| Walter Scott - 1854 - 892 sider
...veré all knight« of mettle true, Kia-шеп to the bold Bucclcuch. IV. Ten of them were eheathcd in steel, With belted sword, and spur on heel : They quitted not their harness bright, Xeither by day, nor yet by night: They lay down to rest, With corslet laced, Piflow'd on buckler cold... | |
| Frederick William Thomas - 1853 - 390 sider
...consequently, he painted that period best when, as he describes it — " They laid down to rest, AVith the corslet laced — Pillowed on buckler cold and hard ; They carved at the meal AVith gloves of steel, And drank the red wine through the helmet barred." How delightful if Scott had... | |
| 1879 - 864 sider
...ready for action; a good illustration, I thought, of the lines of Sir Walter Soott : " Ten of these were sheathed in steel With belted sword and spur...Neither by day, nor yet by night: They lay down to rest \Vith corset laced, Pillowed on buckler cold and haid; They carvrd at the meal "With gloves of steel,... | |
| Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1854 - 780 sider
...modern : — " Ten of them were sheath'd in steel, Wiih belted sword, and epur on heel : They quilled not their harness bright, Neither by day, nor yet...night ; They lay down to rest With corslet laced. Pillmv'd on bi:<-klcr cold and hard ; Thry catv'd at ib'? meal With gluves of steel, [met barr'd."... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1855 - 590 sider
...Waited, duteous, on them all : They were all knights of mettle true, Kinsmen to the bold Buccleuch. IV. Ten of them were sheathed in steel, With belted sword,...night : They lay down to rest, With corslet laced, Pillow'd on buckler cold and hard ; They carved at the meal With gloves of steel, And they drank the... | |
| Walter Scott - 1855 - 914 sider
...true, Kinsmen to the bold Buceleuch. IV. Ten of them were sheathed in steel, With belted sword, aud spur on heel : They quitted not their harness bright,...night : They lay down to rest, With corslet laced, Pillow'd on buckler cold and hard ; They carved at the meal With gloves of steel, And they drank the... | |
| Henry Curling - 1855 - 282 sider
...Branksholme's garrison, ever ready for the border-feud, like them also, in time of mistrust and doubt. " Quitted not their harness bright, Neither by day, nor yet by night." • Let us imagine the strict surveillance maintained at each gate-house, sally-port, and postern;... | |
| Walter Scott - 1856 - 776 sider
...Appendix. The figures of reference throughout the poem relate tc further Notes in the Appendix. j IV. Ten of them were sheathed in steel, With belted sword, and spur on heel : They quitted not then- harness bright, Neither by day, nor.yet by night: They lay down to rest, With corslet laced,... | |
| Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1856 - 794 sider
...sheath'd in steel, iih belled sword, and spur on heel : «y quilted not their harness bright, ither by day, nor yet by night ; They lay down to rest With corslet laced. ff'd on burkler cold and hard ; They carv'd at the meal With gloves of steel, [met barr'd.' And they... | |
| Sir Walter Scott - 1857 - 444 sider
...Waited, duteous, on them all : They were all knights of mettle true, Kinsmen to the bold Buccleuch. 4 Ten of them were sheathed in steel, With belted sword,...they drank the red wine through the helmet barred. 5 Ten squires, ten yeomen, mail-clad men, Waited the beck of the warders ten ; Thirty steeds, both... | |
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