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...and eye opposed, In dubious strife they darkly closed. Ill fared it then with Rhoderick Dhu, That on the field his targe he threw; Whose brazen studs,...wield, Fitz-James's blade was sword and shield. He practiced every pass and ward, To thrust, to strike, to feint, to guard ; While less expert, though...

...eye opposed, In dubious strife they darkly closed. 15 111 fared it then with Roderick Dhu, That on the field his targe he threw/ Whose brazen studs and...his arms to wield, Fitz-James's blade was sword and shield,11 He practised every pass and ward, To thrust, to strike, to feint, to guard ; While less expert,...

...eye opposed, In dubious strife they darkly closed. 15 111 fared it then with Roderick Dhu, That on the field his targe he threw/ • Whose brazen studs...his arms to wield, Fitz-James's blade was sword and shield,0 He practised every pass and ward, To thrust, to strike, to feint, to guard ; While less expert,...

...begins to grow out of use. 1 am sorry for it: 2 See Deuce's Illustrations of Shakspeare, vol. ii. p. 61. He practised every pass and ward, To thrust, to strike,...; While less expert, though stronger far. The Gael maintain'd unequal war.1 Tht-ee times in closing strife they stood, And thrice the Saxon blade drank...

...snhliitiily which li.u beer, rarely etpiallcd." — Quarterly Review, 1810. ' See Auueudix. Note 3 N. CASTO T To thrust, to strike, to feint, to guard ; While less expert, though stronger far, The Gael maintain'd unequal war.' Three times in closing strife they stood, And thrice the Saxon blade drank...

...and eye opposed, In dubious strife they darkly closed. Ill fared it then with Roderick Dhu, That on the field his targe he threw, Whose brazen studs and tough bull-hide Had death so often dash'd aside ; For, train'd abroad his arms to wield, Fitz-James's blade was sword and shield. He practised...

...and eye opposed,, In dubious strife they darkly closed. El fared it then with Koderick Dhu, That on the field his targe he threw, Whose brazen studs and...and ward, To thrust, to strike, to feint, to guard j. While less expert, though stronger far, The Gael maintained unequal war. Three times in closing...

...j new rivalries of commerce. If, in the ; personal fight of foemen, it was needful— " To practise every pass and ward, To thrust, to strike, to feint, to guard" — I it is no less needful now in the fiercelycontested fights of commerce. Magnanimity will not disarm...

...Whose brazen studs and tough bull-hida Had death so often dashed aside ; For, trained abroad his arras to wield, Fitz-James's blade was sword and shield....guard ; While less expert, though stronger far, The Gaeli3 maintained unequal war. 9. Three times in closing strife they stood, And thrice the Saxon blade...