

667 AUDIOBOOK/READALONG The Wonderful Adventures Of Phra The Phoenician by Edwin Lester Arnold
Jan 30, 2022
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Introduction
00:00 • 2min
The Human Soul Is Already in the Present Life
01:58 • 4min
The Last Passage of a Memoir
06:12 • 2min
'Arabian Nights'
08:16 • 3min
My Adventures and the End of My Life
10:51 • 3min
The First Voyage
14:20 • 2min
The Great Midland Sea Was the Centre of the World
16:04 • 3min
The Freebooters of the Seas
18:52 • 2min
The Rascal's First Figure Was Ee Hundred of Your Modern Pounds
21:08 • 2min
The Red Maid and the Rogue
23:03 • 5min
The Little Ones of Mysticism
28:27 • 5min
A Girl's Scream of Pleasure and Excitement
33:23 • 5min
The Slave Princess
38:26 • 3min
The Story of Blodwin
41:12 • 3min
The Catastrophe Takes My Gentle Savage Much by Surprise
43:55 • 5min
The Romans and the Romans
48:59 • 4min
'Sempronius' - The Centurion of the Romans
53:08 • 2min
The Darkest and Most Piercing Pair of Eyes That Ever Shone From a Mortal Head
55:09 • 2min
A Knight and a Good Soldier, I Could Say Better With Your Hands Untied
56:50 • 3min
The Great Pretor
59:58 • 4min
The Trial of a Traitor and Roman Spy
01:03:46 • 6min
The Last Thought, Accursed Stranger
01:09:33 • 4min
Awakening in the Darkness of the Nether World
01:13:49 • 3min
Into the Darkness of the Earth
01:16:35 • 3min
The Great Cavern, a Spangled Knoll, and a Round Hole
01:19:12 • 6min
Into the Cavern of the Shepherd's Jerkin
01:25:05 • 2min
The Most Dreadful Game I Ever Played
01:27:10 • 5min
The Blue Glare of the Cave
01:32:11 • 3min
The City of Rome, a City of Art and Luxury
01:34:53 • 3min
The Bath Slave's Discoverion
01:38:02 • 4min
'Hic Habit Felicitas Ah'
01:42:22 • 3min
The Year of My Eas
01:44:53 • 5min
I Can See the Strike That Made That Gritzly Trophy
01:49:57 • 2min
The Strangest Blue Cord
01:52:23 • 5min
The Roman Fra in His Golden Turquoise Cincture
01:57:52 • 6min
Into a Brambly Field
02:04:02 • 4min
The Damsel Who Bound
02:08:25 • 4min
'Attorney', a Stalwart Centurion
02:12:37 • 3min
I Was Sorry for the Tyrantess, for She Was in a Bad Way
02:15:55 • 3min
Lady, Electra, I Will Marry Her Among the Smoking Ruins of Yours
02:19:20 • 3min
The Roman Empire and the British Peasant
02:22:49 • 4min
The Day of Vengeance
02:27:13 • 4min
The Last Man to Fall Was a Chief
02:31:20 • 4min
Electra, the Master of My Roman Mistress, the Foremost Spearman
02:34:55 • 3min
Is There a Better Way to Live?
02:37:58 • 1min
The Last Stand of Roman Power in Britain
02:39:13 • 5min
Then a Mighty Brit and Heaved Him Up by His Head
02:44:30 • 3min
Lady Electria, a Lady of the Shadows
02:47:44 • 4min
The Ford Was Not Ong in a Minute or Two
02:52:04 • 2min
Then She Yelled: Die! Die!
02:53:54 • 4min
The Strangest Things of the World
02:57:28 • 6min
The Little Maid I Had With Me, and I Felt More Myself Again
03:02:59 • 3min
The Emperor Ruled Here Now, I Said
03:05:56 • 2min
Then I Slumbered On, a Few Months Ago, Into My Hands
03:07:30 • 3min
Then the Night's Vigils Were Over
03:10:38 • 6min
Run for the Good Cause and for Saxon England
03:16:37 • 3min
The Earl and His Tardy Troops Had Been Merged Into the General Catastrophe
03:19:21 • 2min
The Battle of Senlac
03:21:11 • 3min
The Death of a King
03:23:49 • 4min
'It's Yours for the Asking'
03:27:44 • 5min
'Fair Saxon, This Is Destiny'
03:32:18 • 5min
Is It a Love That Lasts Longer?
03:36:50 • 3min
'It's All Against My Will'
03:39:23 • 3min
Editha's Palfrey
03:42:16 • 5min
Editha's Wedding Feast
03:47:28 • 3min
'Tis Not My Fashion to Let the Foeman Come Far to See Me'
03:50:01 • 6min
The Hunter's Supper
03:56:01 • 4min
The Stones of the Druid Altar
04:00:05 • 5min
Into the Storm, O Son of Annak. Out of the Wild, Wet Night Wind.
04:05:28 • 5min
Phoenician, You Were Not Here
04:10:52 • 2min
Surely You See It!
04:13:03 • 3min
Is Time, the Great Braggart and Bully of Life?
