 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 692 pages
...oft and high he did curvet, Ere he himself could settle: He made him turn, and stop, and bound. 1 o gallop, and to trot the round, He scarce could stand on any growd, He was so full of mettle. When soon he met with Tomalin, One that a valiant knight had been,... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1826 - 380 pages
...an earwig set, Yet scarce upon his back could get, So oft and high he did curvet, Ere he himself did settle. He made him stop, and turn, and bound, To...My old friend, Pixie," said Everard, stroking the pony's neck, " I am glad that he has survived all these bustling days—Pixie must be above twenty... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1826 - 314 pages
...an earwig set, Yet scarce upon his back could get, So oft and high he did curvet, Ere he himself did settle. He made him stop, and turn, and bound, To...could stand on any ground, He was so full of mettle." "Above twenty years, certainly. Yes, nephew Markbam, war is a whirlwind in a plantation, which only... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott, "Ivanhoe" Author of "Waverley" (The, etc) - 1826 - 386 pages
...an earwig set, Yet scarce upon his back could get, So oft and high he did curvet, Ere he himself did settle. He made him stop, and turn, and bound, To gallop, and to trot the round, He scarce could stum] cm any ground, He was so full of mettle." " My old friend, Pixie," said Everard, stroking the... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1832 - 412 pages
...an earwig set, Yd. scarce upon his back could get, So oft and high he did curvet, Ere he himself did settle. He made him stop, and turn, and bound, To...My old friend, Pixie !" said Everard, stroking the pony's neck, " I am glad that he has survived all these bustling days — Pixie must be above twenty... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1832 - 412 pages
...an earwig set, Yet scarce upon his back could get, So oft and high he did curvet, Ere he himself did settle. He made him stop, and turn, and bound, To...mettle.' " " My old friend, Pixie !" said Everard, strokingthe pony's neck, " I am glad that he has survived all these bustling days— Pixie must be... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1834 - 622 pages
...an earwig KI, Yet scarce upon his back could get, So oft and high he did curvet, Ere he himself did settle. He made him stop, and turn and bound, To gallop, and to trot the round, He scarce could stand OB any ground, He was so Kill of nettle." pony My old friend Pixie," said Everard, stroking the f's... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1846 - 620 pages
...ear-wig set, Yet scarce upon his back could get, So oft and high he did curvet, Ere he himself did settle. He made him stop, and turn, and bound, To...My old friend, Pixie," said Everard, stroking the pony's neck, " I am glad that he has survived all these bustling days — Pixie must be above twenty... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1846 - 710 pages
...ear-wig set, Yet scarce upon his back could get, So oft and high he did curvet, Ere he himself did settle. He made him stop, and turn, and bound, To...My old friend, Pixie," said Everard, stroking the pony's neck, " I am glad that he has survived all these bustling days — Pixie must be above twenty... | |
 | Shakespeare Society (Great Britain) - 1845 - 352 pages
...could get, So oft and high he did curvet, Ere he himself could settle : He made him turn, and stop, and bound, To gallop, and to trot the round, He scarce...could stand on any ground, He was so full of mettle. When soon he met with Tomalin, One that a valiant knight had been, And to great Oberon of kin : Quoth... | |
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Which being tossed with the air Had force to strike his foe with fear, And turn his weapon from him. Himself he on an ear-wig set, Yet scarce he on his back could get, So oft and high he did curvet Ere he himself could settle. He made him turn, and stop,... 
