DragonsDescribes what man has thought about dragons since earliest times and includes tales illustrating these beliefs. |
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... gates . In the village , his villeins huddled in their cottages and his poor cotters in their fragile huts . The ... gates . Now , from the safety of the fortress , he watched the beast's laborious approach . The dragon snaked up the ...
... gates . In the village , his villeins huddled in their cottages and his poor cotters in their fragile huts . The ... gates . Now , from the safety of the fortress , he watched the beast's laborious approach . The dragon snaked up the ...
Page 108
... gates were closed . Few people were so reckless as to stay outside the walls at night . The dragon was thus deprived of easy game . But when it struck Silene , it came in broad daylight . A watchman at the gate felt the ground shudder ...
... gates were closed . Few people were so reckless as to stay outside the walls at night . The dragon was thus deprived of easy game . But when it struck Silene , it came in broad daylight . A watchman at the gate felt the ground shudder ...
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... gates and tied them there . The men then retreated and stood shivering be- hind the ramparts with the rest of the citi- zenry as the dragon claimed its gift with a horrible crunching of bones and smacking of lips . Well fed , the beast ...
... gates and tied them there . The men then retreated and stood shivering be- hind the ramparts with the rest of the citi- zenry as the dragon claimed its gift with a horrible crunching of bones and smacking of lips . Well fed , the beast ...
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