 | 1830 - 714 sider
...powerful, but somewhat revolting description of Lord Byron refers, in the poem of the Siege of Corinth. " he saw the lean dogs beneath the wall, Hold o'er the...busy to bark at him. From a Tartar's skull they had stript the flesh, As ye peel the fig when its fruit is fresh. ******** The scalps were in the wild-dog's... | |
 | John Galt - 1830 - 348 sider
...the dead, owes its origin to this incident of the dogs and the body under the walls of the seraglio. And he saw the lean dogs beneath the wall, Hold o'er...the dead their carnival. Gorging and growling o'er carcass and limb, They were too busy to bark at him. From a Tartar's scull they had stripp'd the flesh,... | |
 | James Peggs - 1830 - 560 sider
...the great festival may be forcibly reminded of the appalling description : — " He saw the lean dogs Gorging and growling o'er carcase and limb, They were too busy to bark at him. From a pilgrim's skull they had stript the flesh As ye peel the fig when the fruit is fresh ; And their white... | |
 | John Galt - 1830 - 404 sider
...the dead, owes its origin to this incident of the dogs and the body under the walls of the seraglio. And he saw the lean dogs beneath the wall, Hold o'er the dead their carnival. They were too busy to bark at him. Gorging and growling o'er carcass and limb, ! From a Tartar's scull... | |
 | John Galt - 1830 - 352 sider
...the dead, owes its origin to this incident of the dogs and the body under the walls of the seraglio. And he saw the lean dogs beneath the wall, Hold o'er the deml their carnival. Gorging and growling o'er carcass and limb, They were too busy to bark at him.... | |
 | Richard Griffin - 1831 - 228 sider
...fact he has given quite a dramatic cast to his dogs :' and she repeated with an air of triumph — " And he saw the lean dogs beneath the wall, Hold o'er...carnival ; Gorging and growling o'er carcase and limb, VoL. I. D 2 They were too busy to bark at him ! From a Tartar's skull they had stripped the flesh,... | |
 | 1834 - 582 sider
...fact he has given quite a dramatic cast to his dogs ;' and she repeated with an air of triumph — " And he saw the lean dogs beneath the wall, Hold o'er the dead their Garnirai ; Gorglingand growling o'er carcase and limb, They were too busy to bark at him I From a Tartar's... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1832 - 488 sider
...words of the sentinel, And his measured step on the stone below, Clank'd, as he paced it to and fro : And he saw the lean dogs beneath the wall Hold o'er...busy to bark at him ! From a Tartar's skull they had stripp'd the flesh, As ye peel the fig when its ffuit is fresh ; And their white tusks crunch'd o'er... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1832 - 488 sider
...words of the sentinel, And his measured step on the stone below, Clank'd, as he paced it to and fro : And he saw the lean dogs beneath the wall Hold o'er...busy to bark at him ! From a Tartar's skull they had stripp'd the flesh, As ye peel the fig when its fruit is fresh ; And their white tusks crunch'd o'er... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1832 - 428 sider
...words of the sentinel, As his measured step on the stone below Clanked, as he paced it to and fro ; And he saw the lean dogs beneath the wall Hold o'er...the dead their carnival, Gorging and growling o'er carcass and limb ; They were too busy to bark at him ! From a Tartar's skull they had stripped the... | |
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And he. saw the lean dogs beneath the wall Hold o'er the dead their carnival... 
