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" He whistled shrill, And he was answered from the hill : Wild as the scream of the curlew, From crag to crag the signal flew. Instant, through copse and heath, arose Bonnets and spears and bended bows ; On right, on left, above, below, Sprung up, at once,... "
Essentials of English Grammar: For the Use of Schools - Page 12
by William Dwight Whitney - 1877 - 276 pages
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A History of the Highlands and of the Highland Clans, Volume 1

James Browne - 1843 - 546 pages
...answered from the hill ; Wild as the scream of the curlieti, From crag to crag the signal flew; Instant, through copse and heath arose Bonnets and spears and...Sprung up at once the lurking foe ; From shingles grey their lances start, The bracken bush sends forth the dart, The rushes and the willow wand, Are...
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An Essay on Elocution: With Elucidatory Passages from Various Authors

John Hanbury Dwyer - 1843 - 320 pages
...answer'd from the hill ; Wild as the scream of the curlew, From crag to crag the signal flew. Instant, through copse and heath, arose Bonnets and spears...bows ; On right, on left, above, below, Sprung up at onee the lurking foe ; From shingles gray their lances start, The bracken-bush sends forth the dart,...
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The soldier of fortune

Henry Curling - 1843 - 940 pages
...another hurled hi* weapon at my shins, whilst a third dashed his fists and lanthorn in my jaws and face. On right on left, above, below, Sprung up at once the lurking foe. At length, in Cranbourne Alley (for that I have since discovered to be the name of such a thoroughfare)...
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An Essay on Elocution: With Elucidatory Passages from Various Authors : to ...

John Hanbury Dwyer - 1844 - 318 pages
...answer'd from the hill ; Wild as the scream of the curlew, From crag to crag the signal flew; Instant, through copse and heath, arose Bonnets and spears...lurking foe ; From shingles gray their lances start, The bracken-bush sends forth the dart, The rushes and the willow-wand Are bristling into axe and brand,...
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Contributions to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 2

Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1844 - 540 pages
...answer'd from the hill ! Wild as the scream of the curlew, From crag to crag the signal flew. Instant, through copse and heath, arose Bonnets and spears...Sprung up at once the lurking foe ; From shingles grey their lances start, The bracken-bush sends forth the dart, The rushes and the willow-wand Are...
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English poetry, for use in the schools of the Collegiate institution ...

English poetry - 1844 - 110 pages
...answered from the hill ; Wild as the scream of the curlew, From crag to crag the signal flew. Instant, through copse and heath, arose Bonnets, and spears,...and bended bows ; On right, on left, above, below, Sprang up at once the lurking foe ; From shingles gray their lances start, The bracken bush sends forth...
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An Essay on Elocution: With Elucidatory Passages from Various Authors. To ...

John Hanbury Dwyer - 1845 - 492 pages
...answer'd from the hill ; Wild as the scream of the curlew, From crag to crag the signal flew; Instant, through copse and heath, arose Bonnets and spears...lurking foe ; From shingles gray their lances start, The bracken-bush sends forth the dart. The rushes and the willow-wand Are bristling into axe and brand,...
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The Scottish tourist, and itinerary; or, A guide to the scenery and ...

Scottish tourist - 1845 - 522 pages
...description which follows is thought superior to any thing Sir Walter Scott ever wrote. '' Instant, through copse and heath, arose Bonnets and spears...left, above, below, Sprung up at once the lurking foe ; * The Kelpie is a north-country demon, seldom appearing south of Aberdeen ; and the accident which...
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Contributions to the Edinburgh Review

Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1846 - 794 pages
...answer'd from the hill ! Wild as the scream of the curlew. From crag to crag the signal flew. Instant, through copse and heath, arose Bonnets and spears...Sprung up at once the lurking foe ; From shingles grey iheir lances start. The bracken-bush sends forth the dart, The rushes and the willow-wand Are...
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The Book of Costume: Or, Annals of Fashion: From the Earliest Period to the ...

Mary Margaret Stanley Egerton Countess of Wilton - 1846 - 512 pages
...wearer to start up, sword in hand, ready for the conflict, like the warriors of Roderick Dhu: " Instant, through copse and heath, arose Bonnets, and spears,...Sprung up at once the lurking foe : From shingles grey their lances start, The bracken bush sends forth the dart, The rushes and the willow wand Are...
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