 | 1844 - 524 страници
...approval or disapproval, he has seemed to say, in the stirring words of the hero of the Scottish poet, " Come one, come all — this rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as I." This has been his resolution — a resolution, be it remembered, which would be worse than weakness... | |
 | Orville Dewey - 1844 - 904 страници
...frame, that as he takes his seat on the coach-box, you fancy him saying to all obstacles and dangers, " Come one, come all, this rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as I." Chester is an ancient city, with marks of antiquity in every structure and stone. The streets are channelled... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1844 - 434 страници
...thrill'd with sudden start, He mann'd himself with dauntless air, Return'd the Chief his haughty stare, His back against a rock he bore, And firmly placed his foot before : — X. " Come one, come all ! this rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as I." Sir Roderick... | |
 | William Gannaway Brownlow - 1844 - 380 страници
...consious of innocent uprightness, and' pteity of purpose, while the language of his inmost soul is, — " Come one — come all— this rock shall fly From its firm base a3 soon as I. THE FIVE PRESIDENTIAL ASPfRANTS'.-— There is a large, a respectable, and an increasing... | |
 | Henry Brown - 1844 - 526 страници
...distance, the proud flags of England and America waving aloft, each evinced for his opponent — " The stern joy which warriors feel In foemen worthy of their steel." manceuvering on both sides, for three-quarters of an hour — the Guerriere attempting to get a raking... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1845 - 492 страници
...thrilled with sudden start, He mann'd himself with dauntless air, Return'd the chief his haughty staro, His back against a rock he bore, And firmly placed...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... | |
 | Modern poetical speaker, Fanny Bury PALLISER - 1845 - 540 страници
...dauntless air, Return'd the Chief his haughty stare, His back against a rock he bore, And firmly plac'd his foot before: — " Come one, come all! this rock...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 - 424 страници
...appropriate manner.] 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 silence... | |
 | 1886 - 542 страници
...bortreadir ganddo yn y Lady of Hie Lake: — His back against a rock he bore, And firmly placed one fuot before ; Come one, come all ! this rock shall fly From its firm bise аз s-jou аз I. Felly yutau; gosolodd ei gefn ar graig penderfyniad ; cdrychodd yn myw llygaid... | |
 | 1845 - 732 страници
...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... | |
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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. 
