 ... like that of the whistling of a tempest through the torn rigging of the vessel which scuds before it. The sounds increased as they approached more near ; and Leyden (to the great astonishment of such of the guests as did not know him) burst into the...  Calcutta Review - Side 151858Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | Walter Scott - 1902 - 432 sider
...of spearmen ! seed of those who scorn'd To stoop the proud crest to Imperial Rome ! like that of the whistling of a tempest through the torn rigging of the vessel which scuds before it. The sounds inereaaed as they approached more near, and Leyden (to the great astonishment of such of the guests... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1902 - 442 sider
...of spearmen ! seed of those who scorn'd To stoop the proud crest to Imperial Rome ! like that of the whistling of a tempest through the torn rigging of the vessel which scuds hefore it. The sounds increased as they approached more near, and Leyden (to the great astonishment... | |
 | Gerald Le Grys Norgate - 1906 - 434 sider
...Minstrelsy} was sitting with some company after dinner, a sound was heard at a distance like that of the whistling of a tempest through the torn rigging of...the guests as did not know him) burst into the room, chanting the desiderated ballad with the most enthusiastic gesture, and all the energy of what he used... | |
 | W. T. Fyfe - 1906 - 358 sider
...editor was sitting with some company after dinner, a sound was heard at a distance like that of the whistling of a tempest through the torn rigging of...the guests as did not know him) burst into the room, chanting the desiderated ballad with the most enthusiastic gesture, and all the energy of what he used... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1906 - 560 sider
...dinner, a sound was heard at a distance, like that of the whistling of a tempest through the rigging of a vessel which scuds before it. The sounds increased...Leyden (to the great astonishment of such of the guests who did not know him) burst into the room, chanting the desiderated ballad with the most enthusiastic... | |
 | Walter Swain Hinchman, Francis Barton Gummere - 1908 - 616 sider
...search of a ballad, how, two days later, a party at dinner was astonished by " a sound like that of the whistling of a tempest through the torn rigging of the vessel which scuds before it," and how a few minutes later Leyden " burst into the room chanting the desiderated ballad with the most... | |
 | William Allan Neilson - 1909 - 244 sider
...editor was sitting with some company after dinner, a sound was heard at a distance like that of the whistling of a tempest through the torn rigging of...the guests as did not know him) burst into the room, chanting the desiderated ballad with the most enthusiastic gestures, and all the energy of what he... | |
 | Rose Adelaide Witham, William Allan Neilson - 1909 - 240 sider
...editor was sitting with some company after dinner, a sound was heard at a distance like that of the whistling of a tempest through the torn rigging of...The sounds increased as they approached more near ; an<* Leyden (to the great astonishment of such of the guests as did not know him) burst into the... | |
 | William Fitzwilliam Elliot - 1910 - 272 sider
...editor was sitting with some company after dinner, a sound was heard at a distance like that of the whistling of a tempest through the torn rigging of...the guests as did not know him) burst into the room, chanting the desiderated ballad, with the most enthusiastic gesture, and all the energy of the saw-tones... | |
 | 1917 - 636 sider
...ballad for which he had walked forty miles, singing it all the way with his loud harsh voice, " like the whistling of a tempest through the torn rigging of the vessel which scuds before it," and bursting in at midnight upon the company to their wonder and consternation. It is probable that... | |
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