 | Walter Scott - Crusades - 1825 - 336 pages
...formidable thrust of the western lance. His own long spear was not couched or levelled like that of his antagonist, but grasped by the middle with his right hand, and brandished at arnTs length above his head. As the cavalier approached his enemy at full career, he seemed to expect... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1832 - 524 pages
...formidable thrust of the western lance. His own long spear was not couched or levelled like that of his antagonist, but grasped by the middle with his right hand, and brandished at arm's length above bis head. As the cavalier approached his enemy at full career, he seemed to expect that the Knight... | |
 | Walter Scott - English literature - 1833 - 870 pages
...formidable thrust of the western lance. His own long spear was not couched or levelled like that of his antagonist, but grasped by t'He middle with his right hand, and brandished at arm's length above hisnead. As the cavalier approached his enemy at full career, he seemed to expect that the knight of... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - Elocution - 1853 - 492 pages
...formidable thrust of the western lance. 3. His own long spear was not + couched, or leveled like that of his antagonist, but grasped by the middle with his right...the cavalier approached his enemy, at full + career, be seemed to expect that the Knight of the Leopard should put his horse to the gallop, to encounter... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1855 - 694 pages
...formidable thrust of the western lance. His own long spear was not couched or levelled like that of his antagonist, but grasped by the middle with his right...length above his head. As the cavalier approached his r-^emy at full career, he seemed to expect that the Knight of the Leopard should put his horse to the... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - Readers (Secondary) - 1861 - 562 pages
...formidable thrust of the western lance. His own long spear was not couched or levelled like that of his antagonist, but grasped by the middle with his right...he seemed to expect that the Knight of the Leopard would put his horse to the gallop to encounter him. But the Christian knight, well acquainted with... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - Readers - 1862 - 610 pages
...formidable thrust of the western lance. His own long spear was not couched or leveled like that of his antagonist, but grasped by the middle with his right...he seemed to expect that the Knight of the Leopard would put his horse to the gallop to encounter him. 12. But the Christian knight, well acquainted with... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1877 - 748 pages
...formidable thrust of the western lance. Uia own long spear was not couched or levelled like that of his antagonist, but grasped by the middle with his right...customs of Eastern warriors, did not mean to exhaust his arood horse by »o the distance of an hundred yards. A second time, like * hawk attacking a heron,... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - Readers - 1867 - 498 pages
...approached his enemy, at full ''"career, be seemed to expect that the Knight of the Leopard should pit his horse to the gallop, to encounter him. But the...knight, well acquainted with the customs of eastern warrior-, did not mean to exhaust his good horse by any unnecessary exertion ; and, on the contrary,... | |
 | William Swinton - American literature - 1880 - 694 pages
...formidable thrust of the Western lance. His own long spear was not couched or lev- no elled like that of his antagonist, but grasped by the middle with his right...he seemed to expect that the Knight of the Leopard would put his horse to the gallop to encounter him. us --"" 12. But the Christian knight, well acquainted... | |
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His own long spear was not couched or levelled like that of his antagonist, but grasped by the middle with his right hand, and brandished at arm's length above his head. As the cavalier approached his enemy at full career, he seemed to expect that the... 
