 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
 | John Heywood (ltd.) - 1884 - 234 pàgines
...expectation of his antagonist. This feat of horsemanship again attracted the applause of the multitude. 8. When the two champions stood opposed to each other...secured the general good- wishes of the spectators. 9. The trumpets had no sooner given the signal than the champions vanished from their posts with the... | |
 | Nelson Thomas and sons, ltd - 1884 - 280 pàgines
...adversary for the precautions which he recommended, Brian de BoisGuilbert did not neglect his advice. When the two champions stood opposed to each other...two extremities of the lists, the public expectation :: !; ... " Horse and man rolled on the ground, under a cloud of dust. " was strained to the highest... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1886 - 502 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...secured the general good wishes of the spectators. bolt. The lances burst into shivers up to the very grasp, and it seemed at the moment that both knights... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1887 - 200 pàgines
...a raven in full flight, holding in its claws a skull, and bearing the motto, Gare le Corbeau.1 435 When the two champions stood opposed to each other...well for the Disinherited Knight, yet his courage and 44° gallantry secured the general good wishes of the spectators. The trumpets had no sooner given... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1887 - 182 pàgines
...a raven in full flight, holding in its claws a skull, and bearing the motto, Gare le Corbeau.1 435 When the two champions stood opposed to each other...well for the Disinherited Knight, yet his courage and 4*° gallantry secured the general good wishes of the spectators. The trumpets had no sooner given... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1887 - 184 pàgines
...a raven in full flight, holding in its claws a skull, and bearing the motto, Gare le Corbeau.1 435 When the two champions stood opposed to each other at the two extremities of the lists, the public ex- ~ pectation was strained to the highest pitch. Few aur gured the possibility that the encounter... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1888 - 280 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... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1889 - 306 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...The trumpets had no sooner given the signal than the 1 The French for " Beware the raven." champions vanished from their posts with the speed of lightning,... | |
 | Henry Childs Merwin - 1892 - 366 pàgines
...Disinherited Knight in his encounter •with Brian de Bois Guilbert ? Sir Walter Scott relates, that " the trumpets had no sooner given the signal 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 " ; and the... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1893 - 568 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... | |
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