 | James Roderick O'Flanagan - 1837 - 716 pages
...and break thy neck. I had thee in hand, Fencer, but my equestrian skill availed not, thou didst die. Woe worth the chase — woe worth the day, That cost thy life, my gallant bay ! Roderick ! named after me, thou wert the arrantest villain I ever crossed. Like the deer... | |
 | 546 pages
...' But the horse of all horses that rivalled the day Was the squire's neck-or-nothing, and he was л grey." Sir Walter Scott, who was no mean judge of...the turf. Physiologists consider white as a sign of debility : white-haired persons are weak. The Spaniards have a strong aversion to white legs or snip,... | |
 | John William Carleton - 1848 - 550 pages
...the horse of all horses that rivalled the day Was the squire's neck-or-nothing, and he was & yrey." Sir Walter Scott, who was no mean judge of either...the turf. Physiologists consider white as a sign of debility: white-haired persons are weak. The Spaniards have a strong aversion to white legs or snip,... | |
 | John William Carleton - 1839 - 524 pages
...every man, who values the most generous of all animals, the horse, to raise his voice against it. " W0e worth the chase — woe worth the day, That cost thy life, my gallant grey." SCOTT. But enough ; my purpose is answered. If you insert this, let it appear " literatim... | |
 | Robert Gordon Latham - 1851 - 634 pages
...worth = is, and is a fragment of the regular AngloSaxon verb weoif&an = to be, or to become ; German, Woe worth the chase, woe worth the day, That cost thy life, my gallant grey. Lady of the Lake. * Found rarely; bist being the current form. — "Deutsche Grammatik,"... | |
 | William Chauncey Fowler - English language - 1851 - 1502 pages
...misruleth his inwitte ! And teell worth Piers Plowman that pureueth God in his going." PIERS PLOWMAN. " Woe worth the chase, woe worth the day, That cost thy life, my gallant gray." — Lady of the Lake. " Thus saith the Lord God, ' Howl ye and say, woe worth the day.'... | |
 | Robert Gordon Latham - English language - 1854 - 282 pages
...is, and is a fragment of the regular AngloSaxon verb weofSan = to be, or to become ; German, werden. "Woe worth the chase, woe worth the day, That cost thy life, my gallant gray." Lady of the Lake. Do. — In the phrase, this will do, = this will answer the purpose,... | |
 | William Chauncey Fowler - English language - 1855 - 786 pages
...misruleth his inwitte ! And well worth Piers Plowman that pursueth God in his going." PIERS PLOWMAN. " Woe worth the chase, woe worth the day, That cost thy life, my gallant gray." — Lady of the Lake. " Thus saith the Lord God, ' Howl ye and say, woe worth the day.'... | |
 | Ferdinand De Wilton Ward - Europe - 1856 - 344 pages
...upon the banks of Seine That Highland Eagle e'er should feed On thy fleet limbs, my matchless steed ; Woe worth the chase— woe worth the day— That cost thy life — my gallant grey i" Slowly we moved onward, gazing upon scenery of engrossing interest, localizing the... | |
 | Willem Gerrit Brill - 1858 - 118 pages
...voor in de spreekwijze woe wort h! eigenlijk wee worde! Bij voorb. in W. SCOTT'S Lady of the Lake: Woe worth the chase, woe worth the day That cost thy life , my gallant grey ! *) Eindelijk schijnt ten onrechte in deze klasse opgenomen een oorspronkelijk gelijkvloeijend... | |
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Woe worth the chase, woe worth the day, That cost thy life, my gallant gray! 
