 ... rim. Then I cast loose my buffcoat, each holster let fall, Shook off both my jack-boots, let go belt and all, Stood up in the stirrup, leaned, patted his ear, Called my Roland his pet-name, my horse without peer ; Clapped my hands, laughed and sang,...  The new hand-book of elocution - Page 134by George Walter Baynham - 1873 - 324 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 pages
...galloped and stood. And all I remember is friends flocking round, As I sate with his head 'twixt niy knees on the ground ; And no voice but was praising...more than his due who brought good news from Ghent. [From The King and The Book.] DREAMS. IT is the good of dreams — so soon they go! Wake in a horror... | |
 | 1855 - 560 pages
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 | 1850 - 536 pages
...hands, laughed and sang, any noise, bad or good, Till at length into Aix Roland galloped and stood. X. " And all I remember is, friends flocking round As I...more than his due who brought good news from Ghent." —Vol. n. pp. 318-320. Rich as are Mr. Browning's powers of imagination and description, his chief... | |
 | 1846 - 534 pages
...length into Aix Roland galloped and stood. X. ' And all I remember is, friends flocking round As I sate with his head 'twixt my knees on the ground, And no...more than his due who brought good news from Ghent.' No. vii. p. 1. ART. III. — Venerabilis Btedce Historia Ecelesiastica Gentis Anglorum, curd EOBERT... | |
 | Robert Browning - 1850 - 436 pages
...length into Aix Roland galloped and stood. x. And all I remember is, friends flocking round As I sate with his head 'twixt my knees on the ground, And no...more than his due who brought good news from Ghent. PICTOR IGNOTUS. [FLORENCE, 15 — .] I COULD have painted pictures like that youth's Ye praise so.... | |
 | 1850 - 538 pages
...Roland his pet-name, my hdrse without peer; Clapped my hands, laughed and sang, any noise, bad or good, Till at length into Aix Roland galloped and stood....head 'twixt my knees on the ground ; And no voice hut was praising this Roland of mine, 1 As I poured down his throat our last measure of wine, Which... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - 592 pages
...hands, laughed and sang, any noise bad or good, And all I remember is friends flocking round, As I sate with his head twixt my knees on the ground, And no...praising this Roland of mine, As I poured down his throat one last measure of wine, Which (the burgesses voted by common consent) Was no more than his due who... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1852 - 568 pages
...at length into AK Roland galloped and stood. And all I remember is, friends flocking round As I sate with his head 'twixt my knees on the ground, And no...burgesses voted by common consent) Was no more than hia due who brought good news from Ghent. 19. THE SOLDIER FROM BINGEN.— Sdn. Norton. A SOLDIER of... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - 344 pages
...at length into Aix Roland galloped and stood. And all I remember is friends nocking round, As I sate with his head twixt my knees on the ground, And no...praising this Roland of mine, As I poured down his throat one last measure of wine, Which (the burgesses voted by common consent) Was no more than his due who... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - 588 pages
...Aix Roland galloped and stood. i And all I remember is friends flocking round, As I «ate with bis head twixt my knees on the ground, And no voice but...praising this Roland of mine, As I poured down his throat one last measure of wine, Which (the burgesses voted by common consent) Was no more than his due who... | |
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