 | Godfrey Charles Mundy - 1855 - 688 pagina’s
...single-stick, as we had just seen, but he was unacquainted with the tactics of his adversary — perhaps underrated his prowess ; if so, he paid the penalty...had the tourney occurred twenty years ago and been a Z'outrance, the white knight would have been — done brown and supped upon ! There was a roar of applause,... | |
 | Godfrey Charles Mundy - 1857 - 298 pagina’s
...oar-shaped end of it; when suddenly, and with a vigour whereof he seemed quite incapable, old Hookinöe, elongating his left arm and sliding the hani through...had the tourney occurred twenty years ago and been à l'outrance, the white knight would have been — done brown and supped upon ! There was a roar of... | |
 | George William Rusden - 1883 - 712 pagina’s
...broad-sword exercise, when suddenly, and with a vigour of which he seemed quite incapable, old Taniwha, elongating his left arm and sliding the hani through...had the tourney occurred twenty years ago and been a entrance the white knight would have been done brown and supped upon."—' Our Antipodes,' by Lieutenant-Colonel... | |
 | George William Rusden - 1883 - 680 pagina’s
...broad-sword exercise, when suddenly, and with a vigour of which he seemed quite incapable, old Taniwha, elongating his left arm and sliding the hani through...had the tourney occurred twenty years ago and been « outrance the white knight -would have been done brown and supped upon." — 'Our Antipodes,' by... | |
 | George William Rusden - 1895 - 624 pagina’s
...broad-sword exercise, when suddenly, and with a vigour of which he seemed quite incapable, old Taniwha, elongating his left arm and sliding the hani through...ribs with an emphasis quite sufficient to prove that ha>l the tourney occurred twentv years ago and been <! entrance the white knight would have been done... | |
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... firm, with his eye fixed on that of his adversary, but with a careless guard. From the manner in which the old man held his staff, we all imagined that his visitation would be in the shape of No. 5 or 6 of the broadsword exercise with the oar-shaped... 