The actis and deidis of the illustere and vailʻeand campioun Schir William Wallace, knicht of Ellerslie

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Society, 1889 - 567 strán (strany)

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Strana xliv - How Wallace fought for Scotland; left the name Of Wallace to be found, like a wild flower, All over his dear Country; left the deeds Of Wallace, like a family of Ghosts, To people the steep rocks and river banks, Her natural sanctuaries, with a local soul Of independence and stern liberty.
Strana xx - Hannibal and the history of Sir William Wallace. Hannibal gave my young ideas such a turn that I used to strut in raptures up and down after the recruiting drum and bagpipe, and wish myself tall enough to be a soldier; while the story of Wallace poured a...
Strana xxi - Let him follow me ! By oppression's woes and pains By your sons in servile chains ! We will drain our dearest veins, But they shall be free ! Lay the proud usurpers low ! Tyrants fall in every foe ! Liberty's in every blow ! — Let us do or die...
Strana xx - Hannibal gave my young ideas such a turn, that I used to strut in raptures up and down after the recruiting drum and bag-pipe, and wish myself tall enough to be a soldier ; while the story of Wallace poured a Scottish prejudice into my veins, which will boil along there till the flood-gates of life shut in eternal rest.
Strana xxix - A! fredome is a noble thing, Fredome mays man to haiff liking, Fredome all solace to man giffis, He levys at es that frely levys. A noble hart may haiff nane es Na ellys nocht that may him pies Gyff fredome failye, for fre liking Is yharnyt our all other thing.
Strana 97 - Sa said the prest that last janglyt thi wyff; ' That woman lang has tillit him so fair, ' Quhill that his child worthit to be thine ayr.
Strana 564 - THE KINGIS QUAIR, together with a Ballad of Good Counsel. By King James I. of Scotland. Edited by the Rev. Walter W. Skeat, Litt.D., LL.D., Ph.D., FBA pp.
Strana 166 - Full fals thai war, and euir yeit has beyn ; Lawta and trouth was ay in Wallace seyn ; 145 To fend the rycht all that he tuk on hand, And thocht to bryng the Bruce fre till his land. Off this mater as now I tary nocht. With strang power Sotheroun to gidder socht; Fra Owys watter assemblit haill to Tweid.
Strana 65 - Bot he tharfor wald nocht fastir him ster. Wallace in ire on the crag can him ta With his gud suerd, and strak the hed him fra. Dreidless to ground derfly he duschit dede.
Strana 146 - The Irland folk than maid thaim for the flycht ; On craggis clam, and sum in wattir flett : Twa thousand thar drownyt with outyn lett. Born Scottis men baid still in to the feild ; Kest wappynys [fra] thaim, and on thar kneis kneild ; 850 With petous woice thai cryt apon Wallace, For Goddis saik to tak thaim in his grace.

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