 | 1820 - 590 pagina’s
...jubilee of acclamations followed ; and even Prince John, in admiration of Locksley '» skill, lost his dislike to his person. " These twenty nobles,...won, are thine own ; we will make them fifty, if thou wilt take livery and service with us as a yeoman of our body guard, and be near to our person. For... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1820 - 356 pagina’s
...having been a little frayed by the two former shots. He then took his aim with some deliberation, and the multitude awaited the event in breathless silence....Prince John, in admiration of Locksley's skill, lost his dislike to his person. " These twenty nobles," he said, " which, with the bugle, thou hast fairly... | |
 | david william - 1820 - 564 pagina’s
...having been a little frayed by the two former shots. He then took his aim with some deliberation, and the multitude awaited the event in breathless silence....followed ; and even Prince John, in admiration of Locksley '& skill, lost his dislike to his person. " These twenty nobles, " he said, " which, with... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart [novels, collected]) - 1822 - 550 pagina’s
...having been a little frayed by the two former shots. He then took his aim with some deliberation, and the multitude awaited the event in breathless silence....Prince John, in admiration of Locksley's skill, lost his dislike to his person. " These twenty nobles," he said, "which, with the bugle, thou hast fairly... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1823 - 304 pagina’s
...having been a little frayed by the two former shots. . He then took his aim with some deliberation, and the multitude awaited the event in breathless silence....even Prince John, in admiration of Locksley's skill, lostvhis dislike to his person. " These twenty nobles," he said, " which, with the bugle thou hast... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1836 - 576 pagina’s
...having been a little frayed by the two former shots. He then took his aim with some deliberation, and the multitude awaited the event in breathless silence....won, are thine own ; we will make them fifty, if thou wilt take livery and service with us as a yeoman of our body guard, and be near to our person. For... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1853 - 410 pagina’s
...having been a little frayed by the two former shots. He then took his aim with some deliberation, and the multitude awaited the event in breathless silence....won, are thine own ; we will make them fifty, if thou wilt take livery and service with us as a yeoman of our body guard, and be near to our person. For... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1844 - 748 pagina’s
...having been a little frayed by the two former shots. He then took his aim with some deliberation, and the multitude awaited the event in breathless silence....won, are thine own ; we will make them fifty, if thou wilt take livery and service, with us as a yeoman of our body guard, and be near to our person. For... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1848 - 754 pagina’s
...breathless silence. The archer vindicated their opinion of his skill: his arrow split the willow-rod against which it was aimed. A jubilee of acclamations...won, are thine own ; we will make them fifty, if thou wilt take livery and service with us as a yeoman of our body-guard, and be near to our person. For... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1853 - 546 pagina’s
...having been a little frayed by the two former shots. He then took his aim with some deliberation, and the multitude awaited the event in breathless silence....followed ; and even Prince John, in admiration of Locksley 's skill, lost for an instant his dislike to his person. " These twenty nobles," he said,... | |
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So saying, he again bent his bow, but on the present occasion looked with attention to his weapon, and changed the string, which he thought was no longer truly round, having been a little frayed by the two former shots. He then took his aim with some... 