04:15:56 • 3min
The Little Heeked Gurth of Editha
04:18:39 • 5min
The Saxons and the Kings of the World
04:23:39 • 2min
Whether We Would Be Hanged or Out Cast
04:25:35 • 3min
The Saxon Churl, Said the Man of Scrolls and Goose S.
04:28:14 • 2min
The Saxon Porker, Cried Leader of the Troops, Pushing to the Front
04:30:36 • 6min
The Twilight Rays L Hed Back From Under Our Oak Trees
04:36:21 • 5min
Then I Sat in the Saddle of My Own Strong Charger, and Stooped With Editha
04:41:08 • 5min
Into the Darkness of the Saxon Forest
04:46:00 • 2min
'Tis the Night,' I Cried
04:48:19 • 3min
'Is This Not Unseemly Haste at Such an Hour?'
04:51:00 • 5min
Into a New World
04:56:08 • 5min
Then I Sat Down and Slept Like a Child
05:01:29 • 2min
I Can't Think Indeed, Sir.
05:03:27 • 2min
'It Was a Strange Old Relic,' He Said
05:05:01 • 3min
The Acolyte, Quoth the Monk.
05:07:43 • 2min
Dost Thou Sail for France to Night?
05:09:17 • 2min
The Red Blood of a Monk, a Jolly, Mellow Brew
05:10:56 • 2min
'Tis That Vintage With the Two White Crosses Down by the Vent,' I Thought
05:12:54 • 4min
Into the Refectory of the Monastery
05:17:15 • 6min
The Cherubs Will Begin!
05:22:46 • 3min
Is the Abbot a Good Cook?
05:25:55 • 2min
The Blessed Sul De Montaigne
05:28:12 • 2min
Yonder Abbey of Battle, Stammered the Abbot
05:30:08 • 1min
Then, if Thou Darest Not Answer This Question, Who Reigns Above Us Now?
05:31:32 • 2min
I Lied, I Lied, I Yelled.
05:33:11 • 2min
Didst Draw Sword in a Good Quarrel, Sir?
05:34:57 • 2min
Then Came a Henry, and a Noble Edward Followed Him.
05:36:28 • 2min
Priest, Dost Thou Fear the Fires of Thy Purgatory?
05:38:00 • 2min
Is There Such a Woman in Saint Olaf's?
05:39:43 • 2min
Then I Sprang Out Into the Night and the Open World
05:41:37 • 4min
Into the Raiment of the Time
05:45:50 • 3min
A Simple Dream, a Simple Dream
05:48:55 • 5min
Then I Sat Up Sage and Reflective
05:54:08 • 4min
The First Wise Man
05:58:28 • 4min
Then He Swung a Flail in the Cause of the Muses.
06:02:27 • 3min
The Secret Pardoner's Calling Was Under Ban
06:05:22 • 3min
A Country Tumbril Loaded With Rustic Things
06:08:04 • 6min
The Master Embroiderer's Shears, and the Cutler's Ness
06:13:58 • 4min
A Soldier's View
06:18:24 • 2min
Then a Gorget for You, Sir, and Here's a Tabard for You
06:20:40 • 5min
Then the Squires Came to the Table and Shook Their Beavers and Drank It Down Their Throats.
06:25:39 • 5min
'Tis a Cursed, Perilous Expedition'
06:30:44 • 2min
The Second Is as Magnificent as Ever Heard
06:32:39 • 2min
The Elder Will Not Marry Because Her Suitors Are All Men
06:34:19 • 2min
The Black Jade May Wait for Her Princeling for a Hundred Years
06:36:11 • 4min
The Lord's Great Blazon
06:40:21 • 5min
A Gay Knot of Men, Gathering Around Two Fair Women
06:44:57 • 2min
The Black Alionora
06:47:13 • 2min
A Fair and Tender Young Girl
06:48:53 • 2min
A Little More Thoughtful Than I Thought
06:51:13 • 5min
- The White Rose, and the White Rose of the Knights
06:56:25 • 2min
The Lady's Heart - A Memoir
06:57:58 • 4min
Maid, I Will Follow Thee Through Life
07:01:46 • 5min
I Sat on the Trestles, and Poured Out Before Her the Offering of My Passion
07:06:16 • 5min
I Am Sorry, Sir, Indeed I Am
07:11:24 • 3min
'Frame Is Going, Fra Fra Is Going'
07:14:45 • 2min
Is This a Good Knight, Sir, Stranger?
07:16:33 • 5min
Until We Meet Again
07:21:15 • 2min
Then I Sat a Charger in Such Woods as These
07:23:18 • 5min
The Gentleman's Armour Was Complete From Top to Toe, and There Was Naught to Judge By
07:28:40 • 2min
The Silent Boy, the Silent Man, the Inquisitor
07:31:04 • 5min
A Young Knight's Disappointment
07:36:03 • 5min
A Sad Road
07:41:31 • 3min
The Dead and Dying Horses
07:44:55 • 4min
Those Smouldering Huts and Black Ruins, a Stern Pastime This
07:49:07 • 3min
The Chivalry of the English Army
07:51:42 • 2min
The War Is Open to All
07:53:58 • 3min
The Welshmen, a Fair French Girl, Afraid of Misadventure
07:56:38 • 5min
'Tis a New Page'
08:01:44 • 5min
Then He Bent, Mad, Mad Girl, I Heard Him Say.
