 | Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1814 - 640 pages
...crested, haughty Marmion; Now forging scrolls, now foremost in the fight, Not quite a felon, and almost a knight; The gibbet or the field prepared to grace, A mighty mixture of the good and base. Say will not Caledonia's annals yield The glorious records of some well-fought field,... | |
 | Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1814 - 652 pages
...character: " Next view in state, proud prancing on his roan, The guilty, crested, haughty Marmion; Now forging scrolls, now foremost in the fight, Not quite a felon, and almost a knight; The gibbet or the field prcplred to grace, A mighty mixture of the good and base.... | |
 | 1813 - 574 pages
...performance. " Next view in state, proud prancing on his roan, The golden-crested haughty Marrnion, Now forging scrolls, now foremost in the fight, Not...knight, The gibbet or the field prepared to grace, A migtvty mixture of the great and base.*' A great many other passages might be cited from the " English... | |
 | English literature - 1813 - 580 pages
...tormance. - • " Next view in state, proud prancing on his roan, The golden-crested haughty Mannion, Now forging scrolls, now foremost in the fight, Not...to grace, A mighty mixture of the great and base." A great many other passages might be cited from the " English Bards and Scotch Reviewers," but we forbear... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1819 - 80 pages
...men to shield a knave. Next view in state , proud prancing on his roan , The golden-crested haughty Marmion , 160 Now forging scrolls, now foremost in...fight, Not quite a Felon , yet but half a Knight, page, wh« travelled twice as fast as his master's horse, without the aid of seven-leagued boots ,... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1820 - 260 pages
...shield a knave. Next view in state, proud prancing on his roan, The golden-crested haughty Marmion, Now forging scrolls, now foremost in the fight, Not...to grace; A mighty mixture of the great and base. congruous and absurd as the ground-work of this production. The entrance of Thundering and Lightning... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English literature - 1821 - 486 pages
...shield a knave. Next view in state, proud prancing on his roan, The golden-crested haughly Marmion, Now forging scrolls, now foremost in the fight, Not...And think'st thou, SCOTT! by vain conceit perchance, Ou public taste to foist thy stale romance, Though MURRAY with his MILLER may combine To yield thy... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1821 - 156 pages
...shield a knave. Next view in s taie, proud prancing onhis roan, The golden-crested haughty Marmion , Now forging scrolls , now foremost in the fight, Not..., yet but half a Knight , The gibbet or the field prepar'd to grace ; A mighty mixture of the great and base. And think'st thou, SCOTT! by vain conceit... | |
 | 1821 - 410 pages
...inconsistency. Hence we have the Soldier of Flodden Field, something between a freebooter and a knight, " Now forging scrolls, now foremost in the fight, Not quite a felon, yet but half a knight." Hence we trace the unconnected wanderings of a noble, but ruined spirit in Manfred ; and hence we wonder... | |
 | 1820 - 696 pages
...inconsistency. Hence we have the Soldier of Flodden Field, something between a freebooter and a knight, " Now forging scrolls, now foremost in the fight, Not quite a felon, yet but half a knight." Hence we trace the unconnected wanderings of a noble, but ruined spirit in Manfred ; and hence we wonder... | |
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Now forging scrolls, now foremost in the fight, Not quite a felon, yet but half a knight, The gibbet or the field prepared to grace ; A mighty mixture of the great and base. 
