| Sir Walter Scott - 1811 - 458 pages
...base as soon as I." — Sir Roderick marked — and in his eyes Respect was mingled with surprise, And the stern joy which warriors feel In foemen worthy of their steel. Short space he stood— then waved his hand : Down sunk the disappearing band ; Each warrior vanished... | |
| Archibald Alison - France - 1816 - 380 pages
...battle of Toulouse, extolled the conduct of the Highland regiments in words highly expressive of " The stern joy which warriors feel, " In foemen worthy of their steel." " II ya quelques regimens des Ecossais sans " culottes," said he, " dans I'arme'e de Welling" ton,... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1820 - 284 pages
...base as soon as I."— Sir Roderick mark'd—and in his eyes Respect was mingled with surprise, And the stern joy which warriors feel In foemen worthy of their steel. Short space he stood—then waved his hand : Down sunk the disappearing band; Each warrior vanish'd... | |
| Europe - 1828 - 316 pages
...General Rey stepping out from their respective troops, met and shook hands, and doubtless expeperienced " The stern joy which warriors feel In foemen worthy of their steel. " Along with the garrison were three ladies, the wife and daughters of a French commissary. A British... | |
| Constable and co, ltd - 1828 - 650 pages
...Rey stepping out from their respective troops, met and shook hands, and doubtless expeperienced « The stern joy which warriors feel In foemen worthy of their steel. " Along with the garrison were three ladies, the wife and daughters of a French commissary. A British... | |
| Walter Scott - Scottish poetry - 1831 - 582 pages
...base as soon as l.»— Sir Roderick mark'd — and in his eyes Respect was mingled with surprise, And the stern joy which warriors feel In foemen worthy of their steel. Short space he stood — then waved his hand : Down sunk the disappearing band; Each warrior vanish'd... | |
| William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - English literature - 1834 - 600 pages
...powerful than pleasurable ones. Is there anything of pain in the enthusiasm of the chase ; or ' In the stern joy which warriors feel In foemen worthy of their steel ;' or in the rapture of successful love, or the generous glow of active benevolence ? And then, as... | |
| Leitch Ritchie - Engraving - 1835 - 366 pages
...their own valour, and in the prestige which encompassed the towers of their lion-king, they saw, " With the stern joy which warriors feel, In foemen worthy of their steel," the standards of the French army floating proudly over the plain below. Philippe commenced operations... | |
| Leitch Ritchie - 1835 - 376 pages
...their own valour, and in the prestige which encompassed the towers of their lion-king, they saw, " With the stern joy which warriors feel, In foemen worthy of their steel," the standards of the French army floating proudly over the plain below. Philippe commenced operations... | |
| English literature - 1838 - 574 pages
...other actions, that he (more's the pity) understands his business.' Such language well expresses ' The stern joy which warriors feel In foemen worthy of their steel.' Whatever may have been the criticisms of Wallenstein's enemies at the court, it is impossible for posterity... | |
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