 | Aaron Goodrich - 1874 - 426 pages
...unscrupulous bargain over the spoils of a dead man ; he may rather have thought it a meritorious act to ..." spoil the spoiler as we may, And from the robber rend the prey." It is this reported conduct on the part of the king that Fernando assigns as a reason for his father's... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1876 - 302 pages
...household bread ; Ask we for flocks these shingles dry, And well the mountain might reply,— ' To yovT; as to your sires of yore, Belong the target and claymore...may, And from the robber rend the prey ? Ay, by my soul!—While on yon plain The Saxon rears one shock of grain While, of ten thousand herds, there strays... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - 1876 - 828 pages
...or household bread ; Ask we for flocks these shingles dry, And well the mountain might reply, — ' 6t0s1s r \ qhه, Tbink'st thou we will not sally forth, To spoil the spoiler as we may, And from the robber rend the... | |
 | Education Department,London - 1876 - 1010 pages
...well the mountain might reply :— To you, UB to your sires of yore Belong the target and claymore I I give you shelter in my breast, Your own good blades must win the rest.'" ' SECTION ILL SCOTT. * Parse the words printed in italics in the passage which you have taken for explanation.... | |
 | James Torrington S. Lidstone - 1876 - 150 pages
...themselves, — " The stranger came with Iron hand, And from our fathers reft the land. Think'st thon we will not sally forth, To spoil the spoiler as we may, ALLAN C. WYLIE AND CO., ENGINEERS, CONTEACTORS AND MANTTFACTUEEES' KEPRESENTATIVES FOE THE COLONIES... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1877 - 688 pages
...or household bread : Ask we for flocks these shingles dry, And well the mountain might reply, — ' To you, as to your sires of yore, Belong the target...spoiler as we may, And from the robber rend the prey 1 Ay, by my soul ! — While on yon plain The Saxon rears one shock of grain ; While, ni; ten thousand... | |
 | A. M. Trotter - 1878 - 160 pages
...while we address it; as, Ask we for flocks these shingles dry, And well the mountain might reply — "To you, as to your sires of yore, Belong the target and claymore." EXERCISE. Point out the objects personified, and state the nature of the personification. O welcome... | |
 | Howard Evans - 1879 - 270 pages
...our fathers reft the land. Where dwell we now ? See rudely swell Crag over crag, and fell o'er fell. Pent in this fortress of the North, Think'st thou...spoiler as we may, And from the robber rend the prey ? " In the year 1130 the then King of Scotland was anxious to subdue the men of Moray, and deputed... | |
 | Walter Bagehot - 1879 - 488 pages
...household bread ; Ask we for flocks those shingles dry, — • And well the mountain might reply : To you, as to your sires of yore, Belong the target and claymore; I give you shelter hi my breast, Your own good blades must win the rest. Pent in this fortress of the North, Think'st... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1882 - 684 pages
...or household bread ; Ask we for flocks these shingles dry, And well the mountain might reply, — 1 To you, as to your sires of yore, Belong the target and claymore I I give you shelter in my breast, Your own good blades must win the rest.' — Pent in this fortress... | |
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And well the mountain might reply, — "To you, as to your sires of yore, Belong the target and claymore! I give you shelter in my breast, Your own good blades must win the rest. 
