 When the two champions stood opposed to each other at the two extremities of the lists, the public expectation was strained to the highest pitch. Few augured the possibility that the encounter could terminate well for the Disinherited Knight, yet his...  the edinburgh review - Pàgina 20per david william - 1820Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | sir William Smith - 1873 - 280 pàgines
...as little the marks of self-denial, as his habit indicated contempt of worldly splendour. (So.) 4. When the two champions stood opposed to each other...public expectation was strained to the highest pitch. (Sc.) 5. Open rebuke is better than secret love. (Eng. Bible.) 0. The same execrable tyranny drove... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1877 - 692 pàgines
...shield bore a raven in full flight, holding in its claws a skull, and bearing the motto Gare le Corbeau. When the two champions stood opposed to each other...than the champions vanished from their posts with the speed of lightning, and closed in the centre of the lista with the shock of a thunderbolt. The lances... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1877 - 594 pàgines
...bore a raven in full flight, holding in its claws a skull, and bearing the motto, Gare Ic Corbeau. When the two champions stood opposed to each other...than the champions vanished from their posts with the speed of lightning, and closed in the centre of the lists with the shock of a thunderbolt. The lances... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1877 - 486 pàgines
...raven in full flight, holding in its claws a skull, and bearing the motto, Care le Corbcau. When tho two champions stood opposed to each other at the two...than the champions vanished from their posts with the speed of lightning, and closed in the centre of the lists with the shock of a thunderbolt. The lances... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1880 - 460 pàgines
...bore a raven in full flight, holding in its claws a skull, and bearing the motto, Gare le Corbeau. When the two champions stood opposed to each other...general good wishes of the spectators. The trumpets had not sooner given the signal, than the champions vanished from their posts with the speed of lightning,... | |
 | Blackie and son, ltd - 1880 - 178 pàgines
...following sentences: — 1. While our thoughts were thus employed, the hostess entered the room. 2. When the two champions stood opposed to each other...public expectation was strained to the highest pitch. 3. Report speaks you a bonny monk, that would hear the matin chime ere he quitted his bowl. 4. I should... | |
 | Theophilus Dwight Hall - 1881 - 158 pàgines
...employed, the hostess entered the room. 2. They fought equally, until the miller began to lose temper. 3. When the two champions stood opposed to each other...public expectation was strained to the highest pitch. 4. Open rebuke is better than secret love [is]. 5. The same execrable tyranny drove the younger part... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1882 - 676 pàgines
...bore a raven in full flight, holding in its claws a skull, and bearing the motto, Gare le Corbeau. When the two champions stood opposed to each other...than the champions vanished from their posts with the speed of lightning, and closed in the centre of the lists with the shock of a thunderbolt. The lances... | |
 | Griffith, Farran, Browne and co - 1883 - 392 pàgines
...bore a raven in full flight, holding in its claws a skull, and bearing the motto, Gare le Corbeau. 'When the two champions stood opposed to each other...than the champions vanished from their posts with the speed of lightning, and closed in the centre of the lists with the shock of a thunderbolt. The lances... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1883 - 574 pàgines
...shield bore a raven in full flight, holding in its claws a skull, and bearing the motto Oare le Corbcau. pitch. Few augured the possibility that the encounter...than the champions vanished from their posts with the speed of lightning, and closed in the centre of the lists with the shock of a thunderbolt. The lances... | |
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