 | Walter Scott - 1833 - 484 pages
...that cannot lie. But all depends on courage, and much on your taking the sword or the horn first." " Woe to the coward, that ever he was born, Who did not draw the sword before he blew the horn!" At the same time a whirlwind of irresistible fury howled through the long hall, bore the unfortunate... | |
 | Walter Scott - English literature - 1833 - 880 pages
...at the name moment a voice pronounced aloud the mysterious word* ; " Wo to tho coward, that ever lie was born, Who did not draw the sword before, he blew the horn I" At tho name lime a whirlwind of irresistible fury howled throiiirh the long hall, bore the unfortunate... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1853 - 436 pages
...seize the enchanted sword ; but at the same moment a voice pronounced aloud the mysterious words : " Wo to the coward, that ever he was born, Who did not draw the sword before he blew the horn ! " At the same time a whirlwind of irresistible fury howled through the long hall, bore the unfortunate... | |
 | Popular tales - 1843 - 268 pages
...seize the enchanted sword ; but at the same moment a voice pronounced aloud the mysterious words — " Woe to the coward, that ever he was born, Who did not draw the sword before he blew the horn." At the same time a whirlwind of irresistible fury howled through the long hall, bore the unfortunate... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1846 - 850 pages
...seize the enchanted sword ; but at the same moment a Toice pronounced aloud the mysterious words: — " Woe to the coward, that ever he was born, Who did not draw the aword before be blew th« horn!" At the same time a whirlwind of irresistible fury howled through the... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Edinburgh (Scotland) - 1847 - 372 pages
...the enchanted sword ; but at the same moment a voice pronounced aloud the mysterious words — " Wo to the coward, that ever he was born, Who did not draw the sword before he blew the horn 1" ' At the same time a whirlwind of irresistible fury howled through the long hall, bore the unfortunate... | |
 | Adalbert Kuhn - Folklore - 1848 - 612 pages
...bie Slofe, bie ЗЯаппег ergeben ПФ Hirrenb in ifyrcr Stüflung unb eine 9liefen= ftimme ruft: Woe to the coward, that ever he was born, Who did not draw the «word before he blew the horn! SMefelbc etwae mcljr au6iH'№nuuftc tírsübluncí tí;ei(t Chambers... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1855 - 604 pages
...seize the enchanted sword ; but at the same moment a voice pronounced aloud the mysterious words : " Wo to the coward, that ever he was born, Who did not draw the sword before he blew the horn !" At the same time a whirlwind of irresistible fury howled through the long hall, bore the unfortunate... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart [novels, collected]) - 1862 - 876 pages
...seize the enchanted sword; but at the same moment a voice pronounced aloud the mysterious words: — " Woe to the coward, that ever he was born. Who did not draw the sword before he blew the hom!" At the same time a whirlwind of irresistible fury howled through the long hall, bore the unfortunate... | |
 | Walter White - Borders Region (Scotland) - 1859 - 498 pages
...sword to defend himself when a furious wind drove him from the cave, while a voice uttered — " Wo to the coward that ever he was born Who did not draw the sword before he blew the horn." The luckless wight was hurled away down the stony slope, and only lived long enough to relate the adventure... | |
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Woe to the coward, that ever he was born, Who did not draw the sword before he blew the horn! 
