 | 1810 - 538 pages
...iir.pjtience to meet, face to {-ice, that murderous chieftain and his clan. " Have, then, thy wish ! " — He whistled shrill, And he was answered from the hill ; Wild as the scream of the curlicu, From crag to^crag the sig.-ial flew. Instant, through copse and heath, arose Bonnets and spears... | |
 | Walter Scott - Arthurian legend - 1810 - 454 pages
...I, until before me stand This rebel Chieftain and his band." — IX. " Have, then, thy wish !" — he whistled shrill, And he was answered from the hill ; Wild as the scream of the curlieu, From crag to crag the signal flew. Instant, through copse and heath, arose Bonnets and spears... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1810 - 468 pages
...I, until before me stand This rebel Chieftain and his band."'— IX. " Have, then, thy wish !" — he whistled shrill, And he was answered from the hill ; Wild as the scream of the curliou, From crag to crag the signal flew. Instant, through copse and heath, arose Bonnets and spears... | |
 | Enos Bronson - Literature, Modern - 1810 - 462 pages
...quotation in this place, although it will interrupt our detail of the plot: " «Have, then, thy wish !' he whistled shrill. And he was answered from the hill; Wild as the scream of the curlieu, From crag- to crag the signal flew, Instant through copse and heath arose, Bonnets and spears... | |
 | 1811 - 868 pages
...was answered from the lull. Wild as the scream of the curucú, From cr.ig to trag ¡lie signal l!ew. Instant, through copse and heath, arose Bonnets and...bows ; On right, on left, above, below, . Sprung up al once Ihe luAing foe. From shingles grey their lances srarr, The broken bush sends forth the dart,... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1811 - 458 pages
...As I, until before me stand This rebel Chieftain and his band."— IX. " Have, then, thy wish !" — he whistled shrill, And he was answered from the hill ; Wild as the screabi of the curlieu, From crag to crag the signal flew. Instant, through copse and heath, arose... | |
 | 1811 - 392 pages
...wish!"— be whistled shrill, And be was answered from the hill ; Wild as the scream of the curlieu, From crag to crag the signal flew. Instant, through copse and heath, arese Bonnets and spears and bended bows; On right, on lefl, above, below, Sprung up at once the lurking... | |
 | Religion - 1811 - 872 pages
...wish!' — be whittled »hrill, And he »a-, answered from the hill. WiM as the acn-im of ihc curlieu, From crag to crag the signal flew. Instant, through copse and heath, агме Bonnets and sripiiri und bended bows ; On right, on left, above, below, Sprang up at once... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1818 - 410 pages
...honr, As I, nntil hefore me stand This rehel Chieftain and his hand." — IX. " Have, then, thy wish !" he whistled shrill, And he was answered from the hill ; Wild as the scream of the cnrlew, From crag to crag the signal flew. Instant, throngh copse and heath, arose Bonnets and spears,... | |
 | David Stewart - Clans - 1822 - 552 pages
...with an ardour and rapidity which present as lively and as graphical a picture as words can convey. " He whistled shrill, And he was answered from the hill;...curlew From crag to crag the signal flew ; Instant thro' copse and heath arose Bonnets and spears and bended bows, Taymouth, was immediately sent for.... | |
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— -he whistled shrill And he was answered from the hill ; Wild as the scream of the curlew, From crag to crag the signal flew. 
