 | Walter Scott - 1810 - 454 pages
...doubt not — which thou wilt — We try this quarrel hilt to hilt."— Then each at once his faulchion drew, Each on the ground his scabbard threw, Each...eye opposed, In dubious strife they darkly closed. V XV. Ill fared it then with Roderick Dhu, That en the field his targe he threw, Whose brazen studs... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1810 - 468 pages
...not — which thou wilt — We try this quarrel hilt to hilt." — Then each at once his faulchion drew, Each on the ground his scabbard threw, Each...eye opposed, In dubious strife they darkly closed. XV. Ill fared it then with Roderick Dhu, That on the field his targe he thf^w, v Whose brazen studs... | |
 | 1811 - 868 pages
...with great success. The Gael's defiance made the battle unavoidable. " Then each at once his faulchion drew. Each on the ground his scabbard threw, Each...they ne'er might see again ; Then, foot, and point, ami eye opposed, In dubious strife they darkly closed. " III tareJ it then with Roderick Dhn, That... | |
 | 1811 - 872 pages
...his faulcbkm dre». Each on the ground his scabbard threw, Each looked to sun, aild stream, and plan, As what they ne'er might see again ; Then, foot, and...eye opposed, In dubious strife they darkly closed. '•' III fared it then with Roderick Dbo, That on the field his tarife h* threw. Whose brazen studs... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1818 - 410 pages
...this quarrel hilt to hilt" — Then each at once his falchion drew, Each OB the ground his scahhard threw, Each looked to sun, and stream, and plain,...again ; Then, foot, and point, and eye opposed, In duhious strife they darkly closed. XV. Ill fared it then with Roderick Dhu, That on the field his targe... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1820 - 284 pages
...hilt."— Then each at once his faulchion drew, Each on the ground his scabbard threw, Each look'd to sun, and stream, and plain, As what they ne'er...eye opposed, In dubious strife they darkly closed. XV. Whose brazen studs and tough bull-hide Had death so often dash'd aside, For, trairi'd abroad his... | |
 | Alexander Gordon - 1821 - 204 pages
...III. Then each at once his faulchion drew, Each on the ground his scabbard threw ; Each look'd to snn, and stream, and plain. As what they ne'er might see again : Then foot, and point, and eye oppos'd, In dubious strife they darkly clos'd. SCOTT. NOT far distant from the Earl's station at the... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1822 - 400 pages
...hilt." — Then each at once his faulchion drew, Each on the ground his scabbard threw, Each look'd to sun, and stream, and plain, As what they ne'er...eye opposed, In dubious strife they darkly closed. XV. Ill fared it then with Roderick Dhu, That on the field his targe he threw, vOL. Iv. K Whose brazen... | |
 | John Barber - 1828 - 310 pages
...— doubt not — which thou wilt, We try this quarrel hilt to hilt. Then each at once his falchion drew — Each on the ground his scabbard threw, Each...eye opposed In dubious strife, they darkly closed. DESCRIPTION OF OLD AGE. "ROGERS." 'Tis the sixth hour, The village clock strikes from the distant tower.... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1831 - 582 pages
...hilt.» — Then each at once his falchion drew, Each on the ground his scab hard threw, Each look'd to sun, and stream, and plain, As what they ne'er...eye opposed, In dubious strife they darkly closed. XV. Ill fared it then with Roderick Dhu, That on the field his targe he threw, (6) Whose brazen studs... | |
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But fear not — doubt not — which thou wilt— We try this quarrel hilt to hilt." — Then each at once his falchion drew, Each on the ground his scabbard threw, Each... 
