 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
 | Walter Scott - 1853 - 420 pages
...life-blood thrill'd with sudden start, He mann'd himself with danntless air, Return'd the Chief his hanghty stare, His back against a rock he bore, And firmly...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... | |
 | Andrew O'Reilly - Ireland - 1853 - 336 pages
...centre of the pass, and calmly waiting the approaching host, with the determination of Fitzjames : " Come one, come all. This rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as I ;" and of his standing erect within the gorge, and he with his single hand slaying in succession four... | |
 | Frederick William Shelton - American fiction - 1853 - 374 pages
...his position taken, and his language was like that of the warrior who placed his face to the foe : " Come one, come all, this rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as I." What wonder that the grasp and comprehension of such a mind, should provoke remark from those cooped... | |
 | Cyclopaedia - 1853 - 772 pages
...man that's resolute and just, Firm to his principles and trust, Nor hopes nor fears can blind. Walsh. Come one, come all — this rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as I. Scutt. FISH. 299 FISH— FISHING. BLEST silent groves! O may ye be For ever mirth's best nursery! May... | |
 | William Russell - Elocution - 1853 - 432 pages
...is exemplified in the shout of defiance, with which FitzJames addresses the baud of Roderic Dhu, " Come one, come all ! This rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as !."• Empassioned " Radical Stress." Bold, angry, and threatening Command. [Abrupt, explosive style... | |
 | David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker - Elocution - 1854 - 440 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...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... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Gift books - 1854 - 322 pages
...air, Returned the Chief his haughty stare, His back against a rock he bore, And firmly placed his fool before : — " Come one, come all ! 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... | |
 | Fanny Fern - 1854 - 420 pages
...antagonistic feet down on terra-firma as if there were a stratum of loadstone beneath him, and thunders out, " Come one, come all ; this rock shall fly From its firm base, as soon as I." FERN MUSINGS. I NEVER was on an august school committee, but, if I was^ I 'd make a sine-qua-non that... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1855 - 590 pages
...his heart The life-blood thrill'd with sudden start, He mann'd himself with dauntless air, Eeturn'd the Chief his haughty stare, His back against a rock...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... | |
 | Walter Scott - English poetry - 1855 - 914 pages
...his heart The life-blood thrill'd with suiMen start, He -uann'd himself with dauntless air, Itetum'd the Chief his haughty stare, His back again.st a rock...foot before : — " Come one, come all ! this rock sliall fly From its firm base as soon as I."1 Sir Roderick mark'd — and in his eyes Res|wct was mingled... | |
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