 Clan-Alpine's best are backward borne,— Where, where, was Roderick then ! One blast upon his bugle horn Were worth a thousand men.  Romance and Reality - Pagina 215door Letitia Elizabeth Landon - 1832Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Letitia Elizabeth Landon - 1831 - 360 pagina’s
...chieftain the battle in which his clan have been worsted : he softens the defeat by ascribing it all to his absence, and sinks the flight in the exclamation,...blast upon his bugle horn Were worth a thousand men.*" * I find this remark previously made in the National Portrait Gallery; and I am glad to observe the... | |
 | Letitia Elizabeth Landon - 1831 - 354 pagina’s
...chieftain the battle in which his clan have been worsted : he softens the defeat by ascribing it all to his absence, and sinks the flight in the exclamation,...blast upon his bugle horn Were worth a thousand men.'" * I find this remark previously made in the National Portrait Gallery; and I am glad to observe the... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1838 - 380 pagina’s
...They soon make lightsome room. Clan-Alpine's hest are backward home — Where, where, was Roderick then ! One blast upon his bugle horn Were worth a thousand men. And refluent through the pass of fear The battle's tide was pour'd ; Vanish 'd the Saxon's struggling... | |
 | Letitia Elizabeth Landon - 1850 - 1088 pagina’s
...ascribing it all to his absence, and sinks the flight in the exclamation, 1 0, where was Roderlc then 1— One blast upon his bugle horn Were worth a thousand...must inevitably vary most : I judge according to my inood." "Another odious fashion of conversation is that of comparison : I look upon them as if ' Their... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1857 - 372 pagina’s
...efforts to break through the Tinchel. Clan-Alpine's best are backward borne — Where, where was Roderick then ! One blast upon his bugle horn Were worth a thousand men. And refluent through the pass of fear' The battle's tide was pour'd ; Vanish'd the Saxon's struggling... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1857 - 362 pagina’s
...They soon make lightsome room. Clan- Alpine's best are backward borne — Where, where was Roderick then ! One blast upon his bugle horn Were worth a thousand men. And refluent through the pass of fear1 The battle's tide was pour'd ; Vanish'd the Saxon's struggling... | |
 | 1863 - 150 pagina’s
...They soon make lightsome room. Clan-Alpine's best are backward borne—- Where, where was Hoderick then ? One blast upon his bugle horn Were worth a thousand men ! And refluent through the pass of fear The battle tide was pour'd ; Vanish'd the Saxon's struggling... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1866 - 370 pagina’s
...to break through the Tinchel. Clan- Alpine's best are backward borne — Where, where was Roderick then ! One blast upon his bugle horn Were worth a thousand men. And refluent through the pass of fear1 The battle's tide was pour'd ; Vanish'd the Saxon's struggling... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1865 - 504 pagina’s
...many-headed monster-thing, 0 who would wish to be thy king ! Canto v. Stanza 80. Where, where was Roderick then ? One blast upon his bugle horn Were worth a thousand men. Canto vi. Stanza 18. Come as the winds come, when Forests are rended ; Come as the waves come, when... | |
 | George Gilfillan - 1869 - 332 pagina’s
...out, They soon make lightsome room. Clan Alpine's best are backward borne, Where, where was Roderick then ? One blast upon his bugle horn Were worth a thousand men !" In the absence of their Roderick, the Highlanders were again defeated, and Mackay was at last able... | |
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