 Hotspur, perceiving that an engagement was unavoidable, called for his favourite sword. His attendants informed him that it was left behind at Berwick, of which village it does not appear that he had till then learned the name. At these words he turned...  Salopian Shreds and Patches - Seite 1111877Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Hugh Owen, John Brickdale Blakeway - 1825 - 662 Seiten
...customs of chivalry, bestowed the honour of knighthood on certain of his most distinguished esquires3'. Hotspur, perceiving that an engagement was unavoidable,...Berwick : which I vainly interpreted of that town in the North4." His courage did not, however, yield to the impressions of superstition ; he rallied his spirits,... | |
 | John Burke - 1836 - 766 Seiten
...having placed himself at their head, he perceived tb»t an engagement was unavoidable, on which he called for his favourite sword. His attendants informed...words he turned pale, and said, " I perceive that my plongh is drawing to its last furrow ; for a wizard told me in Northumberland, that I should perish... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1844 - 676 Seiten
...he then heard for the first time ; he turned pale, and said with much emotion, " Is it so — then I perceive that my plough is drawing to its last furrow,...Northumberland that I should perish at Berwick, which I vainly imagined to be the town in the North." Then rose the terrible cry of " Esperance ! Percy !" then was... | |
 | Edward Parry - 1851 - 532 Seiten
...customs of chivalry, bestowed the honour of knighthood on certain of his most distinguished esquires.7 Hotspur, perceiving that an engagement was unavoidable,...Berwick : which I vainly interpreted of that town in the North."8 His courage did not, however, yield to the impressions of superstition ; he rallied his spirits,... | |
 | William Cathrall - 1855 - 358 Seiten
...customs of chivalry, bestowed the honour of knighthood on certain of his most distinguished esquires. Hotspur, perceiving that an engagement was unavoidable,...which I vainly interpreted of that town in the North.' His courage did not, however, yield to the impressions of superstition ; he rallied his spirits, and... | |
 | Georgina Frederica Jackson - 1883 - 694 Seiten
...sword, and on being told that it had been left behind at Berwick, he turned pale and said, ' I perceive my plough is drawing to its last furrow, for a wizard...which I vainly interpreted of that town in the North.' (OwEN AND BLAKEWAY, History of Shrewsbury, i. 190.) PAGE 105. Gfwsts haunting particular spots. One... | |
 | Georgina Frederica Jackson - 1886 - 320 Seiten
...sword, and on being told that it had been left behind at Berwick, he turned pale and said, ' I perceive my plough is drawing to its last furrow, for a wizard...which I vainly interpreted of that town in the North.' (OwE.v AND BLAKEWAY, History of Shrr icxtniry, i. 190.) PAGE 105. Ghosts haunting particular spoii.... | |
 | Arthur Granville Bradley - 1920 - 418 Seiten
...Berwick, of which place till that moment he had not heard the name. Turning pale, he exclaimed : " I perceive that my plough is drawing to its last furrow,...which I vainly interpreted of that town in the north ". Even the bravest of the brave, on whom the gilded youth of all England had modelled themselves —... | |
 | Shropshire Archaeological and Natural History Society (Great Britain) - 1921 - 392 Seiten
...bun that it was left behind at Berwick, of which village it appears that he had not till then heard the name. At these words he turned .^ pale and said,...which I vainly interpreted of that town in the North." The result of the battle is matter of history. (Another anecdote related to a prophecy made at this... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1884 - 890 Seiten
...behind at Berwick, the name of the village he had made his headquarters. " I perceive," was his reply, " that my plough is drawing to its last furrow, for...which I vainly interpreted of that town in the north." Then he went forward to his fate through the villages as they now stand of Harlescott and Abright Hussey,... | |
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