 | Modern poetical speaker, Fanny Bury PALLISER - 1845 - 540 pages
...haughty stare, His back against a rock he bore, And firmly plac'd his foot before : — " Come one, come all ! this rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as I." — Sir Roderick mark'd — and in his eyes Respect was mingled with surprise, And the stern joy which warriors feel... | |
 | James Edward Murdoch, William Russell - 1845 - 374 pages
...Grief: — " Oh ! I have lost you all ! Parents, and home, and friends." Courage : — " Come one, come all ! — this rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as I." Awe : — " My heart is awed within me when I think Of the great miracle that still goes on • In... | |
 | 1872 - 812 pages
...course as we may suppose duty calls us to take. It is not every one who can say — " Como one, come all, this rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as I." But if it is given to us to say so, with a full apprehension of what the words implv, wo may enlist... | |
 | 1845 - 732 pages
...Texan told that he too had been pricked. The Colonel stood unmoved, reminding me of Fitz James : " This rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as I !" One fierce tawny rascal was standing erect in his stirrup, as he came on, in the very act of launching... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1846 - 310 pages
...firmly placed his foot before : " Come one, come all ! this rock shall fly From its firm base as soon aa I."— Sir Roderick marked — and in his eyes Respect...surprise, And the stern joy which warriors feel In foeman worthy of their steel. Short space he stood — then waved his hand Down sunk the disappearing... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1846 - 682 pages
...as soon as I.' — Sir Roderick mark'd — and in his eyes Respect was mingled with surprise. Aiid the stern joy which warriors feel In foemen worthy of their steel. Short space he stood — then wav'd his baud : Down sunk the disappearing band ! Each warrior vanish'd where he stood, In broom or... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1846 - 692 pages
...haughty stare, His back against a rock he bore, And firmly placed his foot before : — ' Come one, come all ! this rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as I.' — Sir Roderick mark'd — and in his eyes Respect was mingled with surprise, And the stern joy which warriors feel... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1846 - 794 pages
...haughty stare, His back against a rock he bore, And firmly plac'd his foot before : — ' Come one, come all ! this rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as I.' — Sir Roderick mark'd — and in his eyea Respect was mingled wiih surprise, And the stern joy which warriors feel... | |
 | William Russell - 1846 - 420 pages
...in the shout of defiance, with which Fitz-James addresses the band of Koderic Dhu, ' Come one, come all ! This rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as I.'* Impassioned ' Radical Stress.' Bold, angry, and threatening Command. [Abrupt, explosive style of utterance.]... | |
 | 1847 - 526 pages
...shouts of loud defiance pours, And shakes his gauntlet at the towers. SCOTT'S Marmion. 6. Come one, come all — this rock shall fly From, its firm base as soon as I. SCOTT'S Marmion. DELAY — PROCRASTINATION. 1. O, my good lord, that comfort comes too late : 'T is... | |
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His back against a rock he bore, And firmly placed his foot before : " Come one, come all ! This rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as I. 
