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" The noble earl was slain. He had a bow bent in his hand, Made of a trusty tree ; An arrow of a cloth-yard long Up to the head drew he... "
The Spectator - Page 105
by Joseph Addison - 1824
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The British Essayists, Volume 7

Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 366 pages
...shined in Homer or in Virgil : • So thus did both these nobles die, Whose courage none could stain ; An English archer then perceiv'd The noble Earl was...a trusty tree, An arrow of a cloth-yard long Unto l he head drew he. Against Sir Hugh Montgomery So right his shaft he set, The grey-goose wing that...
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Northern Garlands ...

Joseph Ritson - 1810 - 232 pages
...side A large cloth-yard, and more. So thus did both these nobles die, Whose courage none could stain : An English archer then perceiv'd The noble earl was...Made of a trusty tree ; An arrow of a cloth-yard long Up to the head drew he : . . Against sir Hugh Montgomery, So right the shaft he set, ' The grey-goose-wing...
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The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Volume 3

Joseph Addison - 1811 - 508 pages
...have shined in Homer or in Virgil. So thus did both these nobles die. Whose courage none could stain ; An English archer then perceiv'd The noble Earl was...he set, The gray-goose wing, that was thereon, In Ins heart-blood was wet. This fight did last from break of day Till setting of the sun ; For when they...
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The Spectator

Joseph Addison, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 504 pages
...have shined in Homer or in Virgil. So thus did both these nobles die, Whose courage none could stain ; An English archer then perceiv*d The noble Earl was slain. He had a bow bent in his baud, Made of a trusty tree, An arrow of a cloth-yard long Unto the head drew he. Against Sir Hugh...
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The Spectator [by J. Addison and others]; with notes, and a general index

Spectator The - 1811 - 802 pages
...shined in Homer or in Virgil : ' So thus did both thmc noble» die. Whose courage none could »lain; An English archer then perceiv'd The noble earl was slain. . ' He had a how bent in his hand, Made of a trusty tree, An arrow of a cloth-yard long Unto the head drew be. '...
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Rhymes of Northern Bards: Being a Curious Collection of Old and New Songs ...

John Bell - 1812 - 342 pages
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Peerage of England, Volume 9

Arthur Collins - 1812 - 756 pages
...country, at the field of Otterburn, where his death is particularly remarked in this old heroic poem, lie had a bow bent in his hand, Made of a trusty tree, An arrow of a cloath-yeard long Into the head drew he. Against Sir Hugh Montgomery, So right his shaft he set, The...
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Drinking-songs. Miscellaneous songs. Ancient ballads

1819 - 394 pages
...large cloth-yard, and more. • So thus did both these nobles die, Whose courage none could stain : An English archer then perceiv'd The noble earl was...Made of a trusty tree ; An arrow of a cloth-yard long Up to the head drew he : Against Sir Hugh Montgomery So right the shaft he set, The grey-goose-wing...
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Chevy Chase,: A Poem. Founded on the Ancient Ballad..

Robert Roscoe - 1813 - 156 pages
...dye, Whose eourage none could staine : An English archer then perceiv'd The noble Earl was slaine: He had a bow bent in his hand, Made of a trusty tree ; An arrow of a cloth-yard long Up to the head drew hee : Against Sir Hugh Mountgomery, So right the shaft he sett, The grey goose-wing...
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Chevy Chase

Robert Roscoe - 1813 - 128 pages
...dye, Whose courage none could staine : An English archer then perceiv'd The noble Earl was slaine: He had a bow bent in his hand, Made of a trusty tree ; An arrow of a cloth -yard long Up to the head drew hee : Against Sir Hugh Mountgomery, So right the shaft he sett,...
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