 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
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1882 - 676 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 ! Frontde-Bosuf heads the defenders ; I see his gigantic form above the press. They throng again to... | |
 | Otis Henry Tiffany - Anthologies - 1883 - 954 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...meeting of two fierce tides — the conflict of two oceana moved by adverse winds! " 540 REBECCA DESCRIBES THE SIEGE TO IVANHOE. She turned her head from... | |
 | Otis Henry Tiffany - English literature - 1883 - 932 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... | |
 | Philip George and son, ltd - 1883 - 282 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-Bosuf s heads the defenders. Front-deA FEUDAL KNIGHT UPON THE THRONE. 31 Bceuf and the Black... | |
 | Hermann Lange - German language - 1883 - 294 pages
...high black plume floats abroad over the throng s, like a raven over the field of the slain4. — 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 5. They throng 6 again... | |
 | Frank McAlpine - American prose literature - 1886 - 456 pages
...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 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... | |
 | Walter Scott - Chivalry - 1887 - 200 pages
...high black plume floats abroad over the 335 throng, like a raven over the field of the slain. They have made a breach in the barriers — they rush in...again to the breach, and the pass is disputed hand to 240 hand and man to man. God of Jacob ! it is the meeting of two fierce tides — the conflict of two... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1887 - 184 pages
...high black plume floats abroad over the 235 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 - Readers - 1887 - 182 pages
...high black plume floats abroad over the 235 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... | |
 | Readers, American - 1889 - 466 pages
...slain. They have made a breach in the barriers—they rush in—they are thrust back ! Front de Boeuf heads the defenders ; I see his gigantic form above...the pass is disputed hand to hand and man to man. It is like the meeting of two fierce tides—the conflict of two oceans moved by adverse winds ! "... | |
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