 | Sir Archibald Alison - 1845 - 408 pages
...have mentioned in the beginning of the chapter Hundreds of broad-headed, short-stemmed, wide-branched oaks, which had witnessed perhaps the stately march of the Roman soldiery, tiling their gnarled arms over a thick carpet of the most delicious green sward; in some places they... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1848 - 330 pages
...that forest which we have already mentioned. Hundreds of broad-headed, short-stemmed, wide-branched oaks, which had witnessed perhaps the stately march of the Roman soldiery, flung their gnarled arms over a thick carpet of the most delicious green sward ; in some places they were intermingled... | |
 | 1887 - 676 pages
...the beautiful opening scene in 'Ivanhoe': — "Hundreds of broad-headed, short-stemmed, widebranched oaks, which had witnessed perhaps the stately march of the Roman soldiery, flying their gnarled arms over a thick carpet of the most delicious greensward " (chap. i.). In 'Mariana... | |
 | Archibald Alison - 1850 - 746 pages
...have mentioned in the beginning of the chapter. Hundreds of broad-headed, short-stemmed, wide-branched oaks, which had witnessed perhaps the stately march of the Roman soldiery, flung their gnarled arms over a thick carpet of the most delicious greensward ; in some places they were intermingled... | |
 | 1852 - 410 pages
...have mentioned in the beginning of the chapter. Hundreds of broad-headed, short-stemmed, wide-branched oaks, which had witnessed perhaps the stately march of the Roman soldiery, flung their gnarled arms over a thick carpet of the most delicious green sward ; in some places they were intermingled... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1855 - 414 pages
...have mentioned in the beginning of the chapter. Hundreds of broadheaded, short- stemmed, wide-branched oaks, which had witnessed perhaps the stately march of the Roman soldiery, flung their gnarled arms over a thick carpet of the most delicious green sward ; in some places they were intermingled... | |
 | George Payn Quackenbos - 1857 - 470 pages
...one of the rich grassy glades of this forest Hundreds of broad-headod, short-stemmed, wide-branched, oaks, -which had witnessed, perhaps, the stately march of the Roman soldiery, flung their gnarled arms over a thick carpet of the most delicious greensward. In some places, they were Intermingled... | |
 | George Payn Quackenbos - 1857 - 206 pages
...glade* of the forest that has been mentioned, nundreds oi broad-headed short-stemmed wide-branched oaks which had" witnessed perhaps the stately march of the roman soldiery flung their gnarled arms over a thick carpet of the most delicious greensward in some places they were intermingled... | |
 | James White - 1858 - 316 pages
...have mentioned in the beginning of the chapter. Hundreds of broad-headed, shortstemmed, wide-branched oaks, which had witnessed perhaps the stately march of the Roman soldiery, flung their gnarled arms over a thick carpet of the most delicious greensward ; in some places they were intermingled... | |
 | George Payn Quackenbos - 1858 - 204 pages
...glade* of the forest that has been mentioned, hundreds ol broad-headed short-stemmed wide-branched oaks which had witnessed perhaps the stately march of the roman soldiery flung their gnarled arms over a thick carpet of the most delicious greensward in some places they were intermingled... | |
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Roman soldiery, flung their gnarled arms over a thick carpet of the most delicious green sward; in some places they were intermingled with beeches, hollies, and copsewood of various descriptions, so closely as totally to intercept the level beams of the... 
