 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 — which thou wilt — We try this quarrel hilt to hilt.  United States Girls Across the Atlantic - Sida 27efter Maria Welch Harris, H. D. Rumsey - 1876 - 204 sidorObegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1810 - 468 sidor
...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...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 studs... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1810 - 454 sidor
...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...eye opposed, In dubious strife they darkly closed. V XV. Ill fared it then with Roderick Dhu, That en the field his targe he threw, Whose brazen studs... | |
 | 1810 - 590 sidor
...of this thrilling passage we must be permitted to transcribe. ; , ' Then each at once his faukhion drew, Each on the ground his scabbard threw, Each...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 and... | |
 | 1811 - 868 sidor
...with great success. The Gael's defiance made the battle unavoidable. " Then each at once his faulchion drew. Each on the ground his scabbard threw, Each...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... | |
 | 1811 - 872 sidor
...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...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 studs... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1818 - 410 sidor
...this quarrel hilt to hilt" — Then each at once his falchion drew, Each OB the ground his scahhard threw, Each looked to sun, and stream, and plain,...again ; Then, foot, and point, and eye opposed, In duhious strife they darkly closed. XV. Ill fared it then with Roderick Dhu, That on the field his targe... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1820 - 284 sidor
...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 what they ne'er...eye opposed, In dubious strife they darkly closed. XV. Whose brazen studs and tough bull-hide Had death so often dash'd aside, For, trairi'd abroad his... | |
 | Alexander Gordon - 1821 - 204 sidor
...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 sidor
...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 what they ne'er...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 brazen... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1826 - 294 sidor
...cast. But fear not — doubt not — which thou wilt — We try this quarrel hilt to hilt.' Then each at once his falchion drew, Each on the ground his...eye opposed, In dubious strife they darkly closed. XV. Ill fared it then with Roderick Dhu, That on the field his targe he threw, Whose brazen studs and... | |
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