--as traveling with a child.
On my promising, moreover, to taxicab it both ways with the sacred burden, he passed the Amati over, and the orgy of fiddlers errant was assured.
Thither adventurers hastened, thirsting for glory and for gold, and often mingling the enthusiasm of the crusader and the valor of the knight-errant with the bigotry of inquisitors and the rapacity of pirates.
Thus prepared, I thought as well of myself, as any knight errant that ever handled a sword and spear.
An errant cabby, cruising aimlessly but hopefully, sighted Maitland's tall figure and white shirt from a distance, and bore down upon him with a gallant clatter of hoofs.
And laughed a low, almost a silent, little laugh, as with deft fingers she tucked away the errant lock of hair.
There is nothing of the knight-errant about him personally, notwithstanding his devotion to his hero.
Blanchard Cayley divided his attentions equitably amongst them, till, looking across the room, he caught Fancy's errant glance.
He found that, although his attention was all for Fancy, Fancy's errant glances allowed nothing and nobody to escape her observation.
She took off her coat and hat, tucked in an errant curl or two over her ears and seated herself luxuriously in the arm-chair.
No one is a hero to one's own office-boy, and he evidently considered that a quarter of a million was an unwarrantable outlay for such a doubtfully advantageous object as the repatriation of an errant newspaper staff.
It was even possible that she herself might come to believe it of him, and John Delancy Curtis's knight-errant soul shrank and cringed under the thought, even while the memory of Hermione's first kiss of love was still hot on his lips.
But I wonder why she did not come to me herself instead of sending you as her errant ambassador?
Here, too, dark woods shut off errant breezes and he fell a prey to a curse of sand-flies that stung and envenomed his flesh.
Besides, I have late experience, that errant thieves are not the worst men in the world to have to deal with.
Sir Launcelot was not now so much of a knight-errant as to leave Aurelia to the care of Providence, and pursue the traitors to the farthest extremities of the earth.
A knight-errant ought to understand the sciences, to be master of ethics or morality, to be well versed in theology, a complete casuist, and minutely acquainted with the laws of his country.
Sancho did his best to warn his master that there was great danger in meddling with actors, as they were a favored class; but had the King himself interfered in their behalf, it would not have stayed the hand of the errant revenger.
As soon as Don Quixote had taken in the situation, he realized that these were no knights errant and confided this to his squire, charging him to help him in his battle for Rocinante's honor.
Then this tremendous din and noise was suddenly rent by the voice of Don Quixote; and like a flash there was peace, when the knight errant began to appeal in soft lucid tones for a cessation of hostilities.
Violently kicking Rocinante in the sides, for he had not had time to put on his spurs, he tried to increase his steed's canter to a gallop that he might attack in real knight errant fashion.
He understood, of course, that any woman would be likely to ask such a favor of him at any time (for who would not be proud to have touched the sinewy hand of so remarkable and famous a knight errant as himself?
The knight errant assured Sancho that he would get him out of his prison in a very short time, though he thought it best to return to the castle first and get some men to help him in the task.
He commanded the players to halt, saying he wanted to teach them how to be courteous to donkeys and animals that served squires and knights errant for steeds.
Here he lived on his property--and that of other persons--and he accepted money from wandering knights errant in return for the kindness and services he rendered them.
They asked him to let himself be stripped that they might put a shirt on him, but he would not on any account, saying that modesty became knights-errant just as much as valour.
Sancho required no pressing, but pushed himself in between them and the duke, who thought it rare good fortune to receive such a knight-errant and such a homely squire in their castle.
