 Dove towards such an Ark! Deftly, thou shifty Usher: one man already fell; and lies smashed, far down there, against the masonry! Usher Maillard falls not: deftly, unerring he walks, with outspread palm. The Swiss holds a paper through his porthole; the...  Blackwood's Magazine - Page 1291843Full view - About this book
 | Edwin Paxton Hood - 1875 - 520 pages
...plank resting on parapet, balanced by weight of Patriots, he hovers perilous : such a Dove towards such an Ark ! Deftly, thou shifty Usher ; one man...Pardon, immunity to all ! Are they accepted ? — " Foi d'officicr, on the word of an officer," answers half-pay Hulin, — or half-pay Elie, for men do not... | |
 | Famous historical scenes - 1875 - 648 pages
...plank resting on parapet, balanced by weight of Patriots, — he hovers perilous : such a Dove towards such an Ark ! Deftly, thou shifty Usher : one man...surrender : Pardon, immunity to all ! Are they accepted 1 — " Foi d'officier, On the word of an officer," answers half-pay Hulin, — or half-pay Elie, for... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1876 - 406 pages
...plank resting on parapet, balanced by weight of Patriots, — he hovers perilous : such a Dove towards such an Ark ! Deftly, thou shifty Usher : one man...Pardon, immunity to all! Are they accepted? — "Foi d'officicr, On the word of an officer," answers half-pay Hulin, — or half-pay Elie, for men do not... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1876 - 412 pages
...plank resting on parapet, balanced by weight of Patriots, — he hovers perilous : such a Dove towards such an Ark ! Deftly, thou shifty Usher : one man...surrender: Pardon, immunity to all ! Are they accepted? — "fbi d'officicr, On the word of an officer," answers half-pay Hulin, — or half-pay Elie, for... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1880 - 362 pages
...plank resting on parapet, balanced by weight of Patriots, — he hovers perilous : such a Dove towards such an Ark ! Deftly, thou shifty Usher : one man...Pardon, immunity to all ! Are they accepted ? ' Foi d'qfficier, On the word of an officer,' answers half -pay Hulin, — or half-pay Elic, for men do not... | |
 | Edward Barrett - 1881 - 412 pages
...plank resting on parapet, balanced by weight of Patriots, — he hovers perilous : such a Dove towards such an Ark ! Deftly, thou shifty Usher : one man...officer," answers half-pay Hulin, — or half-pay Elie, for men do not agree on it, " they are ! " Sinks -the drawbridge, — Usher Maillard bolting... | |
 | George Walter Baynham - 1881 - 152 pages
...is used where the sense is incomplete or suspended, and should be accompanied by a distinctive tone. "The Swiss holds a paper through his port-hole; the...immunity to all. Are they accepted?' 'Foi d'officier,' answers half -pay Hulin — or half-pay Elie — for men do- not agree upon it — 'they are.'" The... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1881 - 694 pages
...plank resting on parapet, balanced by weight of patriots, he hovers perilous— such a dove toward such an ark! Deftly, thou shifty usher: one man already...smashed, far down there, against the masonry ! Usher Maillsrd falls not; deftly, unerring, he walks, with outspread palm. The Swiss holds a paper through... | |
 | William Minto - 1881 - 596 pages
...actions call for. Usher Maillard is shown crossing the Bastille ditch on a plank, and warned — " Deftly, thou shifty Usher : one man already fell ;...lies smashed, far down there, against the masonry ! " When De Launay is massacred, the revolutionists are reproved with — " Brothers, your wrath is... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1884 - 452 pages
...plank resting on parapet, balanced by weight of Patriots, — he hovers perilous : such a Dove toward such an Ark ! Deftly, thou shifty Usher : one man..."Foi d'officier, On the word of an officer," answers half -pay Hulin, — or halfpay Elie, for men do not agree on it, — " they are ! " Sinks the drawbridge,... | |
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