 | 1836 - 932 pages
...which reason I dare not so much as quote it. * • Then slept a gallant 'squire forth, Wilherington r of curling their hair, that way of placing their hoods; whose frailty •wa 1 That e'er my captain fought on fool, And I stood looking on.' We meet with the same heroic sentiment... | |
 | 1836 - 304 pages
...interference of the squire, who protests against their followers standing by as mere pacific spectators ! ' I would not have it told To Henry, our king, for shame.' A brief dialogue between the two combatants embodies the whole spirit of chivalry : ' Yield thee, Lord... | |
 | Joseph Addison - Bookbinding - 1837 - 480 pages
...not be able to take the beauty of it: for which reason I dare not so much as quote it* ' Then slept a gallant 'squire forth, Witherington was his name....my captain fought on foot, And I stood looking on.' We meet with the same heroic sentiment in Virgil. Non puiit't, О Rutuli, runrtis pro talihus unam... | |
 | Charles Knight - Great Britain - 1841 - 440 pages
...he spoke. " Be he accursed," replied Percy, " who says nay to this;" and he drew his sword also. " Then stepp'da gallant squire forth, Witherington was...would not have it told >^ To Henry our king for shame, .r <\' . That e'er my captain fought on foot, And I stood looking on. You are two earls, said Witherington,... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1842 - 944 pages
...reason I dare not so much as quote it.* • Then slept a gallant 'squire forth, Witherington wan bis ms, the misfortune to fall into the hands of a party...with so many blows and buffets that he never forgot t We meet with the same heroic sentiment in Virgil. v> in pudet, O Rutuli, cunctis pro talibns unam Objectare... | |
 | Richard John King - Ballads, English - 1842 - 352 pages
...our men aside, Accurst bee he, Erle Percy sayd, By whome this is denyed. Then stept a gallant squier forth, Witherington was his name, Who said I would not have it told To Henry our king for shame That ere my captaine fought on foote, And I stood looking on — You bee two Erles, sayd Witherington, And... | |
 | Sir Henry Cole - Archers - 1844 - 70 pages
...And set our men aside." 90 " Accurst be he," Earl Percy said, " By whom this is denied." Then stept a gallant squire forth, Witherington was his name, Who said, " I would not have it told 95 To Henry our king for shame, That ere my captain fought on foot, And I stood looking on. You be... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...And set our men aside." " Accursed be he," Earl Percy said, " By whom this is denied." Then stepped a gallant squire forth, Witherington was his name, Who...captain fought on foot, And I stood looking on ; You be two earls," quoth Witherington, " And I a squire alone : 1 Whose armour — ie and his armour, who... | |
 | Half hours - 1847 - 580 pages
...he spoke. "Be he accursed," replied Percy, "who says nay to this;" and he drew his sword also : — Then stepp'da gallant squire forth, Witherington was...captain fought on foot, And I stood looking on ; You are two earls, said Witherington, And I a squire alone. I '11 do the best that do I may, While I have... | |
 | Edward Hugessen Knatchbull- Hugessen (1st baron Brabourne.) - 1850 - 66 pages
...set our men aside ;" " Accursed be he," Lord Percy said, " By whom this be denied." 21. Then stept a gallant squire forth (Witherington was his name),...would not have it told " To Henry our King for shame, 22. " That e'er my captain fought on foot, '• And I stood looking on — " Ye be two Earls," said... | |
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By whom this is denied." Then stepped a gallant squire forth, Witherington was his name, Who said, " I would not have it told To Henry, our king, for shame, That e'er my captain fought on foot, And I stood looking on. You... 
