 | 1820 - 524 pages
...down the barriers with axes — His high black plume floats abroad over the throng, like a raven over the field of the slain. — They have made a breach...barriers — they rush in — they are thrust back! — Front-deBocuf heads the defenders, I see his gigantic form above the press. They throng again to... | |
 | 1820 - 774 pages
...down the barriers with axes — His high black plume floats abroad over the throng, like a raven over the field of the slain.— They have made a breach...barriers — they rush in — they are thrust back ! — Front-de-Bceuf heads the defenders, I see his gigantic form above the press. They throng again... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1820 - 340 pages
...of arms which adorn the chivalrous pages of Froissart took place at the barriers of besieged places. defenders, I see his gigantic form above the press....man. God of Jacob ! it is the meeting of two fierce tides—the conflict of two oceans moved by adverse winds." She turned her head from the lattice, as... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1820 - 342 pages
...down the barriers with axes — His high black plume floats abroad over the throng, like a raven over the field of the slain. — They have made a breach...barriers — they rush in — they are thrust back ! — Front-de-Bosuf heads the * Every Gothic castle and city had, heyond the outerwalls, a fortification... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart [novels, collected]) - 1822 - 550 pages
...raven over the field of the slain.—They have made a breach in the barriers—they rush in—they are thrust back !— Front-de-Boeuf heads the defenders,...man. God of Jacob! it is the meeting of two fierce tides—the conflict of two oceans moved by adverse winds." She turned her head from the lattice, as... | |
 | 1822 - 582 pages
...down the barriers with axes — His high black plume floats abroad over the throng, like a raven over the field of the slain. — They have made a breach...barriers — they rush in — they are thrust back ! — Front-de-Bceuf heads the defenders, I see his gigantic form above the press. They throng again... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1823 - 328 pages
...the barriers with axes — His high black plume floats abroad over the throng, like a raven overthe field of the slain. —They have made a breach in...barriers — they rush in — they are thrust back! — Front-de-Bosuf heads the defenders, I see his gigantic form above the press. They throng again... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1833 - 852 pages
...down the barriers with axes. — His nigh black plume floats abroad over ihe throng, like a raven over the field of the slain. — They have made a breach...press. They throng again to the breach, and the pass is diaruted hand to nand, and man to man. God of Jacob I it is the meeting of two fierce tides— the... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - 1836 - 404 pages
...down the barriers with axes.—His high black plume floats abroad over the throng, like a raven over the field of the slain. They have made a breach in the barriers—they rush in— they are thrust back? Front-de-Boeuf heads the defenders, I see his gigantic... | |
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They pull down the piles and palisades; they hew down the barriers with axes. His high black plume floats abroad over the throng, like a raven over the field of the slain. They have made a breach in the barriers — they rush in — they are thrust back! 
