 In these far climes it was my lot To meet the wondrous Michael Scott ; A wizard, of such dreaded fame, That when, in Salamanca's cave, Him listed his magic wand to wave, The bells would ring in Notre Dame...  The Lay of the Last Minstrel: A Poem - Side 52af Walter Scott - 1807 - 340 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1823 - 354 sider
...of eating it ; surviving, however, long enough to put to death his treacherous confidant. Note XIV. The words, that cleft Eildon Hills in three, And bridled the Tweed with a curl of stone — P. 50. Michael Scott was, once upon a time, much embarrassed by a spirit, for whom... | |
 | John Docwra Parry - 1829 - 460 sider
...Scott," so well and amply celebrated in the " Liy of the Last Minstrel." " A wizard of such might and fame, That when in Salamanca's cave, Him listed his...would ring in Notre Dame ! ' Some of his skill he told to me, And, warrior, I could say to thee, The words that cleft Eildon Hills in three, And bridled... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1831 - 582 sider
...in Salamanca's cave, (13) Him luted his magic wand to wave, The bclU would ring in Notre Dame! (i3) Some of his skill he taught to me; And, warrior, I could say to ihee Tbr wont* ihiii cleft Kildon hills in three, Andbrkdled the Tweed with a curb of Stone: (14) Bui... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1835 - 380 sider
...enough to put to death his treacherous confidant. Stanza XIII.— page 31. The words, that cleft Eildan hills in three, And bridled the Tweed with a curb of stone. Alichael Scott was, once upon a time, much embarrassed by a spirit, for whom he was under the necessity... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1848 - 692 sider
...political intelligence is diffused throughout Europe sympathetically, as if a Michael Scott ordained it. " when in Salamanca's cave," Him listed his magic wand to wave, The bells would ring in Notre Dame. All these characteristics and inventions are so many possible dissuasions to the writer of memoirs.... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1837 - 602 sider
...began with a kind of public work, ' And warrior, I could tell to thee The words -which clave Eildon's hills in three, And bridled the Tweed with a curb of stone.' It was not till the demon had achieved these that the wizard fairly puzzled him by bidding him weave... | |
 | Walter Scott, J. W. Lake - 1838 - 496 sider
...meet the wondrous Michael Scott;11 A wizard of such dreaded fame, That when, in Salamanca's cave,12 Him listed his magic wand to wave, The bells would ring in Notre Dame!13 Some of his skill he taught to me; And, warrior, I could say to thee The words that cleft Eildon... | |
 | Joseph Robertson - 1840 - 290 sider
...wondrous Michael Scot, who in the well-known popular belief was 1 Le Causeur, tip 200-207 ; Paris, 1817. " A wizard of such dreaded fame, That when in Salamanca's...wand to wave The bells would ring in Notre Dame," 1 1 See Lay of the Last Minstrel, c. ii. st. xiii. The miraculous voyage told in the notes has a parallel... | |
 | Joseph Robertson - 1840 - 286 sider
...wondrous Michael Scot, who in the well-known popular belief was 1 Le Causeur, tip 200-207 ; Paris, 1817. " A wizard of such dreaded fame, That when in Salamanca's...his magic wand to wave The bells would ring in Notre Dame,"1 1 See Lay of the Last Minstrel, c. ii. si. xiii. The miraculous voyage told in the notes has... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1841 - 848 sider
...meet the wondrous Michael Scott ;• A wizard, of such dreaded fame, That when, in Salamanca's cave,10 Him listed his magic wand to wave, The bells would ring in Notre Dame !" Some of bis skill he taught to mo ; And, Warrior, I could say to thee The words that cleft Kildon hills in... | |
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