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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by William McLaren

King Arthur welcomes the Green Knight into the Banqueting Hall and invites him to dismount and eat with the company. Everyone is amazed to see the unexpected visitor, holding a bunch of holly in one hand and a large green axe in the other. The Green Knight turns down Arthur's invitation, instead issuing a challenge, that if anyone there is brave enough to exchange blows with him, he will give them his battleaxe

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The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - police detective Lestrade with Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. From The Adventure of the Norwood Builder'. Caption reads: Look at that with your magnifying glass, Mr. Holmes . Illustration by British artist Sidney Edward Paget (4 October 1860 - 28 January 1908). Published London; Smith, Elder & Co.; 1911. A.C. Doyle, Scottish author: 22 May 1859 - 7

The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - police detective Lestrade with Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. From The Adventure of the Norwood Builder'. Caption reads: " Look at that with your magnifying glass, Mr. Holmes ". Illustration by British artist Sidney Edward Paget (4 October 1860 - 28 January 1908). Published London; Smith, Elder & Co.; 1911. A.C. Doyle, Scottish author: 22 May 1859 - 7 July 1930

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Scene From Last Of The Mohicans

Illustration of a scene from James Fenimore Cooper's 1826 novel Last of the Mohicans: a Narrative of 1757 shows two men on horseback in European clothes and tricorner hats as they try to get directions from a hunter and a seated Indian, drawn by F.O.C. Darley, engraved by James Smillie, 1859. (Image by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

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