 but I have vowed that, if ever I take service, it should be with your royal brother King Richard. These twenty nobles I leave to Hubert, who has this day drawn as brave a bow as his grandsire did at Hastings. Had his modesty not refused the trial, he...  Ivanhoe: A Romance - Page 185by Walter Scott - 1823Full view - About this book
 | 1820 - 590 pages
...service, it should be with your royal brother King Richard. These twenty nobles I leave to Hubert, whohas this day drawn as brave a bow as his grandsire did...observation, mixed with the crowd, and was seen no more. ' I. 270-277. The Prince afterwards entertains Cedric and Athelst.ine, at a gorgeous banquet, where... | |
 | david william - 1820 - 564 pages
...person. For never did so strong a hand bend a bow, or so true an eye direct a shaft. " — " Pardon me, noble Prince, " said Locksley ; " but I have vowed,...observation, mixed with the crowd, and was seen no more. ' I. 270-277. The Prince afterwards entertains Cedric and Athelst;ine, at a gorgeous banquet, where... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart [novels, collected]) - 1822 - 550 pages
...our person. For never did so strong a hand bend a bow, or so true an eye direct a shaft." " Pardon me, noble Prince," said Locksley; " but I have vowed,...that Prince had other subjects of anxious and more important meditation pressing upon his mind at that instant. He called upon his chamberlain as he gave... | |
 | Walter Scott - English literature - 1833 - 852 pages
...lo our person. For never did so strong a hand bend a bow, or so true an eye direct a shaft." "Pardon me, noble Prince," said Locksley; but I have vowed,...that Prince had other subjects of anxious and more important meditation pressing upon his mind at that instant. He called upon his chamberlain as he gave... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1853 - 410 pages
...or so true an eye direct a shaft." " Pardon me, noble Prince," said Locksley ; " but I have rowed, that if ever I take service, it should be with your...of the stranger ; and Locksley, anxious to escape farther observation, mixed with the crowd, and was seen no more. The victorious archer would not perhaps... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1844 - 748 pages
...to our person. For never did so strong a hand bend a bow, or so true an eye direct a shaft. " Pardon me, noble Prince," said Locksley ; " but I have vowed,...of the stranger ; and Locksley, anxious to escape farther observation, mixed with the crowd, and was seen no more. The victorious archer would not perhaps... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1844 - 728 pages
...a bow as his grandsire did at Hastings. Had lis modesty not refused ihe trial, he would have hit he wand as well as I." Hubert shook his head as he received...anxious to escape further observation, mixed with tht crowd, and waeseen no more. The victoiiovve aicV« escaped John's attention so easily, had not... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1848 - 754 pages
...our person. For never did so strong a hand bend a bow, or so true an eye direct a shaft." " Pardon me, noble Prince," said Locksley; "but I have vowed,...bounty of the stranger; and Locksley, anxious to escape farther observation, mixed with the crowd, and was seen no more.* * " Of the troops then employed,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1855 - 410 pages
...Pardon me, noble Prince," said Locksley ; " but ( have vowed, that if ever I take service, it should lie with your royal brother King Richard. These twenty...that Prince had other subjects of anxious and more important meditation pressing upon his mind at that instant. He called upon his chamberlain as he gave... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1855 - 654 pages
...who has this day drawn as brave a bow as his grandsire did at Hastings. Had his modesty not refuged the trial, he would have hit the wand as well as I."...with the crowd, and was seen no more. The victorious archer-would not perhaps have escaped John's attention so easily, had not that Prince had other subjects... | |
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