 I see him now ; he leads a body of men close under the outer barrier of the barbican. They pull down the piles and palisades ; they hew down the barriers with axes. His high black plume floats abroad over the throng, like a raven over the field of the...  the edinburgh review - Page 38by david william - 1820Full view - About this book
 | 1820 - 524 pages
...high black plume floats abroad over the throng, like a raven over the field of the slain. — They have made a breach in the barriers — they rush in — they are thrust back! — Front-deBocuf heads the defenders, I see his gigantic form above the press. They throng again to... | |
 | 1820 - 774 pages
...His high black plume floats abroad over the throng, like a raven over the field of the slain.— They have made a breach in the barriers — they rush in — they are thrust back ! — Front-de-Bceuf heads the defenders, I see his gigantic form above the press. They throng again... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - Great Britain - 1820 - 340 pages
...of arms which adorn the chivalrous pages of Froissart took place at the barriers of besieged places. defenders, I see his gigantic form above the press....man. God of Jacob ! it is the meeting of two fierce tides—the conflict of two oceans moved by adverse winds." She turned her head from the lattice, as... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - Anglo-Saxons - 1820 - 342 pages
...high black plume floats abroad over the throng, like a raven over the field of the slain. — They have made a breach in the barriers — they rush in — they are thrust back ! — Front-de-Bosuf heads the * Every Gothic castle and city had, heyond the outerwalls, a fortification... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart [novels, collected]) - 1822 - 550 pages
...raven over the field of the slain.—They have made a breach in the barriers—they rush in—they are thrust back !— Front-de-Boeuf heads the defenders,...man. God of Jacob! it is the meeting of two fierce tides—the conflict of two oceans moved by adverse winds." She turned her head from the lattice, as... | |
 | English literature - 1822 - 582 pages
...high black plume floats abroad over the throng, like a raven over the field of the slain. — They have made a breach in the barriers — they rush in — they are thrust back ! — Front-de-Bceuf heads the defenders, I see his gigantic form above the press. They throng again... | |
 | Walter Scott - Great Britain - 1823 - 328 pages
...—They have made a breach in the barriers — they rush in — they are thrust back! — Front-de-Bosuf heads the defenders, I see his gigantic form above the press. They throng again to'the breach, and the pass is disputed hand to hand and man to man. God of Jacob! it is the meeting... | |
 | Walter Scott - English literature - 1833 - 852 pages
...nigh black plume floats abroad over ihe throng, like a raven over the field of the slain. — They have made a breach in the barriers — they rush in—...press. They throng again to the breach, and the pass is diaruted hand to nand, and man to man. God of Jacob I it is the meeting of two fierce tides— the... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - Oratory - 1836 - 404 pages
...the throng, like a raven over the field of the slain. They have made a breach in the barriers—they rush in— they are thrust back? Front-de-Boeuf heads...man. God of Jacob ! it is the meeting of two fierce tides—the conflict of two oceans moved by adverse winds." She turned her head from the lattice, as... | |
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