 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1810 - 468 pages
...hilt." — Then each at once his faulchion drew, Each on the ground his scabbard threw, Each looked to sun, and stream, and plain, As what they ne'er...point, and eye opposed, In dubious strife they darkly closed. XV. Ill fared it then with Roderick Dhu, That on the field his targe he thf^w, v Whose brazen... | |
 | 1810 - 590 pages
...transcribe. ; , ' Then each at once his faukhion drew, Each on the ground his scabbard threw, Each looked to sun, and stream, and plain. As what they ne'er...point, and eye opposed, In dubious strife they darkly closed. ' 111 fared it then with Roderick Dhu, That on the field his targe he threw. Whose brazen studs... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1810 - 454 pages
...my whistle clansmen stern, Of this small horn one feeble blast Would fearful odds against thee cast. But fear not — doubt not — which thou wilt —...this quarrel hilt to hilt."— Then each at once his faulchion drew, Each on the ground his scabbard threw, Each looked to sun, and stream, and plain, As... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1810 - 444 pages
...my whistle clansmen stern, Of this small horn one feeble blast Would fearful odds against thee cast. But fear not — doubt not — which thou wilt —...this quarrel hilt to hilt." — Then each at once his faulcheon drew, Each on the ground his scabbard threw, Each looked to sun, and stream, and plain, As... | |
 | 1811 - 872 pages
...his faulcbkm dre». Each on the ground his scabbard threw, Each looked to sun, aild stream, and plan, As what they ne'er might see again ; Then, foot, and...point, and eye opposed, In dubious strife they darkly closed. '•' III fared it then with Roderick Dbo, That on the field his tarife h* threw. Whose brazen... | |
 | 1811 - 868 pages
...unavoidable. " Then each at once his faulchion drew. Each on the ground his scabbard threw, Each looked to sun, and stream, and plain, As what they ne'er might see again ; Then, foot, and point, ami eye opposed, In dubious strife they darkly closed. " III tareJ it then with Roderick Dhn, That... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1818 - 410 pages
...stern, Of this small horn one feehle hlast Would fearful odds against thee cast. But fear not — douht not — which thou wilt — We try this quarrel hilt...hilt" — Then each at once his falchion drew, Each OB the ground his scahhard threw, Each looked to sun, and stream, and plain, As what they ne'er might... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1820 - 284 pages
...small horn one feeble blast Would fearful odds against thee cast. But fear not—doubt not—which thou wilt— We try this quarrel hilt to hilt."— Then each at once his faulchion drew, Each on the ground his scabbard threw, Each look'd to sun, and stream, and plain, As... | |
 | Alexander Gordon - 1821 - 204 pages
...III. Then each at once his faulchion drew, Each on the ground his scabbard threw ; Each look'd to snn, and stream, and plain. As what they ne'er might see again : Then foot, and point, and eye oppos'd, In dubious strife they darkly clos'd. SCOTT. NOT far distant from the Earl's station at the... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1822 - 400 pages
...doubt not — which thou wilt— We try this quarrel hilt to hilt." — Then each at once his faulchion drew, Each on the ground his scabbard threw, Each...point, and eye opposed, In dubious strife they darkly closed. XV. Ill fared it then with Roderick Dhu, That on the field his targe he threw, vOL. Iv. K Whose... | |
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Yet think not that by thee alone, Proud Chief! can courtesy be shown ; Though not from copse, or heath, or cairn Start at my whistle clansmen stern, Of this small horn one feeble blast Would fearful odds against thee cast But fear not — doubt not —... 
