 When I think of death, Mr Morton, as a thing worth thinking of, it is in the hope of pressing one day some well-fought and hard-won field of battle, and dying with the shout of victory in my ear— that would be worth dying for, and more, it would be...  Waverley novels - Pagina 267di sir Walter Scott (bart [novels, collected]) - 1841Visualizzazione completa - Informazioni su questo libro
 | John Young - 1810 - 432 pagine
...thinking of, it is in the hope of pressing one day ' some well-fought and hard-won field of battle, and dying ' with the shout of victory in my ear —...for, and more, it would be worth having lived for !' —Old Mortality i last vol. ch. 5. There is a melancholy grandeur in the reflections of Bertram... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1816 - 360 pagine
...worth thinking of, it is in the hope of pressing one day some well-fought and hard-won field of battle, and dying with the shout of victory in my ear— that...character, a gory figure, which seemed to rise out of *he floor of the apartment, stood upright before him, and presented the wild person and hideous features... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1817 - 366 pagine
...worth thinking of, it is in the hope of pressing one day some well.fought and hard.won field of battle, and dying with the shout of victory in my ear —...dying for, and more, it would be worth having lived far !" .; At the moment when Grahame delivered these sentiments, his eye glancing with the martial... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1817 - 300 pagine
...some well-fought and hard-won field of battle, and dying with the shout of victory in my ear—that would be worth dying for, and more, it would be worth...for !' At the moment when Grahame delivered these sentinients, his eye glancing with the martial enthusiasm which formed such a prominent feature in... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1820 - 292 pagine
...worth thinking of, it is in the hope of pressing one day some well-fought and hard-won field of battle, and dying with the shout of victory in my ear— that...such a prominent feature in his character, a gory figuie, which seemed to rise out ef the floor of the apartment, stood upright before him, and presented... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1820 - 408 pagine
...wel'-ibught and hard won field of bafle, . and dying with the shout of victory in my ear — that ivould be worth dying for, and more, it would be worth having...character, a gory figure, which seemed to rise out ot the floor of the apartment, stood upright before him, and presented the wild person and hideous... | |
 | John Leycester Adolphus - 1822 - 228 pagine
...worth thinking of, it is in the hope of pressing one day some well-fought and hard-won field of battle, and dying with the shout of victory in my ear —...for, and more, it would be worth having lived for !' — Old Mortality, last vol. ch. 5. There is a melancholy grandeur in the reflections of Bertram... | |
 | John Leycester Adolphus - 1822 - 228 pagine
...some well-fought and hard-won field of battle, and dying with the shout of victory in my ear — J that would be worth dying for, and more, it would be worth having lived for !' — Old Mortality, last vol. ch. 5. There is a melancholy grandeur in the reflections of Bertram... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1836 - 686 pagine
...worth thinking of, it is in the hope of pressing one day some well-fought and hard-won field of battle, and dying with the shout of victory in my ear —...the martial enthusiasm which formed such a prominent fea'ure in his character, a gory figure, which seemed to rise out of the floor of the apartment, stood... | |
 | Johann Sporschil - 1838 - 510 pagine
...it is in the hope of to press 4on'e day some wellfought and hard-won 'field of battle,' and to die with the shout of victory in my ear — that would be worth to die for, and -more, it would be worth to have lived for. He declared himself to be very satisfied... | |
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