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...Earl's cheek the flush of rage O'crcame the ashen hue of age : Fierce he broke forth, — " And dar'et thou then To beard the lion in his den, The Douglas in liis hall i And hopest thou hence unscathed to go ? No, by Saint Bride of Bothwell, no Ï Up drawbridge,...

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...near, Lord Angus, thou hast lied." On the earl's cheek the flush of rage O'ercame the ashen hue of age. Fierce he broke forth: "And dar'st thou then To beard...hall ? And hop'st thou hence unscathed to go ? No! by St. Bride of Bothwell, no! Up draw-bridge, grooms ! what, warder, ho ! Let the portcullis fall." Lord...

...the glory of this age and the hope of the future. I take up no parable against it. To do so here were to " beard the lion in his den— the Douglas in his hall." But organization which has reached the sublime may reach the ridiculous. It is too much relied on,...

...Lord Angus, thou hast lied ! " On the Earl's cheek the flush of rage O'ercame the ashen hue of age : Fierce he broke forth : — " And dar'st thou then...his den, The Douglas in his hall ? And hop'st thou henoe unscathed to go) — No, by Saint Bryde of Bothwell, no!— Up drawbridge, grooms— what, Warder,...

...Angus, thou hast lied ! " — On the earl's cheek the flush of rage O'ercame the ashen hue of age. Fierce he broke forth : — " And dar'st thou, then....beard the lion in his den, The Douglas in his hall 1 * Lord Angus was one of Douglas's titles. And hop'st thou hence unscathed to go ? — No! by Saint...

...earl's cheek the flush of rage O'ercame the ashen hue of age : Fierce he broke forth — "And darest thou then To beard the lion in his den, The Douglas in his hall 1 And hopestthou hence unscathed to go? — No, by Saint Bride of Bothwell, no ! Up drawbridge, grooms...

...Accordingly, all further proceedings were suspended for six-and-thirty hours. 38* CHAPTER XXXI. « And dar'st thou, then, To beard the lion in his den, The Douglass in his hail ?" Marmion THE commotion was just subsiding, and Ibe inliabitants of the village...