| sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1810 - 468 sider
...or household bread ; Ask we for flocks these shingles dry, And well the mountain might reply, — ' To you, as to your sires of yore, Belong the target...spoiler as we may, And from the robber rend the prey ? Aye, by my soul ! — While on yon plain The Saxon rears one shock of grain ; While, of ten thousand... | |
| Walter Scott - 1810 - 454 sider
...or household bread ; Ask we for flocks these shingles dry, And well the mountain might reply,— ' To you, as to your sires of yore, Belong the target...spoiler as we may, And from the robber rend the prey ? Aye, by my soul ! — While on yon plain The Saxon rears one shock of grain ; VA hilc, of ten thousand... | |
| Walter Scott - 1810 - 444 sider
...or household bread ; Ask we for flocks these shingles dry, And well the mountain might reply, — * To you, as to your sires of yore, Belong the target...the rest/ — Pent in this fortress of the North, Think' st thou we will not sally forth, To spoil the spoiler as we may, And from the robber rend the... | |
| John Young - 1810 - 432 sider
...seek to rend ' the prey from the valiant?1 — Tales of my Landlord, First Series, vol. iv. ch. 14. " To spoil the spoiler as we may, And from the robber rend the prey ?" Lady of the Lake, Canto 5. St. 7. " From the chafed tyger rend the prey." Bridal of Triermain, Canto... | |
| Sir Walter Scott - 1818 - 410 sider
...or honsehold hread ; Ask we for flocks Ihcse shingles dry, And well the mountain might reply — ' To you, as to your sires of yore, Belong the target and claymore ! I give you shelter in my hreast, Your own good hlades must win the rest.' — Pent in this fortress of the North, Think'st thou... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1820 - 284 sider
...or household bread ; Ask we for flocks these shingles dry, And well the mountain might reply,— ' To you, as to your sires of yore, Belong the target...spoiler as we may, And from the robber rend the prey ? Aye, by my soul!—While on yon plain The Saxon rears one shock of grain; While, of ten thousand... | |
| International peace society - 232 sider
...plains, that softened vale, Were once the birthright of the Gael. Where dwells he now ? * * * Think 'st thou we will not sally forth To spoil the spoiler as we may, And from the robber rend his prey ? While of ten thousand herds there strays But one along yon river's maze, The Gael, of plains... | |
| John Leycester Adolphus - 1822 - 228 sider
...seek to rend the prey from the valiant ?" — Tales of My Landforrf, First Series, vol. iv. ch. 14. " To spoil the spoiler as we may, And from the robber rend the prey ?" Lady of the Lake, Canto V. St. 7. " From the chafed tyger rend the prey." Bridal of Triermain, Canto... | |
| 1825 - 398 sider
...They adopted rather the simple philosophy of the robber chieftain of the Scottish Highlands : — " Pent in this fortress of the North, Think'st thou...spoiler as we may, And from the robber rend the prey ? " When the Mohammedan races rose to power, they claimed dominion over all who disbelieved the Koran.... | |
| Walter Scott - 1826 - 294 sider
...or household bread ; Ask we for flocks these shingles dry, And well the mountain might reply, — ' To you, as to your sires of yore, Belong the target and claymore ! I give you shelter in my breast, Tour own good blades must win the rest.' — Pent in this fortress of the north, Think'st thou we will... | |
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