 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1802 - 366 pages
...against the greatness of the thought : Then leaving life, Earl Percy took The dead man by the hand, And said, Earl Douglas, for thy life Would I had lost...sure a more renowned knight Mischance did never take. The beautiful line, ' Taking the dead man by the hand,' will put the reader in mind of ./Eneas's behaviour... | |
 | British essayists - 1802 - 342 pages
...against the greatness of the thought : Then leaving life, Earl Percy took The dead man by the hand, And said, Earl Douglas, for thy life Would I had lost my laud. O Christ! my very heart doth bleed With sorrow for thy sake; For sure a more renowned knight... | |
 | English literature - 1803 - 420 pages
...against the greatness of the thought. ' Then leaving life, Earl Piercy took ' The dead man by the hand, ' And said, Earl Douglas, for thy life ' Would I had...Christ ! my very heart doth bleed ' With sorrow for thy sa!;e; ' For sure a more renowned knight ' Mischance did never take.' • That beautiful line, Taking... | |
 | English literature - 1803 - 434 pages
...against the greatness of the thought. ' Then leaving life, Earl Piercy took ' The dead man by the hand, ' And said, Earl Douglas, for thy life ' Would I had...Christ ! my very heart doth bleed ' With sorrow for tin sake ; ' For sure a more renowned knight ' Mischance did never take.' That beautiful line, Taking... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 346 pages
...life, Earl Percy took The dead man by the hand, And said, Earl Douglas, for thy life Would II rail lost my land. O Christ ! my very heart doth bleed...sure a more renowned knight Mischance did never take. The beautiful line, 'Taking the dead man by the hand,' will put the reader in mind of Eneas' behaviour... | |
 | Joseph Ritson - Songs, English - 1810 - 232 pages
...is at an end, Lord Percy sees my fall. Then leaving life, earl Percy took The dead man by the hand, And said, Earl Douglas, for thy life Would I had lost...there was, Which saw earl Douglas die, Who straight in wf ath did vow revenge Upon the earl Percy : Sir Hugh Montgomery was he call'd ; Who with a spear most... | |
 | Joseph Addison - English literature - 1811 - 508 pages
...against the greatness of the thought. Then leaving life, Earl Piercy took The dead man by the hand, And said, Earl Douglas, for thy life Would I had lost...sure a more renowned knight Mischance did never take. That beautiful line, taking the dead man by the hand, will put the reader in mind of ^Eneas's behaviour... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 504 pages
...against the greatness of the thought. Then leaving life, Earl Piercy took The dead man by the hand, And said, Earl Douglas, for thy life Would I had lost...sure a more renowned knight Mischance did never take. That beautiful line, taking the dead man by the hand, will put the reader in mind of ^Eneas's behaviour... | |
 | Robert Roscoe - Otterburn, Battle of, 1388, in literature - 1813 - 128 pages
...at an end ; Lord Percy sees me fall. Then leaving life, Earl Percy tooke The dead man by the hand ; And said, Earl Douglas, for thy life Would I had lost...renowned knight Mischance did never take. A knight among the Scots there was, Which saw Earl Douglas dye, Who streight in wrath did vow revenge Upon the... | |
 | Robert Roscoe - 1813 - 156 pages
...at an end ; Lord Percy sees me fall. Then leaving life, Earl Percy tooke The dead man by the hand ; And said, Earl Douglas, for thy life Would I had lost...renowned knight Mischance did never take. A knight among the Scots there was, Which saw Earl Douglas dye, Who streight in wrath did vow revenge Upon the... | |
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Then leaving life, Earl Percy took The dead man by the hand ; And said, " Earl Douglas, for thy life Would I had lost my land. " O Christ ! my very heart doth bleed With sorrow for thy sake ; For sure, a more redoubted knight Mischance did never take. 
