 | 1892 - 868 Seiten
...grimoire. In Border folklore the ' wondrous wizard ' of Sir Walter's Lay is credited with having 'cleft the Eildon Hills in three, and bridled the Tweed with a curb of stone ; ' and his grave is of course shown in Melrose Abbey. Nay, the ' Jingler's Room ' in Oakwood Tower,... | |
 | Edward Everett Hale - 1893 - 310 Seiten
...Fire Alarm is the invention of Dr. William F. Charming : " A wizard of such dreaded fame, That whec in Salamanca's cave, Him listed his magic wand to wave, The bells would ring in Notre Dame * there is a fire in District Dong-dong-dong, — that is to say, District No. 3. Before I have explained... | |
 | William Hume Elliot - 1893 - 476 Seiten
...Cribden and Hameldon, near at hand; Snowdon, in Wales ; and the Eildons, near Melrose. " He cleft the Eildon Hills in three, And bridled the Tweed with a curb of stone." Radisher Wood. — The Monkbretton Register, describing the boundaries of Holcombe forest as given... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1894 - 208 Seiten
...ear. * Alexander II. CANTO IL "In these far climes it was my lot To meet the wondrous Michael Scott," A wizard, of such dreaded fame, That when, in Salamanca's...me; And, Warrior, I could say to thee The words that clef t Eildon hills in three, IR And bridled the Tweed with a curb of stone : But to speak them were... | |
 | Dante Alighieri - 1895 - 870 Seiten
...Last Minstrel, Canto II. :— " In these far climes it was my lot To meet the wondruus Michael Scott; A wizard of such dreaded fame That when, in Salamanca's...: And, warrior, I could say to thee The words that deft Eildon hills in three. And bridled the Tweed with a curb of stone; But to speak them were a deadly... | |
 | Dante Alighieri - 1895 - 464 Seiten
...the monk of St. Mary's and William of Deloraine in Scott's Lay of the Last Minstrel, Canto II.: — That when, in Salamanca's cave, Him listed his magic wand to wave, The bells would ring in Notre Dame I Some of his skill he taught to me; And, warrior, I could say to thee The words that cleft Eildon... | |
 | Michael Scott - 1895 - 604 Seiten
...no more of him than, after six hundred years, we know of his namesake, the great wizard who spoke ' The words that cleft Eildon hills in three, And bridled the Tweed with a curb of stone.' And yet, perhaps, it is as much as he would have thought us entitled to know. It was not then the fashion... | |
 | Ralph Richardson - 1897 - 106 Seiten
...grave of a leading personage in the 'Lay of the Last Minstrel,' — ' The wondrous Michael Scott ; A wizard of such dreaded fame, That when, in Salamanca's...listed his magic wand to wave, The bells would ring in Notre-Dame ! ' It was he also who spoke ' The words that cleft Eildon hills in three, And bridled the... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1897 - 284 Seiten
...Eildon'a. See Introduction. For " triple height," cf. Scott, Lay of the Last Minstrel, n. xiii. : " I could say to thee The words that cleft Eildon hills in three." According to the legend, Michael Scott ordered a troublesome demon to divide Eildon hill, which was... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1900 - 622 Seiten
...tneet the wondrous Michael Scott; A wizard of such dreaded fame That when, in Salamanca's cave, 140 Him listed his magic wand to wave, The bells would...warrior, I could say to thee The words that cleft Eifdon Hills in three, And bridled the Tweed with a curb of stone: ' But to speak them were a deadly... | |
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Some of his skill he taught to me ; And, Warrior, I could say to thee The words that cleft Eildon hills in three, And bridled the Tweed with a curb of stone... 
