 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
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1903 - 960 pages
...plank resting on parapet, balanced by "eight of Patriots, — he hovers perilous : such a Dove towards such an Ark ! Deftly, thou shifty Usher : one man...masonry ! Usher Maillard falls not : deftly, unerring he Ulks, with outspread palm. The Swiss holds a paper through his porthole; the shifty Usher snatches... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1899 - 494 pages
...resting on parapet, balanced by weight 16 of Patriots, — he hovers perilous : such a Dove towards such an Ark ! Deftly, thou shifty Usher : one man...smashed, far down there against the masonry ! Usher Maillanl falls not : deftly, unerring he walks, with outspread palm. The Swiss holds a paper through... | |
 | George Rice Carpenter, William Tenney Brewster - 1904 - 504 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...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 Rice Carpenter, William Tenney Brewster - 1904 - 506 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...Pardon, immunity to all! Are they accepted? — " Foi d'offider, On the word of an officer," answers half-pay Hulin, — or half-pay Elie, for men do not... | |
 | Henry Smith Williams - 1904 - 718 pages
...under their battlements, or rise only with reversed muskets : they have made a white flag of napkins. Terms of surrender : Pardon, immunity to all ! Are...word of an officer), answers half-pay Hulin, — or half -pay Elie, for men do not agree on it, " they are ! " Sinks the drawbridge, rushes in the living... | |
 | Esther Singleton - 1908 - 548 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...officer)," answers half-pay Hulin, — or half-pay Elie, for men do not agree on it, — "they are!" Sinks the Drawbridge — Usher Maillard bolting it... | |
 | Charles Sears Baldwin - 1909 - 402 pages
...sound. Compare the difference in movement between the two following. Each is appropriate to its subject. The Swiss holds a paper through his porthole. The...snatches it and returns. Terms of surrender, Pardon and immunity to all! Are they accepted? "Foi d'officier" (on the word of an officer), answer shall... | |
 | Charles Sears Baldwin - 1909 - 392 pages
...sound. Compare the difference in movement between the two following. Each is appropriate to its subject. The Swiss holds a paper through his porthole. The...snatches it and returns. Terms of surrender, Pardon and immunity to all! Are they accepted? " Foi d'officier" (on the word of an officer), answer shall... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1910 - 478 pages
...weight of Patriots, — he hovers perilous : such a Dove towards such an Ark ! Deftly, thou shirty Usher : one man already fell ; and lies smashed, far...an officer,' answers half-pay Hulin, — or halfpay Elie, for men do not agree on it, — ' they are ! ' Sinks the drawbridge, — Usher Maillard bolting... | |
 | Alphonso Gerald Newcomer, Alice Ebba Andrews - 1910 - 778 pages
...plank resting on parapet, balanced by weight of Patriots, — he hovers perilous: such a Dove towards d' officier, On the word of an officer," answers half-pay Hulin, — or half-pay Elie, for men do not... | |
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