 His back against a rock he bore, And firmly placed his foot before : — "Come one, come all ! this rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as I.  Life of Sir Henry Lawrence - Page 25by Sir Herbert Benjamin Edwardes, Herman Merivale - 1872Full view - About this book
 | 1810 - 538 pages
.... - t The life-blood thrilled with sudden start, He mann'd himself with dauntless air, Returned die Chief his haughty stare, His back against a rock he...foot before : — " Come one, come all ! this rock (.hall fly From its firm base as soon as I. " — Sir Roderick marked — and in his eyes Respect was... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1810 - 468 pages
...Fitz-James was brave : — Though to his heart The life-blood thrilled with sudden start, He mann'd himself with dauntless air, Returned the Chief his...this rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as I." — Sir Roderick marked — and in his eyes Respect was mingled with surprise, And the stern joy which... | |
 | Walter Scott - Arthurian legend - 1810 - 454 pages
...Fitz-James was brave : — Though to his heart The life-blood thrilled with sudden start, He mann'd himself with dauntless air, Returned the Chief his...this rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as I." — Sir Roderick marked — and in his eyes Respect was mingled with surprise, And the stern joy which... | |
 | 1810 - 590 pages
...Saxon,— I am Roderick Dhu ! " ' Fitz-James was brave : though to his heart The life blood thrilled with sudden start, He manned himself with dauntless...: " Come one, come all ! this rock shall fly From itt firm base as soon as I." Sir Roderick ii charmed with the bravery of his fee, and repeating his... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1811 - 458 pages
...thrilled with sudden start, He mann'd himself with dauntless air, Returned the Chief his haughty stare, 11 His back against a rock he bore, And firmly placed...this rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as I." — Sir Roderick marked — and in his eyes Respect was mingled with surprise, And the stern joy which... | |
 | 1811 - 708 pages
...ftaçt, He mann'd himfelf with daimtlefs air, Returned the Chief his haughty {Цге, His back ag.-iinll a rock he bore, And firmly placed his foot before : • Come one, come all ! this rork ¡hall fly From its firm bafe as foon as I.' Sir Roderick marked — .tnd in his eyes, Refpeft... | |
 | English literature - 1811 - 708 pages
...ftart, He mann'd himfelf with dauntlefs air, Returned the Chief his haughty ftarc, His back againft a rock he bore, And firmly placed his foot before : ' Come one, come all ! this rork (hall fly From its firm bafe as foon as I.' Sir Roderick marked — and in his eyes, , • ._... | |
 | England - 1866 - 830 pages
...justified. She could now set her back against her rock, and face her assailants, as Fitz-James did. " Come one, come all, this rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as I," might have been her utterance ; but she was not in a defiant mood. She kissed all her counsellors that... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1820 - 284 pages
...haughty stare, His back against a rock he bore* And firmly placed his foot before :— " Come one,*come all! this rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as I."— Sir Roderick mark'd—and in his eyes Respect was mingled with surprise, And the stern joy which warriors... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1822 - 400 pages
...his heart The life-blood thrill'd with sudden start, He mann'd himself with dauntless air, Return'd the Chief his haughty stare, His back against a rock...rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as I."— Sir Roderick mark'd — and in his eyes Respect was mingled with surprise, • And the stern joy which... | |
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