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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... "
The talisman - Page 7
by Walter Scott - 1825
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McGuffey's Newly Revised Rhetorical Guide: Or, Fifth Reader of the Eclectic ...

William Holmes McGuffey - 1853 - 492 pages
...spear was not + couched, or leveled like that of his antagonist, but grasped by the middle with his right hand, and + brandished at arm's length, above...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...
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The Waverley Novels, Volume 9

Walter Scott - 1855 - 694 pages
...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 r-^emy at full career, he seemed to expect that the Knight of the Leopard should put his horse to the...
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A First Class Reader: Consisting of Extracts, in Prose and Verse, with ...

George Stillman Hillard - 1861 - 562 pages
...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...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...
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Sanders' Rhetorical, Or, Union Sixth Reader: Embracing a Full Exposition of ...

Charles Walton Sanders - 1862 - 610 pages
...long spear was not couched or leveled like that of his antagonist, but grasped by the middle with his right hand, and brandished at arm's length above his...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...
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The Waverley Novels, Volume 9

Walter Scott - 1877 - 748 pages
...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...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,...
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McGuffey's New Sixth Eclectic Reader: Exercises in Rhetorical ..., Volume 6

William Holmes McGuffey - 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,...
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Moffatt's explanatory readers. Primer 1,2; standard 4-6. [With] Home lesson book

Moffatt and Paige - 1880 - 414 pages
...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...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...
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Masterpieces of English Literature: Being Typical Selections of British and ...

William Swinton - 1880 - 694 pages
...spear was not couched or lev- no elled like that of his antagonist, but grasped by the middle with his right hand, and brandished at arm's length above his...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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Bancroft's Fifth Reader

John Swett, Charles H. Allen, Josiah Royce - 1883 - 366 pages
...long spear was not couched or leveled like that of his antagonist, but grasped by the middle with his right hand, and brandished at arm's length above his...he seemed to expect that the Knight of the Leopard would put his horse to the gallop to encounter him. 9. But the Christian knight, well acquainted with...
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The Improved illustrated reader, Book 5

Improved illustrated reader - 1885 - 266 pages
...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...should put his horse to the gallop to encounter him. 5. But the Christian Knight, well acquainted with the customs of Eastern warriors, did not mean to...
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