The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart: Containing Lay of the Last Minstrel, Marmion, Lady of the Lake, Don Roderick, Rokeby, Ballads, Lyrics, and Songs. With a Life of the AuthorD. Appleton, 1894 - 647 pages |
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... bore , Albeit their hearts , of rugged mould , Were stubborn as the steel they wore . † Moss - trooper , a borderer , whose profession was pillage of the English . These marauders were called moss - troopers because they dwelt in the ...
... bore , Albeit their hearts , of rugged mould , Were stubborn as the steel they wore . † Moss - trooper , a borderer , whose profession was pillage of the English . These marauders were called moss - troopers because they dwelt in the ...
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... Bore down Buccleuch's retiring clan , Till gallant Cessford's heart - blood dear Reek'd on dark Elliot's Border spear . XXXI . In bitter mood he spurred fast , And soon the hated heath was past ; And far beneath , in lustre wan , Old ...
... Bore down Buccleuch's retiring clan , Till gallant Cessford's heart - blood dear Reek'd on dark Elliot's Border spear . XXXI . In bitter mood he spurred fast , And soon the hated heath was past ; And far beneath , in lustre wan , Old ...
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... bore he ; His buckler , scarce in breadth a span , No larger fence had he ; He never counted him a man , Would strike below the knee ; 22 His slacken'd bow was in his hand , And the leash , that was his blood - hound's band . XVIII . He ...
... bore he ; His buckler , scarce in breadth a span , No larger fence had he ; He never counted him a man , Would strike below the knee ; 22 His slacken'd bow was in his hand , And the leash , that was his blood - hound's band . XVIII . He ...
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... bore his wife and children twain ; A half - clothed serf was all their train ; His wife , stout , ruddy , and dark - brow'd , Of silver brooch and bracelet proud , Laugh'd to her friends among the crowd . He was of stature passing tall ...
... bore his wife and children twain ; A half - clothed serf was all their train ; His wife , stout , ruddy , and dark - brow'd , Of silver brooch and bracelet proud , Laugh'd to her friends among the crowd . He was of stature passing tall ...
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... bore the Galliard through and through : Where the Beattison's blood mix'd with the rill , The Galliard's - Haugh men call it still . The Scotts have scatter'd the Beattison clan , In Eskdale they left but one landed man . The valley of ...
... bore the Galliard through and through : Where the Beattison's blood mix'd with the rill , The Galliard's - Haugh men call it still . The Scotts have scatter'd the Beattison clan , In Eskdale they left but one landed man . The valley of ...
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