 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
 | Walter Scott - 1874 - Страниц: 388
...sword and shield..1 I Ice Appendix, Note 3 H 1 hid. 3 ', He practised every pass and ward, To thmst, to strike, to feint, to guard ; While less expert, though stronger far. The Gael maintain'd unequal war.1 Three times in closing strife they stood. And thrice the Saxon blade drank blood No stinted drought,... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - 1876 - Страниц: 828
...targe he threw, Whose brazen studs and tough bull hide Had death so often dash'd aside i For, train'd in his shoes : That t While less expert, though stronger far, The Gael maintain *d unequal war. Three times in closing... | |
 | T W M - 1876 - Страниц: 264
...FITZ-JAMES.— James V. of Scotland, who was fond of rambling about the country among his subjects, in disguise. He practised every pass and ward, To thrust, to strike,...; While less expert, though stronger far, The Gael maintained unequal war. Three times in closing strife they stood, And thrice the Saxon blade drank... | |
 | 1876 - Страниц: 732
...dashed aside ; For, trained abroad his arms to wield, Fitz-James's blado was sword and shield. lie practised every pass and ward. To thrust, to strike,...While, less expert, though stronger far, The Gael maintained unequal war. Three times iu closing strife they stood, And thrice the Saxon blado drank... | |
 | 1876 - Страниц: 732
...often dashed aside ; For, trained abroad his arms to wield, Fitz-James's blade was sword and shield. Ho practised every pass and ward. To thrust, to strike, to feint, to guard ; While, less export, though stronger far, The Gael maintained unequal war. Three times in closing strife thev stood,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1877 - Страниц: 688
...again ; Then, foot, and point, and eye opposed, In dubious strife they darkly closed. 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... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1877 - Страниц: 742
...bull-hide , Had death so often dashed aside ; • For, trained abroad his arms to wield, Fitz- James's blade was sword and shield ; He practised every pass...While, less expert, though stronger far, The Gael maintained unequal war. Three times in closing strife they stood, And thrice the Saxon sword drank... | |
 | Code poetical reader - 1877 - Страниц: 168
...often dashed aside ; For, trained abroad his arms to wield, Fitz-James's blade was sword and shield. 85 He practised every pass and ward, To thrust, to strike,...While, less expert, though stronger far, The Gael * maintained * unequal war. Three times in closing strife they stood, 90 And thrice the Saxon blade... | |
 | William Davis (B.A.) - 1877 - Страниц: 80
...targe7 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 shield. He practised every pass and ward, 1 This braid, the hair of a young widow who was shot by Murdock with an arrow intended for Fitz-James.... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1878 - Страниц: 280
...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... | |
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