 Fitz-James's blade was sword and shield. He practised every pass and ward, To thrust, to strike, to feint, to guard; While less expert, though stronger far, The Gael maintained unequal war. Three times in closing strife they stood, And thrice the Saxon...  The poetical works of Walter Scott - Стр. 24авторы: sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1820Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | Marlborough coll - 1860 - Страниц: 310
...ne'er might see again: Then foot, and point, and eye opposed In dubious strife they darkly closed. Three times in closing strife they stood, And thrice...draught, no scanty tide, The gushing flood the tartans died. Fierce Roderick felt the fatal drain And shower'd his blows like wintry rain, And as firm rock... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1860 - Страниц: 656
...targe he threw, Whose brazen studs and tough bull-hide* Had death so often dashed aside; For, trained abroad his arms to wield, Fitz-James's blade was sword...and ward, To thrust, to strike, to feint, to guard j. While less expert, though stronger far, The Gael maintained unequal war. Three times in closing... | |
 | Marlborough coll - 1860 - Страниц: 310
...ne'er might see again: Then foot, and point, and eye opposed In dubious strife they darkly closed. Three times in closing strife they stood, And thrice...draught, no scanty tide, The gushing flood the tartans died. Fierce Roderick felt the fatal drain And shower'd his blows like wintry rain, And as firm rock... | |
 | 1887 - Страниц: 592
...Dhu. With this fact borne in mind, the words of the great Wizard set the fight before our eyes :— " Three times in closing strife they stood, And thrice the Saxon blade drank blood. Fierce Roderick felt the fatal drain, And showered his blows like winter rain — And as firm rock... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1862 - Страниц: 706
...targe he threw, Whose brazen studs and tough bull-hide Had death so often dashed aside; For, trained abroad his arms to wield, Fitz-James's blade was sword...guard; While less expert, though stronger far, The Gael maintained unequal war. Three times in closing strife they stood. And thrice the Saxon blade drank... | |
 | 1862 - Страниц: 492
...j new rivalries of commerce. If, in the ; personal fight of foemen, it was needful— " To practise every pass and ward, To thrust, to strike, to feint, to guard" — I it is no less needful now in the fiercelycontested fights of commerce. Magnanimity will not disarm... | |
 | Playtime - 1863 - Страниц: 436
...targe he threw, Whose brazen studs and tough bull-hide Had death so often dashed aside ; For, trained abroad his arms to wield, Fitz-James's blade was sword...While, less expert, though stronger far, The Gael maintained unequal war. Three times in closing strife they stood, And thrice the Saxon sword drank... | |
 | Scottish school-book assoc - 1863 - Страниц: 438
...targe he threw, Whose brazen studs and tough bull-hide Had death so often dashed aside; For, trained abroad his arms to wield, Fitz-James's blade was sword...guard; While less expert, though stronger far, The Gael maintained unequal war. Three times in closing strife they stood, And thrice the Saxon blade drank... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1863 - Страниц: 390
...Whose brazen studs and tough bull-hida Had death so often dashed aside ; For, trained abroad his arras to wield, Fitz-James's blade was sword and shield....guard ; While less expert, though stronger far, The Gaeli3 maintained unequal war. 9. Three times in closing strife they stood, And thrice the Saxon blade... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1864 - Страниц: 680
...targe he threw, Whose brazen studs and tough bull-hide Had death so often dashed aside; For, trained abroad his arms to wield, Fitz-James's blade was sword...thrust, to strike, to feint, to guard; While less exjjert, though stronger far, The Gael maintained unequal war. Three times in closing strife they stood,... | |
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