 | Walter Scott - 1830 - 374 oldal
...even than the tumult around, pronounced these words : — " Wo to the coward that ever he was bom, That did not draw the sword before he blew the horn...be armed against danger before bidding it defiance. But it is a circumstance worth notice, that although this edition of the tale is limited to the year... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1830 - 372 oldal
...even than the tumult around, pronounced these words : — " Wo to the coward that ever he was bom, That did not draw the sword before he blew the horn...legend, — namely, that it is best to be armed against dangerbefore bidding it defiance. But it is a circumstance 'worth notice, that although this edition... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1831 - 546 oldal
...A voice like that of a giant, louder even than the tumult around, pronounced these words:— " Woe to the coward that ever he was born, That did not...find. A moral might be perhaps extracted from. the legend,—namely, that it is best to be armed against danger before bidding it defiance. But it is... | |
 | 1833 - 448 oldal
...feet. " All these men," said the wizard in a whisper, " will awaken at the battle of Sheriffmoor." At the extremity of this extraordinary depot hung...be armed against danger before bidding it defiance. But it is a circumstance \yorth notice, that although this edition of the tale is limited to the year... | |
 | 1837 - 860 oldal
...giant, louder even than the tumult around, pronounced these words: — 1 Wo to the cownrd tliat over he was born, That did not draw the sword before he...armed against danger before bidding it defiance." THE INFIDEL. ONE day as I was seriously meditating upon the inconsistency and unreasonableness of atheism,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1837 - 936 oldal
...voice like that of a giant, louder even than the tumult around, pronounced these words : — •• Woe to the coward that ever he was born, That did not draw the sword before be blew the born ! " A whirlwind expelled the horse-dealer from the cavern, the entrance to which he... | |
 | 1845 - 356 oldal
...even than the tumult around, pronounced these words : — '• Wo to the coward thmt ever he waa bora, That did not draw the sword before he blew the horn...be armed against danger before bidding it defiance. But it is a circumstance worth notice, that although this edition of the tale is limited to the year... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1845 - 836 oldal
...even than the tumult around, pronounced these words : — ' Woe to the coward that ever he was bom, That did not draw the sword before he blew the horn.'...extracted from the legend, namely, that it is best to he armed against danger before bidding it defiance." One more fragment, in another style, and I shall... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1847 - 612 oldal
...hand. A voie like that of a giant, louder even than the tuinu' around, pronounced these words :— 1 Wo to the coward that ever he was born, That did not...horn. A whirlwind expelled the horse-dealer from the ca •vem, the entrance to which he could never agai find. A moral might be perhaps extracted from... | |
 | 1907 - 708 oldal
...Kimer, and the locality is " Lucken-hare upon Eildon hills." The couplet reads as follows : — Woe to the coward that ever he was born, That did not draw the sword before he blew the horn ! Similar legends find local habitation elsewhere. Scott mentions one dating from Queen Elizabeth's... | |
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... started in their stalls, stamped, and shook their bridles, the men arose and clashed their armour, and the mortal, terrified at the tumult he had excited, dropped the horn from his hand. A voice like that of a giant, louder even than the tumult around,... 
