 Through Solway sands, through Tarras moss, Blindfold, he knew the paths to cross ; By wily turns, by desperate bounds, Had baffled Percy's best blood-hounds; In Eske or Liddel, fords were none, But he would ride them, one by one ; Alike to him was time...  Works - Side 174af Walter Scott - 1923Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | Henry Irwin Jenkinson - 1875 - 346 sider
...couched Border lance by knee, Through Solway sands and Tarras moss Blindfold he knew the paths to cross ; Steady of heart and stout of hand As ever drove prey from Cumberland." — SCOTT. The habitat of mosses is wherever there is a naked spot to clothe, be it on the barren moor,... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1876 - 378 sider
...knew the paths to cross ; By wily turns, by desperate bounds, Had baffled Percy's best blood-hounds ;t In Eske, or Liddel, fords were none, But he would...from Cumberland ; Five times outlawed had he been, Hy England's King, and Scotland's Queen. William of Deloraine, good at need, Mount thee on the wightest... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - 1876 - 828 sider
...knew the paths to cross ; By wily turns, by desperate bounds, Had baffled Percy's best bloodhounds ; ectacle ; sensation, soul, and form, All melted into him ; they swallo j Alike to him was time or tide, December's snow, or July's pride; Alike to him was tide or time, Moonless... | |
 | Sir Francis Hastings Charles Doyle (bart.) - 1877 - 316 sider
...knew the paths to cross ; By wily turns, by desperate bounds, Had baffled Percy's best blood-hounds ; In Eske or Liddel, fords were none, But he would ride...stout of hand, As ever drove prey from Cumberland. It is not, however, till the Second Canto that the young writer, when he has ascertained his latent... | |
 | sir Francis Hastings C. Doyle (2nd bart.) - 1877 - 316 sider
...knew the paths to cross ; By wily turns, by desperate bounds, Had baffled Percy's best blood-hounds ; In Eske or Liddel, fords were none, But he would ride...stout of hand, As ever drove prey from Cumberland. It is not, however, till the Second Canto that the young writer, when he has ascertained his latent... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1877 - 742 sider
...knew the paths to cross; By wily turns, by desperate bounds, Had baffled Percy's best blood-hounds; In Eske, or Liddel, fords were none, But he would...Moonless midnight, or matin prime -. Steady of heart, aiid stout of hand, Aj ever drove prey from Cumberland ; Five times outlawed had he been, By England's... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1878 - 140 sider
...: By wily turns, by desperate bounds, Had baffled Percy's best bloodhounds; 220 In Esk, or Liddell, fords were none, But he would ride them, one by one...snow, or July's pride : Alike to him was tide or time, 225 Moonless midnight, or matin prime: Steady of heart, and stout of hand, As ever drove prey from... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1880 - 326 sider
...Deloraine. • XXI. By wily turns, by desperate bounds, Had baffled Percy's best bloodhounds; In Esk or Liddel, fords were none, But he would ride them,...tide, December's snow, or July's pride ; Alike to hun was tide or time, Moonless midnight, or matin prime : Steady of heart, and stout of hand, As ever... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1880 - 406 sider
...paths to cross; By wily turns, by desperate bounds, Had baffled Percy's best blood-hounds ;* In Esk, or Liddel, fords were none. But he would ride them, one by one ; l [This line, of which the metre appears defective, would have Its full complement of feet according... | |
 | Albert Barnes Moss - 1881 - 324 sider
...William of Deloraine. " A stark Moss-trooping Scot was he, As e'er couched Border lance by knee, ***** Steady of heart, and stout of hand As ever drove prey from Cumberland." There are also several family portraits and busts ; and a copy of " Camden's Britannia " in a curiously... | |
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