 ... he deals, you may hear them above all the din and shouts of the battle - Stones and beams are hailed down on the bold champion - he regards them no more than if they were thistle-down or feathers!" "By Saint John of Acre," said Ivanhoe, raising himself...  The Edinburgh Monthly Review - Page 1851820Full view - About this book
 | 1878 - 482 pages
...feathers !" " By St. John of Acre," said Ivanhoe, raising himself joyfully on his couch, " methought there was but one man in England that might do such a deed !" God! they hurl the defenders from the battlements—they throw them into the moat. O men, if ye... | |
 | Anna Randall Diehl - 1878 - 460 pages
...continued Rebecca; "it crashesit is splintered by his blows — they rush in — the outwork is won — they hurl the defenders from the battlements — they throw them into the moatl Oh, men — if ye be indeed -men — spare them that can resist no longer! " " The bridge, the... | |
 | Joseph Wadsworth Keene - 1879 - 256 pages
...feathers ! " " By Saint John of Acre ! " said Ivanhoe, raising himself joyfully on his couch, " methought there was but one man in England that might do such...his blows — they rush in — the outwork is won — they hurl the defenders from the battlements — they throw them into the moat! Oh, men, — if... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1880 - 826 pages
...Euirlaud that might do such a deed I ' ' The postern gate Blinked.' continued Rebecca ; ' It crushes— it is splintered by his blows— they rush in— the outwork is won. O Ood !— they hurl the defender* from the battlements— they throw them into the moat — O men,... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1882 - 678 pages
...feathers ! " "By Saint John of Acre," said Ivanhoe, raising himself joyfully •on his couch, " methought there was but one man in England that might do such...the battlements — they throw them into the moat. Oh, men, if ye be indeed men, spare them that can resist no longer ! " " The bridge — the bridge... | |
 | Marcius Willson - 1882 - 558 pages
...said Ivanhoe, raising himself joyfully on his couch, " methought there was but one man in England who might do such a deed !" "The postern gate shakes,"...his blows — they rush in — the outwork is won.. O God! — they hurl the defenders from the battlements — they throw them into the moat — O men,... | |
 | Gleanings - 1882 - 686 pages
...feathers." " By Saint John of Acre,'' said Ivanhoe, raising himself joyfully on his couch, " methought there was but one man in England that might do such a deed.4 " The postern gate shakes," continued Rebecca ; "it crashes — it is splintered by 1è blows... | |
 | Otis Henry Tiffany - 1883 - 954 pages
...1 " • " By Saint John of Acre," said Ivanhoe, raising himself joyfully on his couch, " methought there was but one man in England that might do such...the battlements — they throw them into the moat — 0 men, if ye be indeed men, spare them that can resist no longer 1 " " The bridge — the bridge... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1883 - 574 pages
...this land " By Saint John of Acre," said Ivanhoe, raising himself joyfully on his couch, " methought there was but one man in England that might do such...gate shakes," continued Rebecca; "it crashes— it is splinterea by his blows — they rush in — the outwork is won — Oh, God ! — they hurl the defenders... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1883 - 458 pages
...Ivanhoe, raising himself joyfully on his couch, " methought there was but one man in England that myht do such a deed !" " The postern gate shakes," continued Rebecca ; " it crashes— it is splintered by hia blows — they rush in — the outwork is -won. 0 God ! they hurl the defenders from the battlements... | |
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