The Lay of the Last Minstrel: A PoemW. S. Orr, 1838 - 216 pages |
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... fight or flee ; and ye shall tarry here on this know , and my brother George with you , with any other company you please ; and I shall pass , and put yon thieves off the ground , and rid the gate unto your Grace , or else die for it ...
... fight or flee ; and ye shall tarry here on this know , and my brother George with you , with any other company you please ; and I shall pass , and put yon thieves off the ground , and rid the gate unto your Grace , or else die for it ...
Page 56
... fighting with darts was imi- tated in the military game called Juego de las canas , which the Spaniards borrowed from their Moorish invaders . A Saracen champion is thus described by Froissart : " Among the Sarazyns , there was a yonge ...
... fighting with darts was imi- tated in the military game called Juego de las canas , which the Spaniards borrowed from their Moorish invaders . A Saracen champion is thus described by Froissart : " Among the Sarazyns , there was a yonge ...
Page 77
... fight nor flee ; For when the Red - Cross spied he , The boy strove long and violently . " Now , by St. George , " the archer cries , " Edward , methinks we have a prize ! This boy's fair face , and courage free , Show he is come of ...
... fight nor flee ; For when the Red - Cross spied he , The boy strove long and violently . " Now , by St. George , " the archer cries , " Edward , methinks we have a prize ! This boy's fair face , and courage free , Show he is come of ...
Page 90
... fighting in duel , he did his endeavour to part them , and , putting himselfe between them , seized , with his left hand , upon the hilt of the sword of one of the com- batants , while , with his right hand , he laid hold of the blade ...
... fighting in duel , he did his endeavour to part them , and , putting himselfe between them , seized , with his left hand , upon the hilt of the sword of one of the com- batants , while , with his right hand , he laid hold of the blade ...
Page 101
... daily food , And bought with danger , blows , and blood . Marauding chief ! his sole delight The moonlight raid , the morning fight ; Not even the Flower of Yarrow's charms , In youth CANTO IV . ] THE LAST MINSTREL . 101.
... daily food , And bought with danger , blows , and blood . Marauding chief ! his sole delight The moonlight raid , the morning fight ; Not even the Flower of Yarrow's charms , In youth CANTO IV . ] THE LAST MINSTREL . 101.
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