 ... in rotation, at the distance of sixty or seventy paces. He whose ball brought down the mark, held the proud title of Captain of the Popinjay for the remainder of the day, and was usually escorted in triumph to the most reputable change-house in the...  Waverley novels. Parker's ed., revised - Страница 180по sir Walter Scott (bart [novels, collected]) - 1839Пълен достъп - Информация за книгата
 | Walter Scott - 1898 - 856 страници
...carabines in rotation, at the distance of sixty or seventy paces. He whose ball brought down the mark held the proud title of Captain of the Popinjay for...triumph to the most reputable change-house in the neighborhood, where the evening was closed with conviviality, conducted under his auspices, and, if... | |
 | Charlotte Brontë, Clement King Shorter - 1900 - 754 страници
...fusees and carbines in rotation, at the distance of seventy paces. He whose ball brought down the mark held the proud title of Captain of the Popinjay for...day, and was usually escorted in triumph to the most respectable change-house in the neighbourhood, where the evening was closed with conviviality, conducted... | |
 | Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell - 1902 - 762 страници
...at the distance of seventy paces. Hewhose ball brought down the mark held the proud title of Caplnin of the Popinjay for the remainder of the day, and was usually escorted in triumph to the most respectable change house in the neighbourhood, where the evening was closed with conviviality, conducted... | |
 | Charlotte Brontë - 1905 - 580 страници
...fuses and carbines hi rotation, at the distance of seventy paces. He whose ball brought down the mark held the proud title of Captain of the Popinjay for...day, and was usually escorted in triumph to the most respectable change-house hi the neighbourhood, where the evening was closed with conviviality, conducted... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1923 - 674 страници
...carabines in rotation, at the distance of sixty or seventy paces. He whose ball brought down the mark held the proud title of Captain of the Popinjay for...the ladies of the country assembled to witness this gallant strife, those excepted who held the stricter tenets of Puritanism, and would therefore hav^e... | |
 | Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell - 1924 - 610 страници
...fuses and carbines in rotation, at the distance of seventy paces. He whose ball brought down the mark held the proud title of Captain of the Popinjay for the remainder of the day, and waa usually escorted in triumph to the most respectable change-house in the neighbourhood, where the... | |
 | Walter Scott - 2001 - 358 страници
...carabines in rotation, at the distance of sixty or seventy paces. He whose ball brought down the mark, held the proud title of Captain of the Popinjay for...usually escorted in triumph to the most reputable change -house in the neighbourhood, where the evening was closed with conviviality, conducted under... | |
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