 His back against a rock he bore, And firmly placed his foot before : — "Come one, come all ! this rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as I.  Lady of the Lake - Página 109por Walter Scott - 1909 - 204 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | James Fenimore Cooper - 1853 - 490 páginas
...the habits and discipline of the peculiar branch of service to which they belonged. CHAPTER XXVIII. " His back against a rock he bore, And firmly placed his foot before ;— 1 Come one, come all ! this rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as I !' " LADY OF THE LAKE.... | |
 | David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker - 1854 - 440 páginas
...Though to his heart The life-blood thrilled with sudden start, He manned himself with dauntless air, Returned the chief his haughty stare ; His back against...this rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as I." Sir Roderick marked — and in his eyes Respect was mingled with surprise, And the stern joy which... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1854 - 322 páginas
...Though to his heart The life-blood thrilled with sudden start, He manned himself wilh dauntless air, Returned the Chief his haughty stare, His back against a rock he bore, And firmly placed his fool before : — " Come one, come all ! this rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as I." —... | |
 | Fanny Fern - 1854 - 420 páginas
...antagonistic feet down on terra-firma as if there were a stratum of loadstone beneath him, and thunders out, " Come one, come all ; this rock shall fly From its firm base, as soon as I." FERN MUSINGS. I NEVER was on an august school committee, but, if I was^ I 'd make a sine-qua-non that... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1855 - 590 páginas
...his heart The life-blood thrill'd with sudden start, He mann'd himself with dauntless air, Eeturn'd the Chief his haughty stare, His back against a rock...this rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as I." Sir Roderick mark'd — and in his eyes Respect was mingled with surprise, And the stern joy which... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1855 - 914 páginas
...his heart The life-blood thrill'd with suiMen start, He -uann'd himself with dauntless air, Itetum'd the Chief his haughty stare, His back again.st a rock...foot before : — " Come one, come all ! this rock sliall fly From its firm base as soon as I."1 Sir Roderick mark'd — and in his eyes Res|wct was mingled... | |
 | Charles Buxton - 1855 - 862 páginas
...hostility to which he was exposed. It was then that he often reminded me of that glowing passage — ' Come one, come all — this rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as I.' " I should not do him justice in thus speaking of his courage if I neglected to mention that combined... | |
 | Where - 1855 - 86 páginas
...Paradise Lost, book viii. MILTON. Content to dwell in decencies for ever. Second Moral Essay. POPE. Come one, come all, this rock shall fly From its firm base, sooner than I. Lady of the Lake. SCOTT. Could make the worse appear the better reason. Paradise Lost,... | |
 | Anne Bowman - 1856 - 316 páginas
...his heart The life-blood thrill'd with sudden start ; He mann'd himself with dauntless air, Return' d the Chief his haughty stare ; His back against a rock...this rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as I." SCOTT. THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO. THEY breathe no longer : let their ashes rest ; Clamour unjust and calumny... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1856 - 660 páginas
...brightest when it dawns from fears. Canto iv. St. 30. Art thou a friend to Roderick ? Canto v. St. 10. Come one, come all ! this rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as I. And the stern joy which warriors feel In foemen worthy of their steel. The Lord of the Tsles. Canto... | |
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