 I ran it through, even from my boyish days To the very moment that he bade me tell it; Wherein I spake of most disastrous chances, Of moving accidents by flood and field, Of hair-breadth 'scapes i...  The Living Age - Page 1611904Full view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare, William Harness - 1830 - 638 pages
...ran it through, even from my boyish days, To the very moment that he bade me tell it. Wherein I spoke of most disastrous chances, Of moving accidents by flood and field ; Of hair-breadth scapes i'the imminent deadly breach ; Of being taken by the insolent foe, And sold to slavery ; of my redemption... | |
 | Richard Warner - Authors - 1830 - 426 pages
...my frequently too boisterous, and sometimes dangerous, activity. On such occasions, she would tell " Of most disastrous chances, ' Of moving accidents by flood and field • ' Of antres vast, and deserts idle ; ' And of the cannibals that each other eat, ' The anthropophagi, and... | |
 | Edward Boys - France - 1831 - 292 pages
...disguise, we drew very cosily round the fire, and I amused them with my history : "Wherein I spoke of most disastrous chances, " Of moving accidents by flood and field, " Of hair-breadth 'scapes ;" which seemed to excite so lively an interest, that Julie entered into the spirit of the plot, with... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1831 - 522 pages
...ran it through, even from my boyish days, To the very moment that he bade me tell it. Wherein I spoke of most disastrous chances, Of moving accidents, by flood, and field ; Of hair-breadth 'scapes i'lhe imminent deadly breach ; Of being taken by the insolent fur, And sold to slavery ; of my redemption... | |
 | Scotland - 1831 - 1070 pages
...much more brief. Mr Bennet recounted his valorous deeds among the rural rioters,— " Wherein he spoke of most disastrous chances, Of moving accidents by flood and field ; Of hair-breadth 'scapes i' the imminent deadly breach," and gave to his encounters much more of the " pride, pomp, and circumstance... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1832 - 310 pages
...ran it through, even from my boyish days, To the very moment that he bade me tell it. Wherein I spoke of most disastrous chances, Of moving accidents, by flood and field ; Of hair-breadth 'scapes i' thej imminent deadly breach ; Of being taken by the insolent foe, And sold to slavery ; of my redemption... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1832 - 428 pages
...ran it through, even from my boyish days To the very moment that he bade me tell it. Wherein I spoke of most disastrous chances ; Of moving accidents by flood and field ; Of hair-breadth 'scapes i' the imminent deadly breach ; Of being taken by the insolent foe And sold to slavery ; of my redemption... | |
 | English literature - 1833 - 332 pages
...feared to look on" was a soldier, that he told of "battles, sieges, fortunes, that he had passed" — " Of most disastrous chances, Of moving accidents by flood and field ; Of hair-breadth 'scapes in the imminent deadly breach, Of belli' taken by the insolent foe." Spenser's fair and holy Una, that... | |
 | James Flamank - 1833 - 436 pages
...have experienced a feeling of contentment. The veteran may feel something of this sort when he talks of " Most disastrous chances, Of moving accidents by flood and field, Of hair-breadth 'scapes;" and when the spirit of heroism rises within him, and the remembrance of former deeds warms and animates... | |
 | 1833 - 222 pages
...to look on," was a soldier, that he told of " battles, sieges, fortunes, that he had passed" — " Of most disastrous chances, Of moving accidents by flood and field ; Of hair-breadth 'scapes in the imminent deadly breach, Of being taken by the insolent foe." Spenser's fair and holy Una, that... | |
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