 | Walter Scott - Arthurian legend - 1810 - 454 pages
...haughty stare, His back against a rock he bore, And firmly placed his foot before : — " Come one, come all ! this rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as I." — Sir Roderick marked — and in his eyes Respect was mingled with surprise, And the stern joy which... | |
 | England - 1866 - 830 pages
...She could now set her back against her rock, and face her assailants, as Fitz-James did. " Come one, come all, this rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as I," might have been her utterance ; but she was not in a defiant mood. She kissed all her counsellors that... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1820 - 284 pages
...haughty stare, His back against a rock he bore* And firmly placed his foot before :— " Come one,*come all! this rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as I."— Sir Roderick mark'd—and in his eyes Respect was mingled with surprise, And the stern joy which warriors... | |
 | 1824 - 706 pages
...Lucan and Claudian. His back against a rock he bore, And firmly placed his foot before. " Come one, come all ; this rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as I." — Sir Koderic marked, and in his eyes Respect was mingled with surprize, And the ihr я joy which... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1827 - 678 pages
...haughty stare, His back againsl a rock lie bore. And firmly placed bis foot before: — « Come one, come all! this rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as I.» Sir Roderick inark'rl— and in his eyes Respecl was mingled with surprise, And llic stern joy which... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 264 pages
...starts back a little, then draws his sword and places his back against the rock.'] James. Come one, come all ! this rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as I. [Roderick waves his hand and the soldiers retire .] Rod. Fear not, nay, that I need not say, But doubt... | |
 | Naval art and science - 1859 - 722 pages
...worn Stands proudly firm, and seems to say To every billow with its surging spray, — " Come one, come all, this rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as I." XL A rock that base ! and pinnacled with light, The EDDYSTONE named ! aye, glorious sight, Triumph... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - English literature - 1837 - 698 pages
...but, leaning her back against a rock, and firmly placing her foot before, she shouted, " Come one, come all ! this rock shall fly from its firm base as soon as Ketura !" He of the charmed life had fallen unharmed, and hearing this heroic defiance, rushed to consummate... | |
 | Voyages and travels - 1838 - 534 pages
...weight and substance, of such a massive and compact frame, that as he takes his seat on the coach-box, you fancy him saying to all obstacles and dangers — " Come on, come all, this rock shatt fly From its firm base, as soon as I." — Journal of the Rev. Orvillc Dewey, an American. THE... | |
 | Walter Scott, J. W. Lake - Poetry - 1838 - 496 pages
...his haughty stare, His back against a rock he bore, And firmly placed his foot before. " Come one, come all ! this rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as I." Sir Roderick marked — and in his eyes Respect was mingled with surprise, And the stern joy which... | |
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Come one, come all ! this rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as I. 
