| 1810 - 590 sider
...to his knee. " Now, yield thee, or, by him who made The world, thy heart's blood dyes my blade I" " Thy threats, thy mercy I defy ! Let recreant yield,...adder darting from his coil, Like wolf that dashes thro* the toil, Like mountain cat who guards her young, Full at Fitz James's throat he sprung. Received,... | |
| Sir Walter Scott - 1811 - 458 sider
...knee. XVI. " Now, yield thee, or, by Him who made The world, thy heart's blood dyes my blade !" — " Thy threats, thy mercy, I defy ! Let recreant yield,...toil, Like mountain-cat -who guards her young, Full at Fite-James's throat he sprung ; Received, but reck'd not of a wound, And locked his arms his foeman... | |
| 1811 - 868 sider
...heart's blood dves my blade !' — •Thy threats, thy mercy, I defy ! Let recreant yield, who leurs to die.'— Like adder darting from his coil, Like wolf that dashes through (lie toil, Like mountain-cat who guards her young, Full at Fitz-James's throat he sprung, Received,... | |
| 1811 - 872 sider
...wolf that dashes through the toil, Ijte mountain-cat -who guards lier young, Full at Fitz-Jaraes's throat he sprung, Received, but reck'd not of a wound, And locked bis arms his loein.iu round.— KQW, gallant Saxon, hold thine own ! Ho maiden's hand is round tliee... | |
| 1810 - 1018 sider
...blade!"— " Thy threats, thy mercy I defy ! JLet recreant, yield, who fears to die." — Like adder dartiqe from his coil, Like wolf that dashes through the toil, Like mountain-cat who guards her young, Full at Fitz-JameVs throat he sprung, Received, but reek'd not of a wound, And locked his arms his foeman round.—... | |
| Sir Walter Scott - 1818 - 410 sider
...kn«e. 14 XVI. " Now, yield ye, or, by Him who made The world, thy heart's blood dies my blade !" " Thy threats, thy mercy, I defy ! Let recreant yield,...Full at Fitz-James's throat he sprung, Received, but recked not of a wound, And locked his arms his foeman round.— Now, gallant Saxon, hold thine own... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1820 - 284 sider
...knee. t XVI. " Now, yield thee, or, by Him who made The world, thy heart's blood dyes my blade !"— " Thy threats, thy mercy, I defy ! Let recreant yield,...he sprung; Received, but reck'd not of a wound, And lock'd his arms his foeman round.— Now, gallant Saxon, hold thine own ! No maiden's hand is round... | |
| Walter Scott - 1821 - 512 sider
...XVI. " Now, yield thee, or, by Him who made " The world, thy heart's blood dyes my blade!"— • " Thy threats, thy mercy, I defy ! " Let recreant yield,...toil, Like mountain-cat who guards her young, Full at FUz-James's throat he sprung; Received, but reck'd not of a wound, And lock'd his arms his foeman round.—... | |
| Walter Scott - 1822 - 400 sider
...Highlanders continued to use broad-sword and target, until disarmed after the affair of 1745-6. Note VIII. Like mountain-cat, who guards her young, Full at Fitz-James's throat he sprung. — P. 219. I have not ventured to render this duel so savagely desperate as that of the celebrated... | |
| F. Campbell - 1824 - 440 sider
...knee :— '• Now yieid thee, or by him who made The world ! thy heart-blood dyes my blade." — " Thy threats, thy mercy, I defy ; Let recreant yield,...that dashes through the toil — Like mountain-cat that guards her young, — Full at Fitz-James's throat he sprung ; Received, but recked not of a wound,... | |
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