 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1868 - 328 pagina’s
...; Behind shnt the postern, the lights sank to rost, And into the midnight we galloped abreast. ii. Not a word to each other ; we kept the great pace Neck by neck, stride by stride, never changing onr place ; I tnrned in my saddle and made its girths tight, Then shortened each stirrnp, and set the... | |
 | Henry Allon - 1847 - 586 pagina’s
...romance : — HOW HE BROUGHT THE GOOD NEWS FROM GHENT TO AIX. ' I sprang to the stirrup, and Joris and He; I galloped, Dirck galloped, we galloped all three. " Good speed!" cried the watch, as the gate bolts undrew; " Speed!" echoed the wall to ug galloping through; Behind shut the postern, the... | |
 | M. S. Mitchell - 1869 - 416 pagina’s
...that follow,' quoth young Lochinvar." LOCHINVAR. — Scott . " I sprang to the stirrup, and Joris, and he : I galloped, Dirck galloped, we galloped all...rest, And into the midnight we galloped abreast." HOW THEY BROUGHT THE GOOD NEWS FROM GHENT TO All. Browning, " Away ! — away ! — and on we dash... | |
 | Frederick Martin - 1869 - 304 pagina’s
...come to a place we wished to avoid above all others — a barrack full of Cossacks. CHAPTER XXII. " Not a word to each other : we kept the great pace,...neck, stride by stride, never changing our place." BKOWNINO, Bide from Ghent to Aix, WE were not more tlian a dozen steps from the men, who issued forth... | |
 | Francis Young (F.R.G.S.) - 1870 - 262 pagina’s
...[A.-S. burg, u town], inhabitants or freemen of a city or borough. I SPRANG to tho stirrup, and Joris, and he ; I galloped, Dirck galloped, we galloped all...Not a word to each other ; we kept the great pace Nock by neck, stride by stride, never changing our place ; I turned in my saddle and made its girths... | |
 | E S H. Bagnold - 1870 - 182 pagina’s
...of reproductive works, canals, and appliances for irrigation. ' I sprang to the stirrup, and Joris, and he ; I galloped, Dirck galloped, we galloped all...cried the watch, as the gate-bolts undrew ; " Speed I echoed the wall to us galloping through ; Behind shut the postern, the lights sank to rest, And into... | |
 | 1871 - 314 pagina’s
...murmur ! " "HOW THEY BROUGHT THE GOOD NEWS FROM GHENT TO AIX." I SPRANG to the stirrup, and Joris, and he ; I galloped, Dirck galloped, we galloped all...Not a word to each other ; we kept the great pace I turned in my saddle and made its girths tight, Then shortened each stirrup, and set the pique right,... | |
 | Angela Gillespie, Member of the Order of the Holy Cross - 1871 - 664 pagina’s
...SOCTHET. 58. "HOW THEY BROUGHT THE GOOD NEWS FROM GHENT TO AIX," I" SPRANG to the stirrup, and Joris, and he; -•- I galloped, Dirck galloped, we galloped...cried the watch, as the gate-bolts undrew ; " Speed 1" echoed the wall to us galloping through ; Behind shut the postern, the lights sank to rest, And... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1872 - 582 pagina’s
...cast in bronze for me. Poor dead Duchess ! and poor living one too ! for that complaisant cmbassador who listened so silently would hardly give warning,...to rest And into the midnight we galloped abreast. 'Twas moonset at starting, but while we drew near Lokeren, the cocks crew and twilight dawned clear;... | |
 | 1872 - 514 pagina’s
...alone. GOOD NEWS FROM GHENT. 413 GOOD NEWS FROM GHENT.— BROWNING. I SPRANG to the stirrup, and Joris, and he ; I galloped, Dirck galloped, we galloped all...other; we kept the great pace, Neck by neck, stride for stride, never changing our place ; I turned in my saddle and made its girths tight, Then shortened... | |
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I sprang to the stirrup, and Joris, and he; I galloped, Dirck galloped, we galloped all three; " Good speed ! " cried the watch, as the gate-bolts undrew ; 
