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" Locksley returned almost instantly with a willow wand about six feet in length, perfectly straight, and rather thicker than a man's thumb. He began to peel this with great composure, observing at the same time that to ask a good woodsman to shoot at a... "
The Complete Works of Sir Walter Scott: With a Biography, and His Last ... - Page 47
by Walter Scott - 1833
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 33

1820 - 590 pages
...said, " if you please — I go but to cut a rod from the next willow bush. " — Prince John made a signal that some attendants should follow him in case...rather thicker than a man's thumb. He began to peel this with great composure, observing, at the same time, that to ask a good woodsman to shoot at a target...
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Ivanhoe;: A Romance, Volume 1

Walter Scott - Anglo-Saxons - 1820 - 356 pages
...me," he said, " if you please — I go but to cut a rod from the next willow bush." Prince John made a signal that some attendants should follow him in case...rather thicker than a man's thumb. He began to peel this with great composure, observing, at the same time, that to ask a good woodsman to shoot at a target...
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Historical romances of the author of Waverley, Volume 1

sir Walter Scott (bart [novels, collected]) - 1822 - 550 pages
...me," he said, " if you please—I go but to cut a rod from the next willow bush." Prince John made a signal that some attendants should follow him in case...rather thicker than a man's thumb. He began to peel this with great composure, observing at the same time, that to ask a good woodsman to shoot at a target...
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Ivanhoe: A Romance, Volume 1

Walter Scott - Great Britain - 1823 - 304 pages
...me," he said, " if you please — I go but to cut a rod from the next willow bush." Prince John made a signal that some attendants should follow him in case...multitude, induced him to alter his ungenerous purpose. Locksly returned almost instantly with a willow wand about six feet in length, perfectly straight,...
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Waverley Novels ...: Ivanhoe

Walter Scott - 1853 - 410 pages
...me," he said, "if you please — I go but to cut a rod from the next willow-bush." Prince John made a signal that some attendants should follow him in case...rather thicker than a man's thumb. He began to peel this with great composure, observing at the same time, that to ask a good woodsman to shoot at a target...
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Waverley Novels: Vol. 4, Volume 4

Walter Scott - 1844 - 748 pages
...me," he said, "if you please — I go but to cut a rod from the next willow-bush." Prince John made a signal that some attendants should follow him in case...rather thicker than a man's thumb. He began to peel this with great composure, observing at the same time, that to ask a good woodsman to shoot at a target...
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Readings for the Young from the Works of Sir Walter Scott

Walter Scott - 1848 - 754 pages
...me," he said, " if you please — I go but to cut a rod from the next willow bush." Prince John made a signal that some attendants should follow him in case...purpose, Locksley returned almost instantly with a willowwand about six feet in length, perfectly straight, and rather thicker than a man's thumb. He...
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Waverley Novels, Volume 9

Walter Scott - 1853 - 546 pages
...me," he said, " if you please — I go but to cut a rod from the next willow-bush." Prince John made a signal that some attendants should follow him in case...multitude, induced him to alter his ungenerous purpose. observing at the same time, that to ask a good woodsman to shoot at a target so broad as had hitherto...
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Waverly Novels, Volume 16

Walter Scott - 1855 - 410 pages
...signal that some attendants should follow him in case of his escape : but the cry of " Shame ! shame I" which burst from the multitude, induced him to alter...rather thicker than a man's thumb. He began to peel this with great composure, observing at the same time, that to ask a good woodsman to shoot at a target...
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The Waverley Novels: The bride of Lammermoor. A legend of Montrose. Ivanhoe

Walter Scott - 1855 - 654 pages
...Shame ! shame !" which burst from the multitude, induced him to alter his ungenerous purpose. Locksloy returned almost instantly with a willow wand about...rather thicker than a man's thumb. He began to peel this with great composure, observing at the same time, that to ask a good woodsman to shoot at a target...
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