 | George Stillman Hillard - Readers - 1863 - 396 pages
...the flush of rage O'ercame the ashen hue of age ; Fierce he broke forth : ' And dar'st thou, then, To beard the lion in his den, The Douglas in his hall ? And hop'st thou hence unscathed to go ? No I by Saint Bride of Bothwell, no 1 • Up drawbridge, groom ! What, warder, ho I PART II. LESSON'S.... | |
 | Charles A. Wiley - Elocution - 1869 - 456 pages
...flush of rage O'ercame the ashen hue of age : Fierce he broke forth : — " And darest thou, then, To beard the lion in his den, — The Douglas in his hall ? And hopest thou hence unscathed to go ? No, by Saint Bride of Both-well, no ! Up drawbridge, grooms ! —... | |
 | Treasury - 1869 - 474 pages
...Stan2a 9. With a smile on her lips and a tear in her eye. Canto v. Stan2a 12. And dar'st thou then To beard the lion in his den, The Douglas in his hall ? Canto vi. Stan2a 14. But woe awaits a country when She sees the tears of bearded men. Can fa v. Stan2a... | |
 | Alfred Henderson - Proverbs, Latin - 1869 - 526 pages
...loose generalities. Domi leones. — Lions at home. " Every cock crows best on his own dunghill." " To beard the lion in his den, The Douglas in his hall." SCOTT. Domi mariere oportet belle fortunatum. — A prospering man should remain at home. " Leave well... | |
 | Rollo La Verne Lyman, Jean T. Sheafor - Oratory - 1914 - 74 pages
...of age; — Fierce he broke forth: "And dare'st thou then To beard the lion in his den, And Dougla= in his hall? And hop'st thou hence unscathed to go? No! By Saint Bride of Bothwell, No! Up drawbridge, grooms, — What, warders, ho! Let the portcullis fall!"... | |
 | Reuben Post Halleck - American literature - 1915 - 328 pages
...cheek the flush of rage O'ercame the ashen hue of age: Fierce he broke forth, — "And dar'st thou then To beard the lion in his den, The Douglas in his hall...And hop'st thou hence unscathed to go ? — No, by Saint Bride of Bothwell, no ! — Up drawbridge, grooms — what, warder, ho ! Let the portcullis fall."... | |
 | John Rutledge Scott - 1915 - 694 pages
...is a similar case. 3. 'AND DAREST THOU, THEN,' ETC. Two Renderings Compared. And darest thou, then, To beard the lion in his den, The Douglas in his hall? formidable character between the lion and the Douglas is expressed. But: Give a vivid rising melody... | |
 | James Watt Raine - Elocution - 1915 - 222 pages
...bonds his chariot wheels? You blocks, you stones, you worse than senseless things! And darest thou then To beard the lion in his den The Douglas in his hall? King For I shall never hold that man my friend Whose tongue shall ask me for one penny cost To ransom... | |
 | John Rutledge Scott - Elocution - 1915 - 692 pages
...is a similar case. 3. 'AND DAREST THOU, THEN,' ETC. Two Renderings Compared. And darest thou, then, To beard the lion in his den, The Douglas in his hall? By using the rising melody throughout the three lines above, — as, I believe, they are usually read,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English Literature - 1916 - 206 pages
...plebeians, and were themselves plebeians. — beard the high: cf. Scott's Marmion, " And dar'st thou then To beard the lion in his den, The Douglas in his hall?" 274. harness: armor, an old use of the word; cf. "At least we "11 die with harness on our back," Shakespeare,... | |
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I tell thee, thou'rt defied! And if thou saidst I am not peer To any lord in Scotland here, Lowland or Highland, far or near, Lord Angus, thou hast lied... 