08:06:58 • 2min
The King's Grooming Speech
08:08:43 • 2min
The Chivalrous Army
08:10:24 • 6min
The King's Feast, a Hush Fell Upon Those Gallant Troops
08:16:20 • 3min
The King and the King's Squire
08:19:42 • 2min
The Black Prince and the Dark Knight
08:21:24 • 5min
Surely God's Beneficence Still Shields Him in His Sleep.
08:26:25 • 2min
The Reverend Father Good Warringham
08:28:03 • 2min
The St. Patrick's Day, and the Abbot's Prayers
08:30:27 • 3min
What a Strange Story!
08:32:58 • 6min
A Little Weapon Is Needed Here
08:38:54 • 4min
Isabel of Oswaldston, Thy Old Playmate, Isabel
08:43:03 • 4min
The Sluggish Stream Runs to Northward Towards Flanders
08:47:32 • 2min
Dost Thou Not Think So?
08:49:48 • 2min
'Thou Hast Had Small Ken of Mads, I Think, Sweet Soldier'
08:51:35 • 5min
'Twas a Pause Like No Soldier Likes'
08:56:42 • 3min
'Twas a Strange Pause, a Sullen, Heavy Silence
08:59:41 • 5min
Then, Dear Friends and Cousins, Remember Every Blow That Struck Is Struck for England
09:04:56 • 3min
Strike Home Upon These Braggart Bullies Who Would Eir the Lion's Den
09:07:53 • 3min
'Twas a Good Shock'
09:10:52 • 4min
Welshman's Morning Song
09:15:22 • 5min
'Twas Just a Blinding Crash
09:20:05 • 3min
The Savage Shriek of the Victor
09:22:46 • 2min
A Good Day Indeed!
09:25:04 • 5min
The Great Constable's Humming Falcion Lit
09:29:48 • 2min
The Great Staggered a Foot in the Ground, and the Great Tottered and Fell Dead
09:31:33 • 4min
Sweet Maid. I Love You and Know Nothing Else
09:35:45 • 3min
I Loved Thee, and She Lay Back White
09:38:26 • 5min
The Lord's Prayers and the Priest's Requiem
09:43:28 • 1min
I Will Not Wing This Fair Girl's Soul With Their Hirling Prayers
09:44:54 • 3min
I Sat and Stared Into the Yellow Tapers
09:48:12 • 6min
The Sombre Shadows Were Seamed by the Winding of the Pale River
09:53:58 • 2min
The Last Atom of the Priestly Taper Shone Fitful and Yellow for a Moment Upon the Dead Isabel, and Then Went Out
09:55:41 • 3min
I Shook a Trembling, Entreating Hand, and Drew It Back, and Now Forward
09:58:37 • 2min
The Impossible Still Exists
10:01:02 • 5min
The Night of Phoenician
10:05:59 • 2min
I Have Come Round for Our Brave Young Captain, for Your Good Lady, Sir
10:08:25 • 5min
The King's Galleys
10:13:13 • 5min
The King Has Made an Order, and We Are to Sail to the Nearest Harbour
10:18:01 • 3min
'Tis a Question With Us, Sir Knight
10:20:47 • 4min
Into the Darkness of the Night
10:25:13 • 4min
Old Ufner of the Reek in Altars Hoth
10:29:39 • 5min
Awakening
10:34:42 • 4min
The White Star That Followed It
10:38:19 • 6min
'Tis Not Pure Neighbourliness That Brings You Thus Early to My Rescue
10:44:16 • 4min
Those Jolly Wild Days Rose Before Me
10:48:11 • 2min
The Ruffian I Had Felled Was Beginning to Move, and a Stout Stave in My Hand.
10:50:29 • 3min
The Crypt, a Bare and Lichened Heap, Washed Out From Its Mound by Rains.
10:53:07 • 3min
Then I Sat and Stared and Laughed, and Reluctantly Passed on Again.
10:56:16 • 6min
The Little Maiden, a Friend of the Lord
11:02:06 • 4min
I Was Not in Very Good Kind of Myself
11:06:00 • 2min
The Queen's Footstool
11:08:07 • 3min
Is There a Presence About Thee That Makes Me Err?
11:11:27 • 5min
The Queen, the Queen of the Country
11:16:55 • 4min
Is a Fool, a Rogue, an Assassin?
11:20:53 • 3min
The Sallow Virago Flushed Like an Angry Yellow Sunset, and Scowled Round Upon Her Courtiers
11:24:19 • 3min
The Queen, a More Valorous Knight, Was Never Buckled Into Armour
11:27:34 • 4min
The Een Took It, and Shook It Straight to From Famous Cresi
11:31:43 • 3min
The Infernal Powers of the Old British Grave
11:35:00 • 3min