He was a man of middle age ; In aspect manly, grave, and sage, As on king's errand come ; But in the glances of his eye, A penetrating, keen, and sly Expression found its home... Transactions - Page 220by Glasgow Archaeological Society - 1868Full view - About this book
| Thomas Hill - 1809 - 372 pages
...errands he'd attend; A kind of Mercury was he; No wonder then that he shou'd be AP 's valued friend. VII. He was a man of middle age,, In aspect manly, grave, and sage, As one on business come; — But in the glances of his eye, A penetrating, keen and sly Expression found... | |
| Walter Scott - 1818 - 372 pages
...hand the armorial truncheon held, That feudal strife had often quelled, When wildest its alarms. vn. He was a man of middle age ; In aspect manly, grave,...its home ! The flash of that satiric rage, Which, hursting on the early atagej Branded the vices of the age, And hroke the keys of Rome. On milk-white... | |
| Walter Scott, John Gibson Lockhart - 1837 - 430 pages
...Attendant on a king-at -arms, Whose hand the armorial truncheon held, That feudal strife had often quelled, When wildest its alarms. He was a man of middle age,...penetrating, keen, and sly , Expression found its home Still is thy name in high account, ... And still thy verse hath charms ; SIR DAVID LINDBSAY OP THE... | |
| John Gibson Lockhart - 1838 - 390 pages
...a king-at -arms, Whose hand the armorial truncheon held, That feudal strife had often quelled, Wheu wildest its alarms. He was a man of middle age, In...keen, and sly Expression found its home ...... THE KING'S VISIT—1822. 117 Still is thy name in high account, And still thy verse hath charms ; SIR DAVID... | |
| John Gibson Lockhart - 1839 - 434 pages
...Attendant on a king-at-arms, Whose hand the armorial truncheon held, That feudal strife had often quelled, When wildest its alarms. He was a man of middle age,...penetrating, keen, and sly Expression found its home Still it thy name in high account, And still thy vtrse hath r harms, SIR DAVID LINDESAY or THE MOUNT,... | |
| John Gibson Lockhart - 1839 - 428 pages
...Attendant on a king-at-arms, Whose hand the armorial truncheon held. That feudal strife had often quelled, When wildest its alarms. He was a man of middle age,...the glances of his eye, A penetrating, keen, and sly • » Kzpression found its home , Still is thy name in high account. And still thy verse hath charms;... | |
| Walter Scott - 1843 - 732 pages
...often quelled, When wildest its alarms. Al on k ing's errand come ; But in the glances of his eve, A penetrating, keen, and sly Expression found its home ; The flash of that satiric rage, Which, hursting on the early stage, Branded the vices of the age, And hroke the keys of Rome. On milk-white... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1855 - 418 pages
...hand the armorial truncheon held, That feudal strife had often qnell'd. When wildest its alarms. VII. He was a man of middle age ; In aspect manly, grave,...sly Expression found its home ; The flash of that .sutii-ic rage. Which, bursting on the early stage, Branded the vices of the age, And broke the keys... | |
| Drawing-room sibyl - 1855 - 464 pages
...and never meant to bend. Wm. Hay. 60 He is a man of middle age, In aspect manly, grave, and sage ; But in the glances of his eye A penetrating keen and sly Expression finds its home. Mar mion.— Scott. 01 A little, black, snub-nosed man, without person, manners, or... | |
| Walter Scott - 1856 - 776 pages
...hand the armorial truncheon held, rbat feudal strife had often quelTd, When wildest ita alarms. VII. He was a man of middle age ; In aspect manly, grave,...on King's errand come ; But in the glances of his eve, A penetrating, keen, and sly Expression found its home ; The flash of that satiric rage, Which,... | |
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