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" When the two champions stood opposed to each other at the two extremities of the lists, the public expectation was strained to the highest pitch. Few augured the possibility that the encounter could terminate well for the Disinherited Knight, yet his... "
the edinburgh review - Page 20
by david william - 1820
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Ivanhoe;: A Romance, Volume 1

Walter Scott - Anglo-Saxons - 1820 - 356 pages
...shield bore a raven in full flight, holding in its claws a skull, and bearing the motto Gare le Corbeau. When the two champions stood opposed to each other...than the champions vanished from their posts with the speed of lightning, and closed in the centre of the lists with the shock of a thunderbolt. The lances...
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Historical romances of the author of Waverley, Volume 1

sir Walter Scott (bart [novels, collected]) - 1822 - 550 pages
...shield bore a raven in full flight, holding in its claws a skull, and bearing the motto Gare le Corbeau. When the two champions stood opposed to each other...general good wishes of the spectators. The trumpets had HO sooner given the signal, than the champions vanished from their posts with the speed of lightning,...
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An Illustration of the Principles of Elocution ...

William Brittainham Lacey - Elocution - 1828 - 308 pages
...bore a raven in full flight, holding in its claws a skull, and bearing .the motto Gare Ic Corbeau. When the two champions stood opposed to each other...extremities of the lists, the public expectation was straiaed to the highest pitch. Few argued the possibility that the encounter could terminate well for...
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The Complete Works of Sir Walter Scott: With a Biography, and His ..., Volume 3

Walter Scott - English literature - 1833 - 852 pages
...shield bore a raven m full flight, holding in its claws a ekull, and bearing the motto, Gore It Corbtau. When the two champions stood opposed to each other...secured the general good wishes of the spectators. [ClIAP. IX. The trumpets had no sooner given the signal, than the champions vanished from their posts...
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The Elocutionist: Consisting of Declamations and Readings in Prose and ...

Jonathan Barber - Oratory - 1836 - 404 pages
...for by my honor you will need both." Having expressed himself thus confidently, he reined his horse backwards down the slope which he had ascended, and...than the champions vanished from their posts with the speed of lightning, and closed in the center of the lists with the shock of a tliunIn this second encounter,...
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Ivanhoe: A Romance

Walter Scott - Great Britain - 1836 - 576 pages
...shield bore a raven in full flight, holding in its claws a skull, and bearing the motto Gore le Corleau. When the two champions stood opposed to each other...Knight, yet his courage and gallantry secured the genera] good wishes of the spectators. The trumpets had no sooner given the signal, than the champions...
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A Dictionary of Difficulties; Or, Appendix to the French Grammar ...

Pierre François Merlet - French language - 1837 - 314 pages
...raven in full flight, holding in its claws a skull, and bearing the motto, Gare le Corbeau. When the champions stood opposed to each other at the two extremities...than the champions vanished from their posts with the speed of lightning, and closed in the centre of the lists with the shock of a thunder-bolt. The lances...
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Waverley Novels ...: Ivanhoe

Walter Scott - 1853 - 410 pages
...bore a raven in full flight, holding in its claws a skull, and bearing the motto, Gare Is Corbeau. When the two champions stood opposed to each other...trumpets had no sooner given the signal, than the cham« pions vanished from their posts with the speed of lightning, and closed in the centre of the...
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Waverley Novels: Vol. 4, Volume 4

Walter Scott - 1844 - 748 pages
...bore a raven in full flight, holding in its claws a skull, and bearing the motto, Gare le Corbeait. When the two champions stood opposed to each other...than the champions vanished from their posts with the speed of lightning, and closed in the centre of the lists with the shock of a thunderbolt. The lances...
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The Waverley Novels: With the Author's Last Corrections and Additions, Volume 2

Walter Scott - 1844 - 728 pages
...holding in its claws a skull, and bcarmg Ihe motto, flare le Corbeau. When the two champions stood op: other at the two extremities of the lists, the public...terminate well for the Disinherited Knight, yet his courflge and gallantry secured the general good wishes of the spectators. the champions vanished from...
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